Happy and Healthy Corned Beef and Cabbage and Garlic Mashed Potatoes...of LOVE!

Corned Beef and Cabbage
Yield: Serves 12

INGREDIENTS:
5 lbs Corned Beef Brisket
4 quarts Beef Stock
1 Bouqet Garni (1 bay leaf, 2 sprigs fresh thyme, 5 fresh parsley stems, 4 star anise, and 10 black peppercorns bundled in a piece of cheesecloth and tied with string)
3/4 lbs Green Cabbage Braised
12 Peeled Carrots (0.75 lbs)
3/4 lbs Green beans

DIRECTIONS:
1. Place the beef and Bouqet Garni in the pot and cover with the cold beef stock. Bring to a slow simmer for at least 3 hours until beef is fork tender, remember low and slow.

2. Save cooking liquid, add salt and cook all vegetables in the cooking liquid

3. Clean brisket of all fat, slice thinly and present as in photo with potatoes, cabbage, green beans and 1 each of carrot, white turnip and yellow turnip.

Garlic Mashed Potatoes 

Ingredients

• 1 head of cauliflower, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 2T parmesan, freshly grated
• 1 small clove garlic, minced
• 1/2t salt
• pepper to taste
• chives, finely sliced
• butter, for serving

Instructions

1. Set a large pot of salted water on the stove and bring to a rolling boil. Meanwhile, clean and cut your cauliflower. Boil the cauliflower 6-7 minutes until tender all the way through. Drain thoroughly and pat dry with paper towels.
2. To a food processor, add the cauliflower, parmesan, garlic, salt, and pepper. Pulse until the mixture resembles mashed potatoes. Taste for seasoning and adjust if needed. Transfer to a serving dish. garnish with chives and butter.