for my mini-festivities this year, i made champ, which as about as irish vegetarian as i could get without an oven. (someday i'll get it fixed. someday.)
champ is a form of mashed potatoes mixed with a whole bunch of green onion. from what i can tell, the puddle of butter on top is traditional. even with that, the overall dish tasted rather green and fresh. think about mashed potatoes mixed with half again their bulk in green onions. think about it ... think ... there, now you know what champ tastes like. yum.
(aside: you can see a bit of meyer lemon spinach salad on the side there - baby spinach, sprinkle of meyer lemon juice, dab of dijon mustard, grated parmesan - way better than the fancy recipe salad in the previous post.)
