corned beef | 400 Calories or Less

Watching your diet does not mean you can’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day ! With sensible portions, you too can be eating corned beef and cabbage and reciting Irish tales and blessings 🙂

I personally do not like corned beef very much and never cook it (thank goodness our dear friend makes it for my husband) – – so you won’t see a picture or recipe creation here. But I wanted to lay it out for you calorie wise…

3 oz. of boiled corned beef is 180 calories
4 oz. of boiled corned beef is 240 calories
Cabbage is so low in calories it is silly – 1/2 c boiled cabbage is 17 calories
1/2 c of boiled potatoes is 68 calories
1 c of boiled potatoes is 136 calories

If I were going to eat this, I would do the lower meat and higher potato count because I am a verified carb hound 🙂 So my meal would come in at 350 calories for:

3 oz. corned beef
1 c boiled cabbage
1 c boiled potatoes

But you can flip it and do more meat and less sides if you wish ! The recipes for this are pretty simple – throw the stuff in water with the seasoning packet that comes with the meat and boil like heck 🙂 Here are links to a few recipes to help you judge timing:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Corned-Beef-and-Cabbage-I/Detail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Corned-Beef-and-Cabbage-3/Detail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Corned-Beef-and-Cabbage-II/Detail.aspx

AN IRISH BLESSING

May the road rise to meet you,

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

The rains fall soft upon your fields.

And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

My husband, who is a real hash and corned beef lover, gave this one the seal of approval by eating three servings – hehehe. I like it because the corned beef was very lean, and when it is sliced so thin and then fried up, it dries out a bit and the little pieces were almost like bacon bits or bacon jerky. And the real egg yolk flowing over the potatoes is a real taste treat to someone who eats Egg Beaters most of the time !

4 servings
301 calories per serving

1 onion, chopped
2 T canola oil
6 medium red potatoes (1 ½ pounds) cut into cubes
½ c water
6 oz. thinly sliced deli corned beef, coarsely chopped
½ t pepper
4 eggs
½ t salt
Pam

Saute onion in oil until tender then add water and potatoes and bring to a boil. Then reduce heat, cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until potatoes are tender the stir in corned beef and pepper and cook 5 minutes uncovered. Spray another skillet with Pam and fry eggs (I like mine over easy). Salt and pepper eggs and serve over the hash.

400 Calories or Less

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