" Me Own " Colcannon With Ham

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 medium potatoes
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/4-1/2 cup skim milk
• 4 tablespoons 4% low-fat cheese
• 1 cup diced ham
• 2 cups chopped cabbage
• salt & pepper
• paprika (if you dare) or cayenne pepper (if you dare)
• cooking spray (i use the olive oil one)

Recipe

• 1 boil potatoes . partially boil cabbage at the same time as potatoes, in separate pot.
• 2 mash potatoes adding milk, cheese, onion, salt and pepper. mix in a large bowl with ham and half cooked chopped cabbage.
• 3 if you prefer it not quite so creamy just use 1/4 cup of skim milk.
• 4 spray a casserole dish with cooking spray and lightly line with a few cooked cabbage leaves. plop in mixture, sprinkle with paprika or cayenne and cover.
• 5 warm in 200-250 degree oven for approximately 1 hour or more. if you keep it in longer, keep your eye out that it doesn`t burn or get dry.i`ve had mine in for two hours and it was fine.
• 6 just before you`re ready to pop it out of the oven, turn on the broiler, take off the lid and give it a wee bit of browning on top.
• 7 this can also be done on the stove top fried in some butter or this way with the left-overs -- yumm -- but beware of the added fat and calories!
• 8 1 cup = 129 calories and 1.6 grams of fat.