Mealtime Magic: Healthier Corned Beef & Cabbage and St. Pat's Day Drinking Tips

On St. Patrick’s Day, there are no half measures when it comes to alcohol! The guide below will steer you toward a few options to help you stay lucky with your weight loss.

Irish classics:

·         14 fl oz Guinness

·         14 fl oz Green beer (regular beer with green food coloring)

·         Irish coffee (using brown sugar, Irish whiskey and whipped cream)

Healthier alternatives:

·         14 fl oz beer, light

·         14 fl oz beer, low alcohol

·         1½ fl oz liquor (whisky, vodka, brandy) with diet mixer

·         Bailey’s Fat Free Irish Cream Coffee Creamer 

Slimming World’s Corned Beef & Cabbage

Serves: 8
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 2-3 hours

1 medium onion, cut into wedges
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 bay leaf
2 tbsp cider vinegar
½ tsp pepper
1 x 3lb corned beef brisket (lean and all visable fat removed)
cabbage and potatoes, to serve
spice packet, cut in half

1. Place corned beef, onion, garlic, and bay leaf in a large pot. Cover the beef, add the vinegar, pepper, and spice pack (or mixed spices). Bring to a boil, then simmer for 2-3 hours until the beef is tender.

2. Remove the beef and rest for 10 minutes before slicing/pulling/cubing. Serve with mashed, baked, or boiled potatoes, and cabbage.

ABOUT SLIMMING WORLD

Slimming World, the UK’s leading weight loss organization,* launched in America in 2012. It was founded in 1969 and promises people looking to lose weight a healthy eating plan that offers satisfaction without hunger or deprivation based on the science of satiety and energy density; support that offers compassion, empathy and understanding, and an activity program to suit individual needs and preferences. Members following the program lose weight by eating foods like pasta, potatoes, lean meat, fish, eggs, fruits and vegetables without having to count, weight or measure. Some foods like candy or alcohol are enjoyed in measured amounts. Slimming World has a deep awareness of the emotional, physical and psychological challenges faced by overweight people, and this understanding underscores the company’s philosophy and methods. In more than four decades, Slimming World has helped millions of people to lose weight and live healthier, happier lives.

 

*Disclaimers:

·         Slimming World helps more people to lose weight in its motivating support groups each week than any other internationally renowned weight loss organization.

·         Slimming World holds more weekly support groups and has more highly trained Consultants leading its groups than any other weight loss organization in the UK.

·         Slimming World magazine is the market leader by circulation in the UK.

·         This statement is not based on online membership in the UK, turnover, profit or revenues; it refers to the number of people who choose to lose weight at a Slimming World group each week compared to any other internationally renowned weight loss organization. 

Learn more about cuts of beef here: https://brobbq.com/beef-cuts-chart/