Enjoy St. Patrick's Day with a Healthy Recipe

If you are planning to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, you'll want to make sure that the festivities don't derail your diet plan.  So how do you indulge in the Irish party without gaining weight?  Foodie Amy Sherman has a solution.

Irish food is often full of fat and calories. But Amy Sherman has adapted a healthy recipe for St. Patrick's Day.  Her recipe "Stir-fry Cabbage with Mustard and Chives" is a low calorie alternative to Colcannon, a rich dish of cabbage combined with mashed potatoes loaded with butter and cream.

Stir-fry Cabbage with Mustard and Chives

• 6 cups cabbage, cut into approximately 1 inch squares (about 1/2 head)
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 T or 1/2 ActiFry spoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3 teaspoons chives, minced

Whisk together the water, olive oil, mustard, sugar and salt. Place the cabbage in a frying pan or use a T-Fal ActiFry. Drizzle the sauce on top. Cook for 15 minutes or until tender-crisp. Top with minced chives.

The recipe pairs nicely with green beer, but you'll want to be sure it's a light beer to avoid the calories in the more typical dark Irish varieties.