a lighter take on champ

Even though I have Irish grandparents and friends I’d never celebrated St Patrick’s day until I moved to California. This is the land of continuous celebration so being Irish doesn’t get in the way of the excuse to party!

The shops here are filled with corned beef and Guinness. Neither of which really float my boat. So tomorrow night we’ll be having salmon and my version of Champ.

I lightened up the traditional Champ recipe and added a ton more flavour by replacing half of the potato with celeriac [celery root]. This is a great way to reduce the carbs if you are that way inclined. I really just do it because I like the flavour. I also replaced the traditional cabbage with kale because, well this is California.