Mom's Special Corned Beef and Cabbage 
St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner! While my family isn't Irish, growing up, every March we were treated to Mom's distinctive corned beef and cabbage. In her typical style, she took the basic boiled corned beef brisket and amped up the flavor with a scrumptious glaze of Dijon mustard, brown sugar and cloves. And cooking the veggies in the broth leftover from cooking the meat just layers in even more deliciousness.

I learned from mom that you don't need a lot of ingredients to make a dish delicious, just the right mix - and quality - of ingredients. For this dish, obtaining the right corned beef brisket is critical. I recommend ordering up yours on the site to-table.com, founded and run by my good friend Charles Duke. Charles sources his corned beef from Smoking Goose in Indiana. It's super fresh, responsibly sourced and grass fed - my favorite type of beef. The brisket may be a bit larger than called for in mom's recipe - but you can use any leftover beef in a Reuben sandwich the next day! Order your corned beef here - and order by March 10th in order to receive your beef by St Patty's Day!! 
 
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Ingredients:

3 pounds corned beef brisket
2 medium yellow onions, sliced
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
6 whole cloves
2 bay leaves
6 small white potatoes, peeled
6 small (but not baby) carrots, peeled and cut into 3" pieces
1 medium cabbage, cut into 6 wedges
Dijon mustard
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

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About Fresh Tastes: Fans of A Well-Seasoned Kitchen will recall that my first cookbook was inspired by my mom Sally Clayton's love of cooking and entertaining. My second book, Fresh Tastes, was born from creating dishes with a new, "fresh" perspective. The follow-up to my critically acclaimed A Well-Seasoned Kitchen, Fresh Tastes is a unique collection of recipes showcasing how fresh ingredients and new ideas can be combined to deliver extraordinarily flavorful dishes guaranteed to please all palates.

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