Short Ribs, Red Cabbage with Applewood Smoked Bacon, Pumpkin Parmesan Biscuits, and Sage-Butter Mashed Potatoes....Redemption Dinner

Very occasionally I make a dinner so terrible I can almost hear Chef Ramsey screaming in my ear.  The other morning I got up for work and thought I'd assemble a stew in the slow cooker but found myself to be missing all of my favourite ingredients, wine, wine and wine.  I did what I could with what I had, but wasn't  surprised when my teenager went out to eat after tasting my hideous ensemble.  And though I came home and made some yummy omelettes for dinner I still felt the need to redeem myself with tonight's very special dinner.

Slow Cooker Be Damned Short Ribs (Because I've already put my short rib recipe on here, I won't retype it).
Sage Butter Mashed Potatoes:  Peel and halve 4 large russet potatoes and boil in a pot with a little salt until tender, drain, and then mash with 1 cup of milk, salt and pepper to taste.  Melt 3 tbsp. of butter in a small skillet over medium heat and cook until golden brown and add 8-10 sage leaves and cook 30 more seconds.  Pour over the potatoes.
Pumpkin-Parmesan Biscuits :  2 cups of flour, 1 tbsp. baking powder, 1 tbsp. sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. nutmeg, 2 tbsp. 1/2 butter, 1/2 canned pure pumpkin, 1/4 heavy cream. 
Preheat oven to 400, cut out biscuits and put on a greased baking sheet.  Top with a brush of melted butter and a sprinkle of Parmesan.  Bake for about 20 minutes.
Finally...

Applewood Bacon With Red Cabbage And Onion:  Cut up a red cabbage and some red onion and put aside.  Saute up some cut bacon and the onion until almost cooked.  Add cabbage, a little sweetener or  sugar, about 1 tsp. and salt and pepper to doll up the flavour.

Simple, yummy, and fully redeemed!  XO