I will forever remember 2020 as the year the world shut down! It has been surreal, no? Our day-to-day life has seemed to go on much like normal, since we homeschool anyway. Of course, the kids had activities and classes every day of the week that have all been moved online, canceled, or postponed like… [continue reading]
Irish Coddle Recipe
As I was looking for a main dish for my St. Patrick’s Day meal I found Coddle. I read several recipes, but I liked bits and pieces from many so I decided rather than follow a recipe I put together my own. That’s the fun of creating recipes isn’t it? It turned out to be… [continue reading]
Green meal: Food for St Patrick’s Day
Since St. Patrick’s Day is on Sunday this year we celebrated with our green meal a little early. Our tradition is to have a green fun food for the kids for lunch and then a bigger family meal for supper with Daddy, but this year not much has been usual! For our green lunch, I… [continue reading]
Frozen Key Lime Pie Recipe
This is such an easy, make ahead dessert for St. Patrick’s Day! Ingredients: 6 tablespoons key lime juice 1 can 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk 2 cups heavy whipping cream, whipped, divided green food coloring 1 prepared graham cracker crust (9 inches) Mix the lime and sweetened condensed milk along with drops of green… [continue reading]
Irish Beer Bread
Thinking of something different than Irish Soda Bread? How about Irish Beer bread? It is a super easy quick bread that will have your family thinking you’ve been cooking all day. Ingredients: 3 cups flour 1 tsp salt 3 tsp baking powder 1-12 oz Irish Beer Green sugar sprinkles just for fun 2 teaspoons melted… [continue reading]
St. Patrick’s Day Fondue
Fondue is so fun and easy to customize to any theme! Last year we were on a fondue kick and I think I made it at least once for every occasion! This was our St. Patrick’s Day dessert that we enjoyed after our dinner. Some times I try to go with authentic Irish cuisine and… [continue reading]
Our St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast
On the evening before St. Patrick’s Day I placed all the necessary items for a simple but festive breakfast on the table. The next morning Bobby woke me up at six in the morning and wouldn’t go back to sleep. Reluctantly I got up, but I was SO tired. When he got sleepy again around… [continue reading]
Top 10 Food Products for St. Patrick’s Day
I haven’t been as organized this year. I know we’re doing something special today, but I’m not positive exactly what! Never the less I picked up some of my favorite green foods so that I’d have something to work with! Here we go….
St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Children
It’s hard to believe this was four years ago! I always look for fun things to help me celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the dollar section in the stores. This particular year I found these tiaras and sashes and decided we were going to have our very own St. Patrick’s Day parade! We got ready,… [continue reading]
Irish Food: Haggis, Neeps, and Tatties
One of the things I looked forward to about going to the Irish festival was the food. I wanted to try something I’ve never had before that was real, authentic Irish food! As it was getting close to lunch time we walked by all the vendors. Actually we walked up and down the street several… [continue reading]