How to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Food

St. Patrick's Day is fun because we all get dressed up in green and think green all day. I don't know where the pinching idea came into the picture, but I wear green to avoid that. It is fun to think of ways to bring the green theme into food without making it disgusting. Don't do green food coloring in everything, because green gravy on green mashed potatoes doesn't look appetizing. Here is a list of ideas that will hopefully spark some ideas of your own to celebrate this Day of Luck Of the Irish Green. Have Fun!

Prepare a packaged White Cake Mix and add drops of green food coloring in it. Pour batter into a prepared pans shamrock cake pan (Can buy these at a Wilton Cake aisle in Craft Stores or Discount Stores). Frost it with green frosting and decorate with green colored sugar or green tinted coconut. Make the cake into cupcakes and do the same! Easy! Cute!

Use a shamrock shaped biscuit/cookie cutter and bake baking powder biscuits.

Make toast, then again, using a shamrock shaped biscuit/cookie cutter, cut out the shape in the middle of the bread.

Serve any drinks that are green for the day including but not limited to: Green Koolaid, lemonade with green food coloring in it, green punch, green tea, etc.

Make lime green Jell-O in a shamrock shaped jello mold. OR make lime green Knox Blox in shamrock shapes by using a shamrock shaped biscuit cutter when set.

I know that Heinz used to make Ketchup in a green color (taste is no different from red). See if your store still carries this product. Kids love Ketchup in different colors.

Here is a long list of more green food ideas to serve at your St. Pat's Day party:

Pistachio Salad
Split Pea and Ham Soup
Shamrock shaped cookies with green frosting and green colored sugar
Green grapes
Celery
Green Apple slices with caramel Dip
Spinach Dip and Irish Soda Bread cubes
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Reuben Sandwiches
Guacamole Dip and Tortilla Chips
Stuffed Green Peppers
Green Rice (Rice with Velveeta and broccoli in it)
Lima Beans
Green Bean Casserole
Avacado Salad
Lime Green Jell-O Poke Cake (see my ehow article)
Spinach Souffle'
Broccoli Quiche
Pasta Dishes using the Green Spinach Pasta
Veggie Pizza using Green Peppers, green olives, and broccoli, etc.
Irish Soda Bread
Chicken Enchiladas with Green Enchilada Sauce on top
Green tinted Popcorn Balls
Lime Green Popsicles
Spinach Stuffed Pizza
Green Jolly Ranchers Candies in a dish
Green Lollipops and Dum Dum Suckers in a dish
Green M n M's (only) in a candy dish
Dish of Pistachio Nuts
Pistachio Cookies
Pistachio Ice Cream

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Now it's your turn to add more ideas to what I've given you. Have a Happy St. Pat's Day!

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