Over the last few months I’ve gone through a sort of renewal in my personal life that’s hard to explain. Like I’m waking up. Without getting to philosophical (and weird) I guess I’ll just say that it all started when I gave up meat. I swear I won’t get “preachy” about how much this has…
This is a collection of some of our favorite St. Patrick’s Day foods. Some are authentically Irish, and some are more Irish-inspired. Some are included just because they fall under the category “hearty pub fare.” Some are on the list because they contain corned beef, cabbage or potatoes, and some you find here simply because…
We love Thousand Island dressing! This year when I made the dressing to go with our annual St. Patrick’s Day Reuben sandwiches, I decided to use this spicy relish instead of the usual sweet pepper relish. It’s made by a company called Original Juan, and it’s awesome. It’s creamy, spicy and the perfect accompaniment to…
These amazing brownies (inspired by my daughter Gracie’s creation) are absolutely the fudgiest brownies on the planet. They have this irresistible, crunchy outside and a gooey, fudge filling. If you serve them when they’re still warm they taste like molten chocolate lava cake. I decided to make up a batch for St. Patrick’s Day and…
I love cooking special treats for holidays. St. Patrick’s Day is an especially fun, whimsical theme. I used the some of the marshmallows from a box of Lucky Charms Cereal as a garnish for my Tipsy Shamrock Shakes yesterday, so I decided to use the rest of the box to make a pan of Lucky…
Looking for a creamy, minty, sweet libation to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? When I was little I always loved going to McDonald’s to get a Shamrock Shake on St. Pat’s. This is that same, nostalgic drink… all grown up. Serve these without the Bailey’s and Jameson for the kiddos, and for teetotalers. They’re delicious either…
“The Blarney Stone is a block of carboniferous limestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney, about 8 kilometres from Cork, Ireland. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of the gab.” ~Wikipedia Top of the afternoon to ya! 🙂 I just finished making up a batch of these…
I took this photo today while watching Breaking Dawn Part 2 (again), and sipping my Whispering Pines Apple Cinnamon Oolong. I was sitting at the table I moved into the living room, right in front of the TV. I had the house to myself. When that happens I do what I want. I stay in…
Blizzard here in Minnesota today! Just when I thought we’d seen the last of the dreaded snow. School was cut short, kids came home early, the kitties are sitting in the bay window watching it fall, and I’m writing to you fine people 🙂 Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day and we indulged in some of…
~ reubens ~ This classic sandwich is our “go-to” St. Patrick’s Day meal. Piles of flavorful corned beef, Polish-style sauerkraut, gooey swiss cheese, buttery toasted marble rye and plenty of creamy thousand island dressing for dipping. It has it all! To make them, just line up the slices of bread the way you would for…
