Category: St. Patrick’s Day

Stout Mac and Cheese

Stout Mac and Cheese! Cheesy and malty comfort food for St. Patrick’s Day. Dark beer lovers will enjoy this mac and cheese version for St. Paddy’s Day! The stout adds the distinctive slightly bitter, malty flavor to the cheese and gives it it’s dark, rich color. I found Stout Mac and Cheese, after St. Patrick’s…

Beef and Guinness Pot Pies

Beef and Guinness Pot Pies! A celebration in a bowl with puff pastry shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day!  I made Beef and Guinness Pot Pies a couple of weeks ago and put a couple in the freezer in anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day to pull out and bake today! You could use any Irish Stew…

Irish Apple Cake

A sweet ending to your St. Patrick’s Day feast, Irish Apple Cake! From The Complete Irish Pub Cookbook~  Irish Apple Cake for St. Patrick’s Day or with your morning coffee or afternoon cuppa! Apples have been grown in Ireland for centuries–legend has it that St. Patrick planted an apple tree in an ancient settlement outside Armagh city. Today County…

Wearing of the Green~ on Potatoes

I’m not Irish but I’m happy to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with The Wearing of the Green. . .on potatoes. . .  . . .with Spinach Pesto~ and a little fun with Spinach 4-Leaf Clovers~ I’m not lucky when it comes to finding 4-Leaf Clovers, but I did have some luck & fun with baby spinach…

Pot of Gold Irish Potato Soup

I’m not Irish, but I’m happy to pay homage to the potato to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day~ I’ve never met a potato I didn’t like ~ potatoes are my kryptonite~  and I can think of nothing more tragic than a potato famine :) I found a recipe from Southern Living for Irish Potato Soup that I…