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St. Patrick’s Day Food Round Up

St Patrick's Day Recipes

I asked some fabulous friends to share their favorite St. Patrick’s day food post with us. There are so many delicious offerings below. Everything from a fun lunch to pack for your kids to yummy sweet treats that might just bring you the luck of the leprechaun AND a paleo recipe.

Whether your Irish or not there’s no reason not to celebrate the greenest day of the year with these recipes.

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Send your little ones off to school with this fun lunch. Just think of how surprised they’ll be when they open this fun lunch.
st pattys lunch for kids

A classic and oh so good. Impress your family by serving up some Irish tea cake with dinner.
irish tea cake

 

If you love a great cheese fondue you’ll love this twist made with Guinness beer from Simple.Green.Organic.Happy.

fondue

 

Just when you thought rice krispie treats couldn’t get any better. Thanks to Lolli for taking rice krispie treats up a notch.
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The golden arches doesn’t have the market on shamrock shakes. Type A Parent shows you how easy it is to make your own.
shamrock shake
I love, love, love these fun Chocolate Leprechaun Hat cookies from the lovely Sherry at Super Exhausted. Her blog title pretty much sums up how I feel on a regular basis. I’m sure many of you can relate.
st patricks cookies

Tonya is serving up St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes. She is so creative. I would give these a try, but have you ever read the Cake Wreck site? Yeah, that’s probably where my cupcakes would end up. I always THINK they’ll look good and then I start decorating and it’s not pretty. Tonya, however, has mad cake decorating skills. I’ll just have to keep practicing.

st pattys cupcakes

For the adults, Emily from Colorado Moms whipped up a batch of Guinness Cupcakes (yay!!)

guinness cupcake

Here’s a new, well, new to me, twist on a potato. Potato candy. Hmmm. She had me at potato.

Irish Potato Candy
For my readers that eat Paleo, this one’s for you–Paleo Chocolate Truffles. You’re welcome.

Paleo Chocolate
Wishing you and yours a fun, festive, and green St. Patrick’s Day!

Low-Carb Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recipe

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This recipe is by Sue George, owner of Harvard Sweet Boutique,  a gourmet all-natural dessert company that offers hand-made goodies for any occasion. The mouth-watering artisan brownies, decadent cookies and dissolve-in-your-mouth toffee can be easily bought online and shipped to friends, loved ones and business associates for any occasion. Even for those with specific dietary needs, Harvard Sweet …Read More

Natural Dyed Easter Eggs

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I decided to try my hand at making Easter Eggs using only natural ingredients this year. I pulled food and spices out of the cabinet and fridge and got busy trying different things to see what works and what doesn’t. I remember my mom and grandma using red onion skins to dye eggs when I …Read More

Green Giant Has #AGiantSurprise

Green Giant

It’s big news!!! Green Giant has a very giant surprise! They are now offering Veggie Snack Chips. ((insert party music here)) We have been carefully watching everything we eat and haven’t had snack chips in the house for a while. Occasionally, I’ll buy tortilla chips, but not very often. Potato chips and the like have …Read More