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The Post-St. Patrick’s Day Post

The Post-St. Patrick's Day Post

The Post-St. Patrick’s Day Post is a curiously odd title for this post, but it is after (post) St. Patrick’s Day and it is a wrap-up post of our St. Patrick’s Day celebration activities!  So, a “post” post, if you will.  A little leprechaun mischief was involved in that title {grin}!

How was your St. Patrick’s Day celebration?  We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day a day early, on Sunday, with a few blogging friends.  And, of course, we celebrated (just a little) on St. Patrick’s Day, too.  Wait a minute…let me rephrase that:

  • Charlie and I celebrated just a little.  We had St. Patrick’s Day leftovers for lunch and made a pizza from leftovers for dinner.
  • The Princesses P celebrated a little more.  They wore green to school, packed special sandwiches for their St. Paddy’s Day lunches, and celebrated at their respective schools.
  • Tiffany celebrated a lot!  She works part-time at an Irish Pub and St. Patrick’s Day is one of their busiest days (big surprise)!  But, although she “celebrated” a lot (12 hours on her feet!), it really wasn’t “celebrating”, but rather serving a bunch of rowdy, overgrown, mischievous leprechauns!  I’m sure she has lots of interesting stories to share…

Here’s what happened Sunday:

Amy, our blogging friend from Beloved Atmosphere, is leaving this week to return to Europe – her home.  So, to wish her adieu, we threw a little, itty bitty party.  You can read more about Amy here (and see pictures of her!):  17 Girls and a Baby.  Plus, you can check out her blog:  Beloved Atmosphere.

Heather, our blogging friend from It’s a Lovely Life, joined us and brought her 3 daughters (princesses, too), who joined the Princesses P in initiating all kinds of leprechaun mischief!

2 Four-Year-Old Irish Princesses

Heather’s youngest daughter with Princess Sweetie Pie; don’t these two princesses look like they are up to leprechaun shenanigans?

Irish Princess P

The very Irish Princess P (well, she’s more Irish than me, anyway!).

2 More Irish Princesses

Heather’s two older daughters – very lovely Irish lasses, also Princesses!

I set up a crafting table to keep the kids occupied so that the adults could visit.  They made rainbows and leprechauns from crafting kits, colored, created pictures with stickers and filled their arms with St. Patrick’s Day tattoos.  This was somewhat successful in that when you live on 8 acres and it’s a gloriously beautiful day, Mother Earth beckons and wins out over crafting with leprechauns.  So, a treasure hunt was in order, but with no pre-planning, the treasure hunt became about finding bird feathers, special rocks, flowers, leaves, seed pods, etc.  Still fun for them, but I’ll remember this for the next St. Patrick’s Day party – a leprechaun treasure hunt with more of a St. Patrick’s Day theme!

St. Patrick's Day table decorations

I’d set the table awash in green with shamrocks, leprechauns, pots of gold (filled with Lucky Charms; forgot to take a picture after I filled the little black pots!) and rainbow lollipops.  For close-ups of the table décor, check out my earlier post:  Decorating the Table for a St. Patrick’s Day Celebration!

Emerald Isle Guacamole

I made Emerald Island Guacamole (also known as GuacaMolly on this blog!) and didn’t remember take the above photo until it was half gone!

Golden Leprechaun Dip

Deliciously creamy and spicy Golden Leprechaun Dip was available to make Golden Leprechaun Bites…

Amy's Spinach and Artichoke Dip

And Amy brought her famous Creamy Spinach and Artichoke Dip that she made for the SMSummit that I shared in 17 Girls and a Baby!  Amy still hasn’t posted this recipe on her blog, but when she does, I’ll recreate it for this blog and include a link to her blog so that all of our readers can share in the awesomeness of her dip!  Because, truly, it is the BEST Spinach and Artichoke Dip I’ve ever eaten.  Hands down.  No leprechaun half-truth, I swear.

She also brought delicious deviled eggs and a few other nibbles, but I forgot to take pictures of those, because (1) it was all about her Spinach and Artichoke Dip and how happy I was she brought it {grin} and (2) it was all about visiting with friends and family and forgetting to take photos!

Leprechaun Nectar and Leprechaun Lime Fizz

Leprechaun Nectar (foreground – which is just a pre-made strawberry kiwi punch I bought at the store) and Leprechaun Lime Fizz (background – which is frozen limeade concentrate mixed with 7-Up and lime sherbet) quenched the thirst of our Irish Princesses.  Finally, when I was finished cooking, it was time to eat the main meal (as if the hors d’ oeuvres weren’t enough!).

St. Patrick's Day Vegetarian Buffet

Keeping with a green, gold and orange theme, I made vegetarian-friendly, kid-friendly food:

Erin Go Bragh Spinach Quesadillas

Erin Go Bragh Spinach Quesadillas – I cut shamrock shapes from spinach quesadillas, tore up cheddar cheese and melted them one-by-one in the microwave on a ceramic plate.  I let them cool on the ceramic plate until they were slightly warm to the touch and then removed them with a metal spatula to the serving plate.  This technique (which I “discovered” by screwing up!) kept the melted cheese intact around the shamrock.  Here’s a picture:

Making Erin Go Bragh Spinach Quesadillas

I made Rainbow Shamrock PB&J Sandwiches by making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, with an assortment of different jellies for the “rainbow”, and then cut them out carefully with a shamrock cookie cutter:

Rainbow Shamrock PB&J Sandwiches

A simple fruit salad of green and gold fruit (pineapple, bananas, green grapes, kiwi and green apples) complemented the menu for the younger children:

Green and Gold Fruit Salad

And, to make sure that adults and kids alike had something cheesy, creamy and delicious, I made Rainbow Tortellini (recipe coming in a future post; stay tuned…):

Rainbow Tortellini Casserole

Plus, I made the oh-so-delicious Pot o’ Gold Corn Casserole that I created for the blog, Recipe Chatter.  You can get this recipe by checking out my post, Recipe Chatter:  Pot o’ Gold Corn Casserole:

Pot o' Gold Corn Casserole

And, just to make sure that we had enough “greens” in our diet, I made Rainbow Roasted Baby Veggies (miniature zucchini, carrots, yellow squash and mini bell peppers, sprinkled with olive oil, salt and pepper and roasted in 400 degrees oven for 20 minutes):

Roasted Rainbow Veggies in Irish crystal bowl

And, Wearing of the Green Salad (field greens including baby  arugula, yellow cherry tomatoes, diced yellow peppers, diced green apple, pistachios tossed in a citrus vinaigrette with Feta cheese served on the side):

Wearing o' the Green Salad

And, if all of this deliciousness wasn’t enough, I made desserts!  Shamrock Pie Crust Cookies (see my earlier post for the recipe:  Sweetheart Pie Crust Cookies):

Shamrock Pie Crust Cookies taken by Heather

Above photo courtesy of Heather via Instagram – I forgot to take pictures of my own cookies!  And, Leprechaun Cake Ball Truffles:

Blarney Stones and Leprechaun Cake Ball Truffles

Above picture is mine and the picture below is courtesy of Amy.  She captured my “Blarney Stone Truffles” quite nicely, don’t you think?

Blarney Stone Cake Ball Truffles

Needless to say, there was plenty to eat and a variety of choices!  And, I bought Rainbow Sherbet, but I forgot to serve it!  Leprechaun magic at work, muddling my wee brain so that they would have Rainbow Sherbet all to themselves later!  Here’s a photo of the table, again, this time from Tiffany via Instagram:

Tiffany's Instagram photo of the St. Patrick's Day table decorations

Need some menu ideas for next year?  Pin this to Pinterest and you’ll be able to bookmark this post and come back next year for all these great ideas:

12 Ideas for a Vegetarian St. Patrick's Day Party

That night, exhausted Irish Princesses fell asleep and were kissed by leprechauns:

Leprechaun kisses on Princess P

Leprechaun kisses on sleeping Princess P!

Leprechaun kisses on Princess Sweetie Pie

Leprechaun kisses on sleeping Princess Sweetie Pie!

While they slept, mischievous leprechauns continued to wreak havoc in their home and left evidence of their visit in the bathroom:

Leprechaun footprints on the Princesses P's bathroom sink

And, here are the very excited and happy Princesses P on their way to school to join in the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations:

Princesses P on St. Patrick's Day 2014

Hope your St. Patrick’s Day was fun and festive, too!

Tootles,

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Related Posts:

(other St. Patrick’s Day posts)

  • 17 Irish Blessings for St. Patrick’s Day
  • 17 Irish Proverbs and Sayings for St. Patrick’s Day
  • 42 Shades of Green
  • An Irish Blessing (or two)…
  • An Irish Lunch:  Courgettes with Grape Tomato Salad and Cottage Cheese
  • Baloney vs Blarney
  • Decorating the Table for a St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
  • Easy Shamrocks and Leprechaun Centerpiece
  • Golden Leprechaun Bites
  • Irish Rainbow Country Potatoes
  • Leprechaun Bagels
  • Recipe Chatter:  Pot o’ Gold Corn Casserole
  • St. Patrick’s Day Wishes
  • Stacked Reuben Sandwiches
  • Sweet and Spicy Leprechaun Cheese Spread
  • The Gift from the Leprechauns of Blarney Castle
  • The Leprechaun Cake Wreck Caper
  • The Luck of the Irish 

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