I just learned that I am a tiny bit Irish today…who knew? I have always liked this holiday because my favorite color is green. But, now I have a little more reason to celebrate I guess.
I donned my favorite green golf pants. I don’t play golf, but I do buy $2 Penguin brand golf pants from DownEast. 🙂
And look! We have green grass. It is mostly clover but who cares! The snow is melted on our side of the street and it feels like Spring!
I finished up some green crocheted bow ties. Tutorial coming up.
Holidays, big and small, are almost always all about the food. So we started our day off with a gradient of green pancakes…at least that was what I was going for. It ended up looking like a yellow sandwich pancake. 🙂
Usually when I make pancakes I want the golden speckled look but with these colored ones I was hoping for ones more like i am mommy…go here for the picture and info. They are gorgeous and not brown in the least. As I was cooking them up I realized that I needed to turn my heat down lower. Call me impatient, but they take forever to cook that way.
For lunch I decided to be tricky and make something healthy AND festive. I had Owen help me make rainbow soup.
I got to sit in on one of my sister in law’s Waldorf mommy and me classes a couple of years ago and they made a soup like this. It is a mild soup but super healthy and fun to make.
I even *gasp* let my six year old loose with a steak knife. His first time! And we survived. 🙂 I think the serrated knives are a little harder to cut yourself with so it was a good beginner knife for him.
We melted 2-3 TBSP. of butter in a pan; added half a chopped onion and a few cloves of minced garlic; and then let them cook while we chopped up the rest of the vegetables.
Once everything had been given a good rough chop, we added them to the pot and covered it for a few minutes to let them sweat it out a bit.
Then we added about 4-5 c. of chicken broth. We brought it to a boil and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes until the carrots were tender.
Paired with some bagel chips it was perfect! Reid loved it. Owen…loved the broth. 🙂 I made him take a big bite of vegetables and he was really surprised it didn’t taste bad! Ha ha…kids are so fun.
So I had to make lunch healthy because I knew what was coming.
We had our traditional dinner…
Then for dessert, I improved on my jello and oreo rainbow and came up with this:
The kids’ eyes lit up like sugar cubes when they saw this.
Homemade whipping cream clouds.
An Oreo as our pot of gold, with a foil wrapped gold coin peeking over it’s sliced top.
The kids loved it!
All you do is make rainbow jello jigglers in a square pyrex pan {greased}. Un-mold onto a cutting board and cut into long slices. Those long slices make great rainbows.
I made the slices thick at first which made it a little more difficult to see the rainbow. I tried thinner slices which make the colors stand out better…but they crack easier. Even after setting it on the plate, they can just spontaneously crack a few minutes later.
My husband and I decided we wanted our rainbows in chunks.
I hope you all had a fun St. Patrick’s Day!
SuzyQSparkles says
What lovely and WONDERFUL ideas! Thanks for sharing them… they are so cute, but I especially love the rainbows for dessert! 😀
Bee happy says
I'm lovin all your green things! I think the rainbow jelly is fab, going to try it myself 🙂
Bee happy x
Have a delicious day!
UtahMillers says
Wow! Love love love the jello rainbow. So cool!
kristy.lynn @ kristy.makes says
i swear i'm the only one who missed out on corned beef & cabbage yesterday (well at least the only one who missed out who actually WANTED IT). the hubs & dude aren't down with the traditional irish fair & i can't eat even the smallest brisket on my own before it goes bad.. 🙁
i loooovee your rainbow. much more fun than some of the other jello desserts i've
pickmepam says
love the rainbow jello! very cute!
glad you enjoyed your day, especially now that you know you're a little irish!
Debra Joy @ jubilee life says
I had to comment just to say…I totally have the same dinner plates as you. The white ones with the brown edges. (Dansk brand, from Bed Bath & Beyond, perhaps?) 😀
Jennifer Clark says
So creative! My poor kids just got some broccoli when they asked for something green! I should have sent them your way!
Rhonda says
Those rainbow jigglers are fantastic! I've got to figure out how to make those…
LeeAnne says
that soup looks delicious! i can almost taste all those vitamins 🙂 i made the jello rainbow and carlos *loved* it… but i didn't grease the pan, so it turned out to be a rainbow minus purple, which stuck to the bottom!
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Love the rainbow jelly, you are very creative!
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