St. Patrick's Day Dinner

[RMurp007]

I am hosting a St. Patrick's Day dinner and would appreciate any and all recipes and decorating ideas, thanks.

[ninna]

We always do corned beef and cabbage for St. Paddy's day supper. yum yum!

And...we also have green jell-o for dessert because have kids. lol. (Otherwise, who'd ever want to eat green jell-o???). I'm sure there are better "Irish" desserts than green jell-o though.

[princesskimmi]

I agree with the corned beef and cabbage - as well you could do an Irish Stew there's lots of variations online.

And of course add a touch of green food coloring to any drinks - and the green jello for dessert

[agent9999]

Shepard's Pie is really traditional! I think there is also a crockpot version for convenience. I also have an amazing recipe for Chocolate Guinness Cake if you are interested. I am planning on making some sugar cookies with amaretto flavoured icing to bring into work for the day.

[gracesmommy]

tonight after our valentines dinner my daughter was asking 'mommy what holiday is next', i told her st. patricks day was next..
i think i'll do sheppards pie and some boiled cabbage on the side. as for dessert, i saw some really awesome cakes on pinterest so i might give one of them a try!

[RMurp007]

Thanks, I will try the Irish Stew, asparagus (green) and Chocolate Guinness Cake with Chocolate Mint Ice Cream. If anyone has a good, easy Irish Stew recipe, I'd appreciate it as there are way to many on-line ones to choose from.

[Natalka]

Last year I made stew, which we had with Irish soda bread.

I made 'green' cheesecake for dessert, lol!

[teverett]

Does anyone have a recipe for corned beef? We doing the St. Patty's Day thing this year and want to attempt corned beef. I always had it as a kid but my grandmother passed away last year and she was the one who made it.

[sheetsofemptycanvas]

Natalka, would love your recipe for Irish Stew! And I would also love any corned beef recipes Cabbage is the only "for sure" thing I have on the menu so far, lol.

[Natalka]

sheets, I just made a beef stew and called it Irish! Most 'real' ones use stout, I think, but I didn't use beer. Also, lamb is traditional, but I use beef.

So I just cut inside or outside round steak in small pieces, add cubed potatoes, carrots, onions, mushrooms (fresh sliced or canned), salt, pepper, garlic powder.

I put these in a small roaster, add enough water to cover, bake at 350 for an hour and a half or so. Thicken with flour and water mixture.

[sheetsofemptycanvas]

Yummy, thanks Nat! I think I'll follow that basic idea and throw a bottle of Guinness in there With some cabbage sauteed with butter and onions on the side!

[Natalka]

Ok, so now I want fried cabbage and onions! Hm... won't go with today's meal, but soon!

[teverett]

Does anyone know if you can use another cut of meat besides brisket to make the corned beef? None of our local grocery stores carry beef brisket.

[sheetsofemptycanvas]

Ok, so now I want fried cabbage and onions! Hm... won't go with today's meal, but soon!

I could eat the whole head of cabbage myself when it's cooked like that... I LOVE it!

Does anyone know if you can use another cut of meat besides brisket to make the corned beef? None of our local grocery stores carry beef brisket.

A butcher shop, maybe?