St. Patricks Day Day 4

St. Patrick's Day 

Day 4 

Today I thought I would do something a little different I thought I would share all of my Irish/St. Pattys Day recipes since i will be having my brother and sister in law over for a small St. Pattys Day get together tomorrow I hope you enjoy!

+St. Pattys Day Bath Salts DIY and What is your Leprechaun name?

^^ The Potato Candy is the one on the Left hand side ^^

Potato Candy 

1 potato (medium)

2 1/2 powdered sugar (approximately)

1/4 cup peanut butter 

Boil the potato until it is soft let air dry for a minute or so. 

Blend the potato until smooth

add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time sprinkling into the potato 

keep adding the powdered sugar until the mixture becomes a stiff dough

place wax paper on a work space (save yourself and rub a very thin coat of butter on the wax paper)

press out the dough into a square (not to thin) about 1/2 inch-1 inch thick 

spread peanut butter over the entire dough square

lift up the corner of the wax paper and begin to roll 

after you have rolled it into a log roll it up into wax paper and refrigerate for an hour

take out of the wax paper and cut slice candy into cross sectional pieces approximately 1/2-3/4 inch thick  

Zucchini Bread

3 eggs
1 cup oil
2 cups sugar
2 cups zucchini, grated
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup Hazelnuts  (optional)

Directions:

1
Beat eggs until frothy. Mix in oil and sugar. Blend in zucchini.
2
Sift together dry ingredients. Stir into zucchini mixture.
3
Add vanilla and nuts.
4
Pour into two bread pans.
5
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes OR until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

I used 1 loaf pan and 1 1/2 muffin pans  the muffin pans take less time to bake so make sure you watch them 


Irish Tea Cakes

1 Cup Salted Butter
1/2 Cup Confectioner’s Sugar
2 Teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1/4 Teaspoon Salt

Preheat oven to 325F.

Cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add vanilla.

Beat in flour and salt till thoroughly combined. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place 1 inch apart on lightly greased cookie sheet.

Using the second knuckle of your index finger, make a depression in the center of each ball.

Fill with Jam

Bake 18 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan immediately to a cooling rack.

When completely cooled, dust lightly with confectioner’s sugar.

Yield: 2 dozen.

^^ Irish tea cakes in the oven 

Cherry Cordial Cookies

Ingredients:

3 Cups All-Purpose Flour
2/3 Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Cup White Sugar
1 Cup Light Brown Sugar, firmly packed
1 Cup Salted Butter, softened
2 Large Eggs
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract

Maraschino cherries

Preheat oven to 400F.

In a medium bowl combine flour, cocoa and baking soda. Set aside. Combine sugars in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, blend in butter, scraping down the sides of the bowl.

Add eggs and vanilla, and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the flour mixture  and blend at low speed until combined. Batter will be very stiff. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on un-greased baking sheets, 2 inches apart.

With the 2nd knuckle on your index finger, make indentations and fill each one with 1 whole cherry. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on pan 2 minutes, then transfer to a cool, flat surface.

Makes Approximately: about 5 dozen

Green Rice Crispy Treats

Ingredients: 

1 package regular size marshmallows

3 tablespoons butter

6 Cups rice crispys

6 drops of green food coloring (or more if you would like)

Directions:

in a pot heat the butter to melt 

add marshmallows 

after marshmallows are almost melted add food coloring and then after they are completely melted add rice crispys 

mix well

butter a baking pan or whatever you might want to put them in

 put a little oil on your hands and press the rice crispys into shape

let cook then cut.

OR 

Roll into rice crispy balls

ENJOY!

Sheppard's Pie

 

Ingredients:

1 lbs ground beef

1/2 cup peas

1/2 cup cubed carrots 

1/2 Corn

mashed potatos 

Cheese ( I used monterey jack with jalapenos thats all I had and it tasted GREAT!)

1 Beef bouillon cube

1 cup water

flour 

Salt and Pepper 

Directions:

make your mashed potatos 

cook your veggies

Fry your meat up and drain

make your gravy 

through it all together in a casserole dish except the potatos and cheese

mix well 

add potatos around the top of the beef mixture leaving a hole in the middle 

add your cheese on top 

then bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit

Gravy Recipe:

(I added onions to mine but you dont have to IF you would like add one small onion chopped up)

Ingredients:

1 beef bouillon Cube 

1 cup of water 

flour 

a little extra salt if needed

boil the water with the bouillon cube 

when the cube has dissolved and the water is at a raring boil take a whisk and whisk the water while sprinkling a tablespoon of flour at a time until the water becomes slightly thicker remove whisk turn heat down and let boil on medium heat for approximately another minute or so and then add to your Sheppard's pie when ready

OR

use for fries and gravy mashed potatos or anything!  

Mashed Potatos Recipe:

Ingredients:

4 medium potatos

1/2 Cup Milk

1/3 cup of butter

salt and pepper

Remove skin from potatos 

cube

boil potatos until soft

in a microwave safe bowel put in milk and butter place in the microwave for 2 minute (watch it though it will overflow) 

drain potatos and let dry for a minute

blend potatos 

while blending add milk and butter concoction slowly until the potatos become fluffy add salt and pepper.

AND Tada mashed potatos (the extremely yummy way!)

The Sheppards Pie was our Dinner But for Lunch earlier that day we had Bangers and Mash

A.K.A

Sausages, Mashed Potatos and Gravy

using the above recipes for the mashed potatos and gravy

to cook your sausages add about 1/2 a cup of water to a frying pan place sasages in, Cover, and cook on medium heat until the juices run clear.

Here was our Lunch

St. Patty's day 

Bath Salts 

What you will need:

herb grinder

1 Jar to store your salts in

2 packets of green tea 

2 Tablespoons of Lavender 

1 Tablespoon Chamomile

1 cup Sea salt

1 cup Epson salt   

Green food coloring
1 Shamrock sticker
some gold ribbon
cream colored felt

Directions:

Put green tea (taken out of the tea bag), Lavender, and Chamomile into grinder 

Grind until it is almost a powder

add 7 drops of green food coloring to the Epson salt

Place Herbs into the Jar

Place Salts into the Jar 

Shake

Cut Felt to appropriate size tie gold ribbon to hold the felt on add the Shamrock on the front of the Jar and there you go!

It will not color your tub ^^ is a picture of my tub water after adding about 3/4 cup of salts to tub
it will color your water sightly but will not harm your bathtub! 

Benefits of Green Tea

draw out harmful toxins from your body and healing any open wounds or sores on your body. Green tea baths are very nourishing to the body as well because they are filled with helpful powerful antioxidants and vitamins that your body needs to stop signs of aging and to help the body from illnesses.

Benefits of the color green

• Soothes

• Relaxes mentally, as well as physically

• Helps alleviate depression, nervousness, and anxiety

• Offers a sense of renewal, self-control, and harmony

Green is the color of the Heart Chakra, also known as Anahata. 

This chakra is located at the center of the chest area and is linked to the heart, lungs, circulatory system, cardiac plexus, and the complete chest area. 

The Heart Chakra bridges the gap between the physical and spiritual worlds. Opening the Heart Chakra allows a person to love more, empathize, and feel compassion. 

Gemstones that will aid the Heart Chakra include jade and malachite.

GREEN AROUND THE GLOBE

• Green is used worldwide to represent safety.

• In several religions, green is the color associated with resurrection and regeneration.

• In Ghardaia and other parts of M'zab, houses painted in green indicate that the inhabitants have made a pilgrimage to Mecca.

• Green, blue-green, and blue are sacred colors in Iran, where they symbolize paradise.

• As the emblematic color of Ireland, green represents the vast green hillsides, as well as Ireland's patron saint, St. Patrick.

• In Japan, green is regarded as the color of eternal life.

• In Aztec culture, green was considered to be royal because it was the colour of the quetzal plumes used by the Aztec chieftains.

• The solid green flag of Libya is currently the only national flag of a single color.

• In China, jade stones represent virtue and beauty.

• In Portugal, green is the color of hope because of its associations with spring.

• In the highlands of Scotland, people used to wear green as a mark of honor.

• There is a superstition that sewing with green thread on the eve of a fashion show brings bad luck to the design house.

Here is a peak at my St. Patricks Day Decorations

 What is your Leprechaun Name?