St Patty's Greenies

Wow, ya'll! It has been a looong time, but today is St Patrick's Day. I love this holiday. When my munchins were little, I used to really do it up.  My girl was very disappointed that our Leprechaun didn't visit last night... Doh! I learned the hard way that I set the bar wayyyyy too high. Now I have to try to keep it going, too.much.effort. for this working mum.

I have all these gorgeous pictures pins on pinterest and all these great ideas that never seem to make it off the pinboard.

So tonight, in efforts to have some celebration, I made my "traditional" Irish Stew with green mashed potatoes and biscuits.  Delish!

Each night at dinner the kiddos each have an opportunity to say a prayer or blessing, tonight I threw in this one too:

Source:http://trendphotos.org/2014/st-patricks-day/irish-quotes-blessings-and-toasts-2014.html 

To make it even yummier, I whipped up a batch of GREENIES. Never heard of Greenies? Think very similar to Blondies but St Patty's theme (green food coloring). They were super simple to make and are ADDICTING.

I used this recipe from backforsecondsblog.com. She was not kidding when she said chewy and fudgy and delicious.  

The only change was right before adding the flour I added in several drops of green food coloring. These seriously took about 10 minutes to mix together, I had all the ingredients in my pantry already! I tossed them in the oven while we ate and they were done by the time we finished eating, and were cooled by the time boy finished eating.  Am I the only one that has one kid that eats impossibly slow? I used to play the song Eat it by Weird Al Yankovich at dinner, in hopes it would inspire him to eat faster.  Who remembers that song?  Not familiar? You didn't grow up in eighties, did you??

  Here is a lil sample for ya:  

I digress. 

Greenies ended up So cute! Kids loved them! I ate 3!  They were a hit, the girl wants leftover stew, green mashed potatoes and greenies in her lunch box tomorrow. Yay for an easy to pack lunch. 

The Irish Girl in me found this gaelic awesomeness on youtube. Enjoy ya'll.

One last thought that I leave you with. Saw this on facebook today, made me think.

Good night my Lovelies.