Did you wear green on St. Patrick's Day? If you didn't, did you get pinched?
For many, wearing green is the extent of their dedication to the holiday. For others, it's a day to get drunk on green beer. For my mom, it's a day to decorate, cook Irish food, and gather around the table.
It can be a lot of work putting a themed lunch together between choosing a menu, buying the ingredients, making the food, and decorating, but she loves it. A few weekends ago, she went antique shopping with my grandma and picked up a set of dishes with an intricate green design just for the party. She came home itching to show me the find that would bring the whole lunch together.
After searching the internet for what type of foods she would make, she settled on beef stew, soda bread, and coleslaw. She couldn't decide on an Irish dessert, so my grandma made no-bake cookies. Although not Irish, you can never go bad with no-bakes. The meal truly was delicious.
An antique find
Singing leprechaun figurine sitting on a pot of gold
A peak at the green decorations
Do you decorate the bathroom for holidays, too? These shamrocks are hanging from the shower curtain
Homemade beef stew with huge chunks of meat and potatoes
Yum
Soda bread + coleslaw
And next week -- Easter. Now we have to disassemble St. Paddy's Day decorations and get out the bunnies and baby chicks.
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