Today’s post covers All Things Irish Festive Fare.
Green is my favorite color. I love to set the table for St. Patrick’s Day dinner. You can create mini votives by coring an apple and adding a candle.
All Things Irish Festive Fare
I love the elegant simplicity of this Celtic tablecloth created with a stencil and fabric paint.
If my children are good, a leprechaun might leave a few gold coins sprinkled next to their place setting.
Irish Recipes
Continuing the simple theme is the sweet addition of a single clover into a twine tined napkin. Colcannon, a traditional Irish potato dish, is enhanced by a few drops of green food coloring.
The menu also includes corned beef and cabbage. I always make enough for corned beef sandwiches the next day~yum!
I adore Irish Soda bread. My family prefers that the caraway seed and currents not be added.
Mr. Decor loves this part of the meal. This year we might try some green beer.
The perfect finishing touch in a house full of chocoholics is chocolate Irish creme cheesecake.
May you have the luck of the Irish!
Laura
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Nah! No feast here, but I don’t ever make feasts.Love that apple idea. I’m going to save that one for Halloween and possibly with some mini pumpkins too.
We’ll be having corned beef and cabbage, and potaotes. Instead of boiling the potatoes with the beef though, I may have to make colcannon. It’s so good and I haven’t had them in awhile! Wish I was having that cheesecake!
I hadn’t thought of making a St. Patricks day feast, however after looking at all your great ideas, I may just add a few special green touches to our dinner table. Thanks so much,Darlene
Even though we are not Irish, we enjoy having corned beef & cabbage. I make it with potatoes, carrots & onions boiled right in the pot.
Such wonderful, fun ideas. I especially love that tablecloth. Wishing you all a fun day.
That all looks fantastic! I made corned beef & cabbage this weekend. It was soo good I only wish I had made 2 briskets so we would have had more for sandwiches the next day!
You are such a good poster! I am so excited about St Patricks Day now… and I can’t do anything about it!We are headed to the Eagles concert in Columbia so I won’t get to do any of the fun things I usually do so I guess I am going to live through you!
No, I am coming to yours! Especially the cheesecake. I have to agree the table cloth is beautiful. I would think it took a lot of time and a steady hand.
Congrats to the winners!
Such clever ideas! The apple votive is genius! Thanks for sharing them.
I know my hubby would love for me to make him this feast…but I don’t like corn beef or cabbage. My poor hubby!
I had Guiness for the first time last St. Patrick’s Day. The cheescake looks heavenly….My Irish hubby loves soda bread– I make it once in a while (I add oatmeal to the bread). We like it with soup.
Darn. I missed your giveaway, but I’m so glad I got in on your Irish photos and recipes. Delightful! My husband’s family is Irish; we would love to visit Ireland some day.
The tablecloth is neat idea!!! We have a Rueben casserole that is very tasty — never is a morsel left! And that cheesecake looks wonderful but ours will mostly be chocolate and minty and green. Have a Happy Saint Patricks Day! Karyl(Carol)
I’m not a fan of corned beef, so we are having Irish Beef Stew and Irish soda bread (also without the seeds and currants). This year, I think we will be having a chocoate mint cake for dessert. I love celebrating (almost anything) with food!
We seem to have a lot of traditions regarding food on hoildays. It’s our tradition to have corned beef and cabbage (and little red potatos), some green jello, rolls, and some kind of green dessert. Maybe mint chip ice cream. I even like to bake a cherry pie on George Washington’s birthday. Mimi
Beautiful Irish ideas. Mr. Cookie and all the Irish blood running through his veins enjoys a hearty dinner and a beer to chase it down with. I have never made him Irish Soda bread I might just do that this year.
We had soda bread over the weekend…mmmmmmm.
That looks like such a lovely meal!My husband and youngest daughter will be having corned beef with all the sides, while I will be enjoying just the potatoes and carrots with my older daughter (she’s not much of a meat eater). That’s about as far as I can go this year, as I am still a bit nauseated in my pregnancy. 🙂
I will now, you just made me hungry!*hugs*
I was hoping there would be an invite at the end of this enticing post! :o)If there is cheesecake involved, I ALWAYS want to be invited!!
Delicious! What a beautiful post and it goes so well with your gorgeous background!We’re trying 92 year old French Annie’s stuffed cabbage (a friend of Corey’s over at at Tongue in Cheek) It sure looked good!Happy St. Pattys and thank you so much for visiting my little world again, it was so nice to see you!xo Isa
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you and your family Laura.I love the colour green also and I have just posted some green things. The candle in the apple is a lovely idea.How lucky that your children will have a few gold coins from the leprechaun.We are having corned beef for dinner tonight and I enjoy a sandwich with the meat the next day.HugsCarolyn
Thank you for posting such fresh lovely ideas!
I love your Irish collection! I’ll be doing something similar tomorrow. We had corned beef and cabbage over the weekend with my in-laws and I’ll be making reuben sandwiches tomorrow night.And, of course, we’ll both probably enjoy a Guinness. That was the thing that I craved the most when I was pregnant with my first son. Major bummer!Kimba
Love your new look, by the way. It’s fantastic!Kimba
What a nice post! I love green as well. I can’t wait till that spring day when I wake up and all the trees have leaves on again and the grass looks so soft and green. It won’t be long but I can hardly wait. Your dinner sounds wonderful. I have to admit that I have never made corned beef and cabbage before. I will have to try it someday soon.Have a lovely evening.
Green is also one of my favorite colors. I especially love that tablecloth. It’s amazing the things we can do with stencils.
I wasn’t planning on making a feast, but you may have inspired me to do something. Personally, I’m going all out on Friday, the official first day of spring. I’m making it a holiday in my house.
These are all such great ideas! And they’re making me hungry lol! I have always wanted to try soda bread. Your blog has inspired me I think I will make some tomorrow 🙂All the best,Allison
Love the apple idea! And green beer, I need some of that. Hello from SITS!
I was in the grocery this weekend and an older gentlemen came in asking for Soda bread and I wondered what the heck that was, now I know! Thanks for the history lesson.
The cheesecake looks completely decadent…ahhhh
Thanks for your lovely recipes. I will safe them for next year, then we will have a St. Patrick’s party here too.
I love the votives in the apples idea!I have never tried soda bread…. But it looks wonderful!All in all a yummy menu!~Liz
Top o’ the Mornin’ to ya, Laura! I love your new look!
Yummmmmm……your St. Patrick’s Day feast sounds wonderful, one your family will enjoy!Laura, your new blog look is so you….lovely!Hugs,Noel
the apple candle is so sweet! 🙂
The cheesecake makes me drool.
It looks like you had a perfect St.Patrick’s Day dinner…from the setting to the dessert…beautiful!Happy Spring!;-D
Yummy food and love all the green stuff!…Christine
I’m drooling over here on the screen looking at that cheesecake…It looks sooooo good!! a little late Happy St. Patrick’s Day…Sue.
Your Irish post is grand my girl! the food looks delicious! Love the backet of green apples. Thank you for the lovely visit.Kate
Where did you get the stencil that you used on the tablecloth?
Thank you,
Jennifer
Hi Jennifer,
I don't have access to your profile. 🙁
So hopefully you will come back here.
If you google “Celtic stencils” you will find many different companies that offer several styles in a number of price ranges.
Good luck! I always thought it would be lovely to do the tablecloths for a wedding.
Laura I do love this, yummy traditional fare & dessert and great ideas! Go for the green beer!
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Karena
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Just sitting here drooling away! 🙂
I love that tablecloth:) I usually forget about St. Patricks Day – guess we don't have Irish blood in our veins!
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Laura, you had me at chocolate cheesecake! LOL What beautiful pictures and ideas! I have admired your blog for a long time and I just realized I never became a follower! I thought I had! Anyway, I am your new follower now! For sure!