St Patrick's Day Green Food Ideas

1. Shamrock cookies:

With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, it’s easy to find season-special cookie cutters.

Find shamrock-shaped cutters to bake these special cookies with flour, butter, cocoa powder or chocolate milk, mint flavour and green food colour work together to create some fabulous green shamrock cookies that kids and adults would enjoy.

2. Pea soup:

Pea soup is a classic starter and to add your own twist add some quinoa and it is a clear winner – it is low in fat, rich in fibre, has a rich flavour, offers an amazing texture, and best of all it’s green in colour and perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day party.

3. Leprechaun lime drink:

This delicious lime refresher is exactly what you’ll need on a nice spring evening.

For making this amazing drink, you only need lime sherbet, sugar, lime or lemon soda, crushed ice and lemon slices.

Get ready to indulge yourself and your guests in a refreshing green drink this Patrick’s Day.

4. Asparagus soup:

This rich buttery soup is a perfect starter that your guests will love.

Make it with asparagus, sliced shallots, chicken broth, butter, sour cream, lemon juice, coriander and pepper. Serve with bread or cheese.

5. Argulo or spinach pesto chicken:

Here is a simple dish that you can try out that’s tasty, green, and will impress your guests. The bold green colour will make it interesting enough for even kids to try.

Argula or spinach works best for this recipe. Make this dish with spinach/arugula, chicken, basil leaves, pine nuts, zucchini, Parmesan cheese, tomatoes, and garlic. It is as healthy as it is tasty and will be a big hit at the party.

6. Green popcorn:

What’s better than green and sweet? With some corn kernels, corn syrup, sugar, butter and green food coloring, you could hand out boxes of popcorn to little kids.

You could also try out spicier variations for the adults!

7. Green beans with pistachio sauce:

Vegetables are great for any party and it’s something everyone can indulge in, knowing that it’s healthy. Fresh green beans, butter, chopped pistachios, evaporated milk, and seasoning works wonders turning this delightfully simple dish into a delicious marvel.

Cook the beans in a Dutch oven and keep aside. Fry pistachios in butter and add evaporated milk until the sauce thickens.

8. Spinach casserole:

Heat up some butter in the skillet and fry celery and onion and then stir in spinach and cream of mushroom soup and then bake.

For the crunch element, stir in bread cubes in butter and top it up over the spinach casserole.

9. Lime punch:

Any summer party needs a lot of drinks and for a St. Patrick’s Day party, if you’re looking for special green refreshers, a lime punch is a simple yet amazing brew that you can get ready in minutes with sugar, lemony

lime drink mix, pineapple juice, ginger ale, and lime sherbet. Refrigerate until you’re ready to serve it to your guests.

10. Corn n’ broccoli:

Broccoli is as delicious as it is healthy and it’s perfect for any St. Patrick’s Day dish. For a great dish, chop broccoli into small pieces and combine with corn and cook in butter over medium heat for a few minutes.

Season with basil, salt, garlic, and pepper.

11. Green pancakes:

Try out some delicious green pancakes using match a green tea, coconut flour, egg whites, buttermilk, and serve drizzled with honey.

This is a perfect snack to serve to your guests for the evening.

12. Green beer:

Green beer requires no ingredients except, of course, beer and green or blue food colouring.

With this beer, you and your guests are officially ready to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in earnest. For kids, you could add green colour to regular lemonade for the festive special drink.

General tips:

Most “green” food works for St. Patrick’s Day. This includes peas, broccoli, celery, artichoke, spinach, pistachios, and many others. Before the party, spend some time checking out recipes that hero these ingredients. When you’re planning desserts like cake or macaroons, you can use green food colouring. Lime sherbets, spinach or kale smoothies, and mint coolers are green refreshments that you can serve your guests.

Have a memorable St. Patrick’s Day party with green food that your guests will enjoy and are unlikely to forget long afterwards. Get your groceries and be ready to cook up an amazing, “green inspired” St. Patrick’s Day.