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A St. Patrick's Day favorite, Colcannon is a traditional Irish mashed potato dish that is sure to become a treasured recipe!

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I don't know about you, but the typical green beer + pub crawl + shamrocks on everything style of celebrating St. Patrick's Day has never really been my thing. But I LOVE Irish food--and any excuse for a party--so this year I decided to give St. Paddy's a bit of an Alejandra-style makeover with a little help from the folks at Kerrygold and Teleflora. On Saturday afternoon, I invited a few good friends over for a stylish St. Patrick's Day brunch at home and photographed the day to share with you. Below is a collection of party inspiration, St. Patrick's Day recipes, and entertaining ideas for you to use when planning your own event! How it works Scroll down to view the photos and click through to check out the individual recipes (a couple are yet to be posted, but they'll be up shortly). If you click on any photo, you should be able to view them all "slideshow" style. This is part of a new editorial series here on Always Order Dessert, and I have several more like this in the works. Please let me know below if you enjoy it! My Inspiration Board Dress: Old Navy, Necklace: C. Wonder, Flatware: West Elm, Flowers: Teleflora, Dog sweater: Casual Canine The Menu: The idea for my St. Patrick's Day menu was all about modern twists on classic Irish recipes. My guests arrived to find a spread of sliced sharp Irish cheese, sweet Kerrygold pastured butter, and two kinds of homemade soda bread: White Caraway Irish Soda Bread Muffins and Brown Bran Irish Soda Bread. I offered two signature St. Patrick's Day cocktails for the event: Black Velvet (equal parts Guinness and prosecco), and a Green Whiskey Smash, which is my own invention based on a 19th century bar punch. The latter is a refreshing muddled cocktail with fresh mint, cucumber, and limeade, which can be served on the rocks or in a large punch bowl for your guests to help themselves. It's a great, natural way to serve up a little green. Colcannon--mashed potatoes with cream, butter and vegetables like kale or cabbage--is one of my favorite Irish dishes, and though typically served during Irish Halloween celebrations, I decided to use it to create a fun appetizer for my brunch. I fried little crisp colcannon cakes that I served topped with a dollop of yogurt and salty smoked salmon. The main course for the day was a twist on the classic Irish Shepherd's Pie--Stuffed Shepherd's Pie Potatoes! I hollowed out baked potatoes and filled them with a savory ground lamb and veggie filling. I topped this off with buttery mashed potatoes and a sprinkle of grated cheese, then popped it under the broiler. To balance out the heartiness of the dish, I served a simple arugula salad with a Mustard Vinaigrette dressing. Recipes: Colcannon Cakes with Smoked Salmon Shepherd's Pie Stuffed Potatoes Mustard Vinaigrette It should come as no surprise that I was most excited about dessert. I served two treats--the first a twist on my signature Italian Rainbow Cookies, which I appropriately called Irish Rainbow Cookies! Moist green rainbow almond cake layers with lemony apricot jam and dark chocolate on top. Sort of an extreme use of food coloring, but I think perfectly appropriate for the occasion! Recipe: Irish Rainbow Cookies The second dessert is a version of my favorite no-bake pots de creme. I made these with dark chocolate and Guinness, and served them in little white espresso cups--a perfect sweet bite to end a rich meal! Recipe: Dark Chocolate Guinness Pots de Creme St. Patrick's Day Decor I kept the decorations simple with an elegant Irish color palate of kelly green, gold, and white. Flowers are my favorite way to dress up a table, so I contacted the folks at Teleflora.com who sent over two of their best St. Patrick's Day themed floral arrangements--the Luck o' the Irish (pictured in the intro photo) and the St. Patrick's Day-zies, pictured below. I love the way daisies make it suddenly feel sunny and Spring-like (even when it's 20 degrees and snowing outside!). I asked my guests to come wearing green, and we even got Hudson in on the action with his own little matching sweater. After dessert, we sat around sipping our cocktails and playing a hysterical round of Celebrity, my favorite parlor game. Floral arrangements courtesy of Teleflora.com. Kerrygold provided coupons for free Kerrygold butter and cheese samples. All opinions, recipes, and ideas are (of course!) my own. **** Love Always Order Dessert? Let's connect! Follow me on Twitter or Pinterest, become a fan on Facebook, or sign up to receive my once-a-week e-mail updates. And if you ever need any entertaining or cooking advice, please don't hesitate to e-mail me. Thanks for reading!

These blood orange jello shots are easy to prepare and they are perfect adult desserts for parties. Watch how to make them in this video. Enjoy! You can also make them in different colors, using different types of jello powders

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Offer these fun little bites that taste like a Reuben for St. Patrick’s Day. Even better, don't wait—deli meat and cheese make them doable all year long. —Colleen Delawder, Herndon, Virginia

Food is going to be vital to go with all those drinks.

Limericks are a fun way to practice writing poetry while celebrating St. Patrick's Day! My students loved coming up with Limericks for weeks after this activity! I used our Mimio and projected this document and worked along with my students. On the last page there are some fun easy independent th...

Best served with a pot 'o gold, obviously.

St. Patrick’s day is a time to turn everything green in honor of the Irish Saint. This creamy cheesecake with festive green stripes is perfect to serve after corned beef, cabbage and a Guinness. Using fresh mint makes the rich cake as bright in flavor as it is in appearance.

St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow March 17th, so here’s a post filled with a variety of ideas that you can work on today. Gift a lucky clover card to kids, family and friends. All it takes …

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Okay, I'm a day early but I can't help it. I'm excited. I love St. Paddy's Day! I'm pretty sure we have some percentage of Irish blood flowing through our veins. Doesn't everyone? Anyway, I am very happy to do this blog today because of a couple of reasons...... 1.) St. Patrick's Day...'nuff said 2.) I got to play with bread 3.) Stew is delicious 4.) my pictures turned out so pretty Oh, I should mention.... this stew recipe is for a crowd. I wanted to make it big enough to feed the animals my coworkers at work. Near as I can tell this make approx 20 servings of about 1 cups each. The Celtic Trinity Knots (1 can of Pillsbury Pizza Dough and 1 can of Pillsbury Grands Crescent Dough) yielded a total of 48 knots. So, 20 servings of 2 knots with a few left over. Let's start with the stew recipe :) Irish Stew Ingredients 8 cups beef broth 2 cans (440 ml each) Guinness draught 1/2 cup barley 3 Tbsp vegetable oil + 2 1/2 lbs stewing beef, cut into chunks 1/4 cup flour 1 Tbsp vegetable oil 2 medium onions, coarsely chopped 1/3 cup red wine 12 large carrots, coarsely chopped 12 medium potatoes, quartered 4 leeks, cut into medium slices 2 medium potatoes, cooked and mashed 1 Tbsp flour 1/2 cup parsley, finely chopped Directions Heat broth in a very large sauce pan (at least a 10 liter/10 quart pan). Add in the Guinness. Keep simmering and add in the barley. In a large frying pan over medium-high heat, heat the 3 Tbsp of oil. Place the chunks of beef in a large plastic bag and add in the flour. Shake to coat. (You may need another Tbsp or two to coat all the pieces.) Cook the meat, about 1/3 of it at a time, in the frying pan. You want to brown the meat and seal in the flavors. When the meat is browned, remove from the pan and add to the simmering broth. Repeat until all meat is cooked. Add the 1 Tbsp of vegetable oil to the hot pan. Add in the chopped onions. Cook and stir for about 2 minutes then add them to the broth as well. Take the 1/3 cup of red wine and pour it in the hot pan. Deglaze the pan with the wine and then add this to the broth. (You want to make sure you scrape up all the tasty bits stuck to the pan!) Cover the saucepan and let simmer, very gently, for 2 hours. Stir every 20 minutes or so to make sure nothing is sticking to the bottom of the pan. (If it seems to be sticking then turn the heat down even more.) After 2 hours - add in the carrots, potatoes, and leeks. Cover and continue to simmer for an additional 40 minutes. Again, stir occasionally to make sure nothing is sticking to the bottom. After 40 minutes - in a small bowl mix the 2 mashed potatoes with the 1 Tbsp of flour. Add this to the stew and stir well. (This acts as a thickener and makes it more "stew like"). Cook and stir for another 5 - 10 minutes until thickened. You can serve like this.... Or garnish with the chopped parsley.... Mmmmmm.... tasty with baking powder biscuits or a hunk of our Irish Potato Bread or with our pretty Celtic Trinity Knots (instructions follow below!). Celtic Trinity Knots Ingredients 1/4 cup melted butter (we used our Guinness Butter) 1/3 to 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, powdered 1 can Pillsbury Pizza Dough 1 can Pillsbury Grands Crescent Dough Directions Preheat oven to 375. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, set side. Open the can of Pillsbury Pizza Dough (or Crescent Dough) and unroll on counter. Pinch seams together, flip dough over, and pinch seams together again. Cut the dough into 24 equal strips. (12 strips each from the crescent dough as it is in 2 pieces) In the photos below the crescent dough is on the right and pizza dough is on the left. To make each knot: Starting at step #3 in the photo above - Place 1 strip in a "rainbow" shape. (Helpful hint - roll the strip in your palms so it is rounded and not flat. I found this made shaping the knot easier.) Step #4 - take one side and fold it up over the middle of the "rainbow" to form a loop. Step #5 - take the other side and fold it up and over the first loop, leaving a small hole in the center where they cross over. Step #6 - Pinch together the ends of the strip into a point. Pinch the 2 loops into points as well. Do your best to shape the knot so all loops are even. Step #7 - Place the knots onto the prepared cookie sheet. Using a pastry or basting brush, lightly brush each knot with the melted butter. Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese. Step #8 - Bake at 375 until tops are browned, about 15 minutes or so - keep checking. Step #9 - Remove from cookie sheet and serve warm or let cool completely and serve at room temp. (Crescent dough is on the right and pizza dough is on the left in the photos below). I found the crescent dough was softer than the pizza dough. The pizza dough went quite crispy. Not that that is a bad thing! The crispy, cheesy knots were delicious with the stew. Okay, the crescent dough knots were equally as delicious. Personal preference which one you prefer. I think I liked the crescent ones a bit more. Need a hint as to which ones Sue liked? (Yeah, it was the pizza ones - big surprise!) You can, of course, just use either/or. I used both because I wanted to see how each would turn out. When I make them again I will most likely just use the Pillsbury Grands Crescent Dough as I preferred the softer texture. You should totally make this for your St. Patrick's Day dinner. The Celtic Trinity Knots take about an hour to make - depending on how fast you are at shaping them - and the stew takes about 30 minutes of prep work (ie: cutting veggies, cooking the meat) otherwise it just bubbles away on the stove for the afternoon making your house smell AMAZING. You can very easily half the stew recipe and make 10-ish servings. Or, make the whole batch as it freezes very well! Sláinte

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