If you’re planning a St. Patrick’s day celebration this weekend, chances are you’re looking for some menu ideas – which may involve some green fun! If you missed yesterday’s post, I shared my ‘Shamrock St. Patrick’s day tablescape’ that may inspire you to create the look on your dining table! Now back to the menu…
Dinner Entree…
‘Green Pasta with Sweet Turkey Sausage Crumble’
This dish is pretty simple to make, I included the recipe at the bottom of this post. One quick and easy way to make this dinner entree green was by adding pesto to your pasta! For the sausage links, I removed the casing and added three ingredients that boosted some delicious flavors…fresh garlic, Worchestire sauce and white wine. Secret ingredients that my aunt shared with me!
Dessert…
‘Green Ombre Mini Cake Stack’
I love anything ombre so for this dessert recipe, I simply used a yellow cake box mix (you can use your favorite brand), followed the directions on the back of the box and separated the batter in two seperate bowls. I then added green food coloring to each batter. Keep adding food coloring to achieve your desired color of light green and dark green. Once the cakes were baked in separate baking pans, I let them cool and then used a round cookie cutter to cut out the shapes. For the filling, I made homemade whipped cream and added mint (not peppermint) extract as well as 3 drops of green food coloring. For the frosting, I cheated and bought a tube of green frosting. To complete this mini cake stack, I added a festive touch by topping each mini cake stack with a St. Patty’s Day Milk Chocolate Coin that I found in the Dollar Section at Target. Okay, so admittley, it doesn’t win an award for the prettiest cake ever but it is yummy and I think kids and adults alike will enjoy.
I hope you enjoyed yesterday and today’s St. Patrick’s day themed posts. For more St.Patrick’s day party ideas, check out the below posts:
A ST. PATRICK’S DAY INSPIRED TABLESCAPE WHERE LUSH MEETS LUXE
ST. PATRICK’S DAY ‘LUCKY CHARMS CEREAL COCKTAIL + DIPPED MINT CHOCOLATE MINIS’
FESTIVE ST. PATRICK’S DAY MINI MILKSHAKES FOR KIDS {+ MILKSHAKE SHOOTERS FOR THE ADULTS}
Check back next week on the blog for some Spring inspiration!
- 1 pack of Honeysuckle Sweet Italian Turkey Sausage
- 2 TBSP, Olive Oil
- 3 cloves of Garlic, minced
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
- ¼ cup of water
- 2½ - 3TBSP, Worchestire Sauce
- ¼ cup of dry White Wine
- Remove the casing from each sausage link, set aside. In a medium-sized frying pan on medium high heat, add the olive oil. When the olive oil just started to heat up, add the garlic and salt and pepper. Cook the garlic until fragrant, but not browned. Add the sausage to the pan and break apart using a spatula. Cook sausage until brown. Add the water, Worchestire Sauce, white wine, and turn down heat to low. Cover the pan and let it boil for about 15 minutes for the flavors to blend. Topp your pesto pasta with the sausage and garnish with your preferred grated cheese. Serve warm and enjoy!
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