St. Patrick’s Day
I love St. Patrick’s Day, even if you weren’t born Irish, you get to be Irish for one day of the year. Holiday’s are celebrated with food. Here is a roundup of my favorite Irish recipes. My grandmother was Irish, and her parents came over from Ireland, so growing up, I would love her potato soup. It is the one recipe I wished I would have gotten from her when I was growing up. We would often have boiled potatoes with butter and onions for dinner, and for lunch the next day, she would make this potato soup. I think she only added milk, but my grandmother would season everything simplistically, something I don’t think I am capable of doing. While I may not have cracked her recipe for potato soup, I can make lots of other Irish inspired dishes perfect for St. Patrick’s Day.

Corned Beef

So I must say, this is a dish that is always served. Thanksgiving gives us turkey, for me St. Patrick’s Day, gives us corned beef. My favorite way to make corned beef is to coat it with Dijon mustard and brown sugar and bake it in the oven.
Baked Corned Beef

While it may be too late this year to make your own corned beef from scratch, yes, you actually brine the meat yourself, this is a great way to use a brisket that is on sale. I have made these before from scratch, they won’t be as pink as what you find in the store, but they are good none the less.
Corned Beef – How to Cure

My friend and fellow blogger Fran from Frantasticfood.com has a wonderful way to use up your left over corned beef. Why not try it Tex-Mex Style. She is even kind enough to shoot a video around this, to make it nice and easy to see.
Serving Up Corned Beef – Tex Mex Style

Side Dishes

Colcannon – Irish Mashed Potatoes
Colcannon has to be one of the least well known side dishes, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t delicious. Colcannon was a dish I discovered through one of my best friends, the first time I had this was at Feast in Houston, Texas. Colcannon is creamy mashed potatoes with cooked cabbage inside of them. The cabbage has a wonderful flavor, and it helps make your mashed potatoes to be green.
Colcannon – Irish Mashed Potatoes
Irish Soda Bread
Thankfully this is a bread that not only tastes really well, it also is easy to make, and doesn’t require time to rise like other bread does. This is a crusty and slightly sweet bread that everyone is sure to love. I have made this bread a few times. If you start your bread, before you start your vegetables when cooking dinner, you will have hot bread when your meal is ready to be served.
Irish Soda Bread
Authentic Irish Soda Bread
Raglan Road Guinness Dipping Sauce
This goes well with Irish soda bread. Guinness is combined with sugar, and reduced slowly, you are left with a delicious syrup that tastes so good when you dip your bread into this sauce.
Raglan Road Guinness Dipping Sauce

Dessert

Simon and Seafort’s Irish Coffee
So one more thing we have, is Irish Coffee. This is a sweetened coffee with whiskey and a dollop of whipped cream?
Simon and Seafort’s Irish Coffee
We have lots of recipe suggestions here. I am going to be starting my corned beef today, and tomorrow I am going to enjoy some corned beef, cabbage, and wearing a bit of green.

What are you doing for St. Patrick’s Day? Are you staying in? Are you going out?