Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Oh the Irish

We have some friends who celebrate being Irish by making corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick's day.

So, today I celebrated St. Pat's by: putting on a green shirt, eyeshadow, and earrings; heading to the grocery store; and buying my own corned beef and cabbage.

It was so beautiful out today. I was inspired to accomplish something! I came home with my groceries, opened up all the downstairs windows, put on my apron and dug in.

Here are some of the fixins: cabbage, onions and garlic. Potatoes eventually made their way into the pot too.


Behold the brisket.



It smelled so good!


And this was the final product, which we ate in pie plates b/c my husband was concerned about how juicy it was.


And yes we had a special dessert...What's this?...


Green cake!

My friend Heidi and I went ahead and dyed some cake batter last year for this festive occasion. I think I'm going to make it an annual tradition.


The first layer of frosting.


And some decoration.




This was also delicious!



I hope you had as much fun on St. Patrick's day as I did. If not, let this be your inspiration for next year!

p.s. If you can't tell, I love cooking! Not quite as much as taking pictures, but it is high up there on my list of things to do. Expect future posts...

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