My menu plan is abbreviated this week. Lance has a coaching clinic in Nebraska and my parents have agreed to keep the kids so that I can go with him! Love those rare, spontaneous getaways (and really love those grandparents who make it possible)!
Sunday, 3/15
- fried eggs, whole wheat pretzels with powdered sugar icing, fruit
- Lance and the two older kids headed to the farm and ate lunch with Papa and Grammy. The little one and I had leftovers.
- supper at the farm after a day of cutting and hauling limbs, feeding and counting cows and working baby calves (sandwich buffet, chips, fruit, etc.)
Weeknight Suppers
- sloppy joes (recipe coming Tuesday ~ so very good!) on homemade buns, deviled eggs, ranch potato wedges
- grilled steak, baked potatoes, peas, fresh strawberry limeade slush (I don’t have any great St. Paddy’s day recipes, so we’ll celebrate with 78° weather and steak!) Oh, and we’ll have green eggs and ham for breakfast.
- turkey lattice pie (using Kate’s crescent roll recipe for the top), fruit salad
- taco soup and corn bread muffins (didn’t get to this last week)
We’ll fix a quick breakfast Friday morning and pack snacks for the road, then we’re outta here!
Help! I need a fun St. Patrick’s-themed after school snack for Tuesday. Do you have a recipe for me? Please leave a link in the comments.
Have a great week! Erin at $5 Dinners is hosting Menu Plan Monday today, where you can find hundereds of meal ideas.
I read a few St. Patrick’s Day snack ideas at topekakidsrock.com:
*Lucky Lime Drinks
Put one or two small scoops of lime sherbet in a clear glass ice-cream cup or mug. Pour 7-Up over the sherbet. Add a dollop of whipped cream, green sugar sprinkles and a green maraschino cherry!
*Go Green – Feeding Your Little Leprechauns
Green fruit: grapes, kiwi, green apple, and honey dew melon, served with yogurt dip
Raw green vegetables: green beans, celery and cucumber, served with dip
Cheese sandwiches or quesadillas cut with a shamrock cookie cutter
Green Jell-O Jigglers or green gelatin, topped with marshmallows
Don’t forget to turn your dips green with food coloring.
By the way, I just recently found your blog through Money Saving Mom and I already appreciate your recipes and love for Finer Things.
I’m inspired. 
Hey, you aren’t going to be in the middle of NE anywhere, are you? If Lance gets lonely for cows, he can come see ours. :>)
My little one turns TWO on Tuesday. Where does time go?
Hi Amy! For our parade this past weekend I made green popcorn (mother goose popcorn… here’s the link)http://www.yourhomebasedmom.com/sweet-treats-mother-goose-popcorn/
I just mixed blue and yellow food coloring and it was a hit!! I found it was better to make it ahead of time and leave it so the sugar hardened a bit (I actually made ours the night before and left it overnight…it was delicious!) Another great and genuine Irish treat is Dublin’s finest apple cake. I may just make this for our breakfast that morning. It too is delicious! I don’t make mine with the whiskey and it tastes great. You can sub. almond extract or vanilla. I’ve also used Irish creme liquor for the glaze instead of the whiskey (when I make it for adults, b/c the kids don’t like the taste of it), or just use the cream, powd. sugar, and water if I’m making it for the family . Here’s the link: http://www.recipezaar.com/Dublins-Finest-Caramel-Apple-Cake-26718
Good luck and Erin go Bragh!!
What about green dye in homemade marshmallow treats?!?
Sounds yummy – hope you have a great trip!
I love Shayla’s suggestions!! I might try one of those:-)
I like to take breadsticks (either homemade or Pillsbury, time permitting!) and shape them into three hearts and a stem. Sprinkle with cinnamon and green sugars and bake as directed. Super easy and yummy! My sister and I both married Irishmen, so we’re learning to make St. Patrick’s Day a bigger deal than we when we were little (Norwegian) girls.
we’re doing green knox blocks cut with my shamrock cookie cutter.
I am making celery sticks with cream cheese I have added green dye to. Delish!
Great looking meal plan!
I’m making some chocolate mint dream cookies for St. Patty’s day today. I just posted the recipe.