Leprechaun Lamingtons

I thought it might be fun to make Lime flavored Lamingtons for St. Patrick"s Day , being that I love the raspberry ones so much,  and the taste testers agreed they were pretty yummy and delicious looking.
 They were easier to make than I thought they would be, so here's the recipe. Make them a day early, they taste great the second day!!!

1 small pkt Lime jello
1 1/4 cups boiling water
Sponge cake or white or yellow cake
2 cups dessicated coconut or dehydrated coconut
1 Can spray whipping cream
Garnish

Dissolve jelly crystals completely in hot water, and put in fridge to cool and set slightly.
Cut off any dark edges from the cake and cut into serving sizes. Put coconut in a square dish.
Dip all sides of each piece of cake in cold jelly mixture and then roll in the coconut to coat.
Cut a slice at the top and spray whipping cream down the slice and garnish with whatever green treat or jelly bean you may have.

And a BIG Irish Good Luck To Ya'                                  -Buff-



                                       

Framed Lucky Rainbow

After making some framed paper trees for Christmas, and a heart tree for Valentine's, I wanted to do something a little different for St. Patrick's Day.  I found this cute rainbow cut on the Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut cartridge and knew that's what I wanted to do. 

First, I cut the image at 6 inches.  Then I used my Swiss Dots embossing folder on the different colors of the rainbow (my two-year-old was getting in the way very generously helping!). 

I embellished the cloud with some stickles around the edges and a few colorful buttons.

I printed "color me lucky" on some white cardstock and glued the rainbow on.  Then I put it in a frame and that was it!  It's nice to have a bright burst of color amidst all my green St. Patrick's decor.  :)

-marie

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Jalapeno Jelly St. Patty's style

"Top Of The Mornin' To Ya"...yes,....it's not Irish but it sure looks the right color and is soooo quick & easy to make, and would be a fun snack to add to your St. Patrick's day celebrations.....

                                                                    

• 1 cup canned Jalapeno, remove seeds (or leave some to heat up the flavor) and membranes,
•                                                                  finely chop
• 1 1/2 cups Apple Cider Vinegar
• ½ - 1 C Green Bell Pepper, seeds & membranes removed, finely chopped
• 6 cups Sugar
• 2 envelopes Liquid Pectin, 3 Oz Each
• Few drops of Green food coloring

                    
Tastes great on homemade bread, over cream cheese with crackers, or even on meats.

Preparation:

1. Sterilize jelly jars and lids according to manufacturer’s instructions.
2. Combine the bell pepper, and jalapeno peppers in a saucepan with the sugar and cider vinegar. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, and boil rapidly for 1 minute. Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
3. Stir in the liquid pectin, and add a drop or 2 of green food coloring. Pour the strained liquid into sterilized jars, and turn jars upside down so the heat will help the metal lids to seal.

-Buff-

Frugal Friday- St. Patty's Wire Clover

I found some extra wire that my husband had just sitting around in the garage and figured I could put it to some good use. This is what I came up with. I took a heart shaped cookie cutter and traced it 3 times onto some cardboard. I then took the wire and just outlined the cardboard so that it would take on the shape. It was super cheap and easy to make and I used it for our wreath...

-Buff-

Mini Key Lime Cheesecakes in 5 minutes

I needed to quickly find an appropriate reward, that would encourage the boys, to get some projects done for me, much sooner than later, so I whipped up their favorite dessert in a convenient snack form, that prompted them to move fast on my projects, and we all got what we wanted in a short period of time.



                                                  I couldn't believe how quickly they devoured them...




Place a paper cup cake liner inside each cup cake pan, and place a ginger snap cookie in the bottom of each cup cake liner and set aside.















In a large bowl combine the cream  cheese, sweetened condensed milk, and lime juice till well blended. Stir in the vanilla then add the whipped topping till thick and smooth. Add drops of food coloring to desired color. Immediately pour some lime filling on top of each ginger cookie and garnish.

 Place in the freezer to cool for about 15 minutes. You can eat them immediately, but they need to be stored in the fridge or freezer. These freeze well, so you can make them ahead of time.

                                                                These were definitely a great motivator.......

                                                   

Mini Key Lime Cheesecakes (No Bake)

1 pkt. Ginger Snap cookies (the easiest crust you'll ever use)
1 8oz pkt. softened cream cheese
1 Cup bottled or fresh Lime Juice
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla flavoring
1 12oz tub frozen whipped topping
green food coloring (about 2 drops)
 Lime slices or garnish

                                                            -Buff -

                 

                         


                                   

Frugal Friday: St. Patrick's Banner & Wreath

I don't really have any St. Patrick's Day decor so I decided to make some. These two projects were super quick & easy.

I really loved this book page banner I found through Pinterest and decided to make a similar one.  I didn't have any books I wanted to cut up so I picked one up at the dollar store, along with some glitter foam shamrocks.  I also used some string & green cardstock I had on hand.

First you'll want to cut the cardstock & book pages into banners.  I cut the cardstock 4x6" and the book pages slightly smaller, then just cut a notch at the bottom.  You'll want the book page to be slightly shorter on top so that the green can fold over the string.  Then just staple or glue the banners on and glue on the shamrocks.  Super simple, right?!

For the wreath I used a twig wreath & green garland from the dollar store.  I just wrapped the garland around the wreath and glued some leftover shamrocks on it.  I made a pennant from scrap paper and jute.  Again, super easy!

-marie

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St. Patricks Day Pancakes ... 3 Ways!

Here are a few fun (and easy!) ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day morning.

One:

First up are rainbow pancakes. Just make some pancake batter (we use Krusteaz) and pour it evenly into 6 small bowls.  Add some food coloring to each and cook 'em up.  Don't they look so pretty on the griddle?!

 Then just stack 'em up, pour on some syrup (we used blueberry) and add some whipped cream "clouds."  My daughter LOVED these!  Although she did ask why I didn't make indigo.  :)








Two:


These were inspired by some Valentine's pancakes I found on Pinterest.  Just mix up some batter and make half green and leave half white.  After they are cooked, cut a shamrock out of the center of each pancake using cookie cutter.  Place a green shamrock in the center of each white pancake and a white shamrock in the center of each green pancake.

Three:

These are just plain pancake batter pancakes with a glaze dripped over the top of them and some green sprinkles. The kids always love these!










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Frugal Friday- St. Patrick's Day Wreath

Remember our Valentine's Wreath? I just took the Valentine's decor off of it and replaced it with some cute green accents, so that it is ready for St. Patrick's day!





















The clovers are made from glitter foam craft sheets. I made the wire clover and will show you how in a future post!

-Buff-

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