Luck of the Not So Irish

I have no Irish heritage but decided this year to go all out and celebrate St. Patrick's Day, thanks to inspiration from my Irish friends and family and the Internet.

Breakfast

Green Eggs and Bacon
Donuts with green sprinkles (green bagels were unavailable)
Honeydew

Lunch

Lucky Charms
Edamame
Limeade
Shamrock Shake from McDonald's

Dinner

Angel Hair with Pesto
Green Salad
Green Milk
Green Jello Shamrocks
Green Frosted Cookies


Aurora went on a Leprechaun Treasure Hunt among the shamrocks in the backyard.
She colored a Leprechaun and Rainbow, did a Irish sequence worksheet, and punched a Shamrock picture.
We sang some fun St. Patty's Day songs.
She took a green bath.
We read A Fine St. Patrick's Day by Susan Wojciechowski (which by some miracle still happened to be at the library today)
And all in all consumed way too much sugar. This would account for why Aurora kept getting out of bed until 11:00pm. I'll have to modify the celebration for next year.

A Feast for the Tastebuds

I like to cook. I just don't have time usually. But when I'm particularly on the ball and plan out my meals before I go grocery shopping I sometimes end up with some winner meals. Tonight was one such night.

The menu
Molasses-Glazed Chicken (see recipe below)
Roasted Vegetables
Fresh Tomato Brushetta
Strawberries, Sour Cream and Brown Sugar (see story below)

Molasses-Glazed Chicken
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
4 Tbsp molasses
2 cloves garlic, crushed
4 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp Tabasco sauce
1/4 tsp salt
4 chicken breasts

Stir together ketchup, vinegar, molasses, garlic, soy sauce, Tobasco and salt in a large bowl. Add chicken and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

Pour marinade into a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes, or until mixture is almost as thick as ketchup.

Preheat oven to 450. Remove chicken from marinade and arrange on a roasting rack. Roast about 30 minutes or until done. Brush with marinade every 10 minutes and turn chicken pieces once or twice during cooking.

The story of Strawberries, Sour Cream and Brown Sugar
Once upon a time when I was a little girl, the Walch Family used to come over for Family Home Evening. They were kind of our "big sister family." They had lots of kids, most older than us, who would babysit us and pass down their clothes. I had a big crush on Johnathan, the son my age, for years. We were Primary square dance partners. Anyway, one time for Family Home Evening Treat they brought over Strawberries, Sour Cream and Brown Sugar, which is just dipping a whole strawberry in sour cream and then brown sugar. Sounds weird, I know, but is absolutely delicious. And tonight I carried on the tradition with my daughter, who of course loves it just as much as I do.

The End