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St. Patrick’s Day Recipes!

March 16, 2011 By 4 Comments

healthy st patricks day recipes St. Patricks Day Recipes! “May misfortune follow you the rest of your life, and never catch up” -Traditional Irish Toast

I’m Irish, which used to mean consumption of a lot of potatoes and meat, especially around the 17th of March! Celebrating St. Patty’s day also used to mean green beer, soda breads and other treats.

Since I switched to real food and cut back on potatoes and grains, I’ve had to find some healthy alternatives to these traditional favorites, and I’ll be making them all this week! Unfortunately, I’m yet to find a good alternative to good beer…

If you celebrate St. Patrick’s day, put on the green, brush up on your toasts and try one of these great recipes! Sláinte!

Healthy Irish Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day

 

Corned Beef and Cabbage-A traditional Irish dish of beef cured in a brine served over cabbage.

Shepard/Cottage Pie- A meat and potato dish, made without the potato!

Bangers and Mash- A savory sausage and potato dish made without the potatoes. Mashed cauliflower topped with browned sausage and onion gravy.

Irish Champ- This one is so simple, I’m not posting the recipe. Just make mashed “potatoes” with cauliflower like in the recipes above, but mix in a little extra butter and some sliced green onions. Delicious and simple!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Tomorrow!

May you be poor in misfortune, Rich in blessings,

Slow to make enemies, quick to make friends,

But rich or poor, quick or slow,

May you know nothing but happiness From this day forward.


Do you celebrate St. Patrick’s day? If so, what are your traditions?

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  • Michelle

    Thanks for sharing these recipes! I can’t wait to try the Sheperd’s Pie, the recipe doesn’t look to hard and plus my husband is not eating potatoes right now so this is perfect for him!

  • Lisa

    Do you have any recommendations for snack items I can prepare in advance and have around for my husband? My husband is a type 1 diabetic who relies on cereal and other quick carbs (cookies, granola bars, ice cream) for blood sugar boosts when his blood sugar gets too low. He’s fairly healthy overall, but he carries a few extra pounds that his doctor would like him to take off, and it’s so hard to do even with exercise when he snacks like this. Oh, and he has a number of food allergies…nuts, peanuts, chocolate and tomatoes are my major stumbling blocks. He’s prone to autoimmune problems (thus the allergies), so I think a major diet overhaul would really help, but I think I will have to drag him kicking and screaming into giving up on grains unless I come up with some good alternatives. Maybe even if…

  • Allison

    Thanks for the recipes! I recently stumbled across your blog and I love it. Having lost over 100 pounds following a low-carb, paleo, primal “ish” type of diet I’m ever hungry to keep reading and expanding my knowledge of this style of healthy eating. Now the hard part has begun – maintenance. Being able to visit your blog helps give me inspiration. Keep up the great posts.

  • http://sevenlittleaustralians.blogspot.com/ Erin

    Wellness mama,
    I’m pretty excited, for the first time since going Grain Free I’ve just done undertaken some family baking. So we were able to celebrate St Paddy’s Day with shamrock cupcakes using coconut flour. Strictly speaking we broke some of the ‘rules’. The shamrock’s (lollies) had corn in them, and I made Vienna icing. But I didn’t have to do these short cuts. if anyone is interested I gathered the recipe links here.
    http://sevenlittleaustralians.blogspot.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day-celebration.html