Kate’s Escapades – Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

I’m back today with more green food ideas for St. Patrick’s Day. Yesterday I showed you a Green Dinner menu. Today I’ve got green breakfast food for you (which I personally would serve at dinner-time. I’m not that organized on school mornings to pull it off for breakfast.)

Green Breakfast Menu

*Green pancakes and green syrup

*Green scrambled eggs

*Green hash browns

*Green orange juice

Your best friend when fixing a festive St. Patrick’s Day meal is a simple bottle of…

Green Food Coloring.

A few drops of green can turn practically any food into fun St. Patrick’s Day food.

Green Pancakes and Green Syrup

Green Scrambled Eggs

Green Hash Browns

Green Orange Juice

If these Green Meals are not your style, check out these ideas…

How to Serve a Traditional St. Patrick’s Day dinner

Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe

Also, want to know the origins of St. Patrick’s Day?

According to ClassBrain.com

As with almost any holiday’s origin, there seems to be multiple recordings of how St. Patrick’s Day began.  Almost all sources agree that St. Patrick’s name was originally Maewyn Succat.  They also agree that Maewyn was kidnapped and sold into slavery at age 16 and, because of this, he became closer to God.  Some sources say he was born in Wales in 385 AD, and still others say he was born in Britain in 387 AD.

After six years, St. Patrick escaped from slavery to France, where he became a priest and then the second Bishop to Ireland.  He spent 30 years converting pagans to Christianity and established schools, churches, and monasteries across the country.

St. Patrick was said to have used a shamrock as a metaphor for the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) showing how three separate units could be part of the same body.  People began wearing shamrocks on their clothes to his sermons.  Green is the most recognizable color during this holiday as it represents spring, shamrocks, and Ireland.

The date of St. Patrick’s death is not agreed upon. Some say that he died on March 17^th, 461 AD. Another possibility is either March 8^th or 9^th and the days were added together to get March 17^th. What we do know for sure is that the holiday came to America in 1737 and was celebrated in Boston that year.  Over 100 U.S. cities have St. Patrick’s Day parades with the biggest one in New York City.

Have a great St. Patrick’s Day!

~Kate

Enjoy your Coffee Break.

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