Green Food for St. Patrick's Day

Green food ideas are a great idea to make St. Patrick's Day more enjoyable for the kids and even the adults like the green themed food. These ideas are great to take to school parties or to offer to the children in your day care or preschool.

How to Make Shamrock Biscuits

This is an easy food to make for a St. Patrick's day breakfast or a treat for later in the day.

You Will Need:

• Refrigerated canned biscuits
• sugar
• green food coloring
• cooking spray

Directions:

1. Preheat oven as biscuit package directs you to.
2. Open the biscuits and remove from can.
3. Each biscuit needs to be torn into three pieces.
4. Roll each torn piece into a ball.
5. Spray baking sheet with cooking spray.
6. Mix a few drops of green food coloring in the sugar until you reach the color you desire.
7. Roll each dough ball into the green sugar mixture.
8. Place them in the shape of a shamrock or 3 leaf clover.
9. Bake as the package directs.
10. Be easy when removing them from the pan to serve so they will not fall apart.

Green Drink Ideas for St. Patrick's Day

The drinks look very pretty in tall clear glasses or clear mugs.

Easy Leprechaun Punch Recipe

You Will Need:

• Lime sherbet, you could also use a mint ice cream for a different flavor
• Sprite, you can also use 7UP

Directions:

1. Put a small scoop of lime sherbet in a glass.
2. Pour the drink over the sherbet.
3. Serve with a straw and a spoon.

How to Make Shamrock Shakes

You Will Need:

• 1 cup of milk
• 1 cup of lime sherbet

Directions:

1. Put the milk and sherbet in a blender and blend.
2. Pour into tall clear glass.
3. Serve with a straw.

Easy Blarney Stone Cookies Recipe

You Will Need:

• Refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• Sugar
• Green food coloring

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to cookie package directions.
2. Pull off small pieces of the sugar cookie dough and roll into 1/2 inch balls.
3. Add the food coloring to the sugar and mix well until you get the desired tint of green.
4. Roll the cookie balls in the green sugar mixture.
5. Place the cookie balls on an un-greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
6. Bake as directed on the cookie dough package.
7. Serve.

How to Make a St. Patrick's Day Parfait

You Will Need:

• 1 package of lime gelatin
• Whipped cream

Directions:

1. Prepare gelatin as package directs.
2. Put in the refrigerator and let get very firm.
3. Remove the gelatin and put scoops in a parfait glass.
4. Put a layer of whipped cream.
5. Another layer of gelatin.
6. Finish with a layer of whipped cream.
7. Serve.

Green Fruit and Vegetable Ideas

Make fruit or vegetables trays using these tasty treats.

Fruits That are Green:

• Green apples
• Kiwi
• Green grapes
• Green pears
• Limes
• Avocado

Vegetables That are Green:

• Pickles
• Green beans
• Cucumbers
• Celery
• Cabbage
• Lettuce
• Okra

Green food ideas for St. Patrick's day is a fun way to celebrate with your family.