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Do you have a bit of Irish blood in you? Here are a few Saint Patrick’s Day Recipes you might try to celebrate the Irish. Corned Beef, Cabbage, Potatoes, Cobblers, and anything Green. 

Cutting Cabbage into Wedges

Both sides of my husband’s and my own families have delved into genealogical records enough to know where our families came from before traveling to America. We know that our families have a mixture of German and Irish decent that is probably 60/40. My mother’s maiden name is McKelvy, but there’s a lot of German blood mixed in on all sides. There’s probably some English thrown in there, too.

One thing I know for certain is we like sausage, cabbage, and potatoes. In my search for traditional Irish recipes, I found that there is a mish-mash crossing of recipes (English/Irish) (Irish/German) (Irish/American). Maybe you consider one recipe English, but it’s also found in Ireland. And many American dishes are not typical Irish fare, but rather Irish-American.

Guinness Beer on Draft

So with that in mind, I hope you will enjoy the mix of recipes I’ve put together below. Here’s to the Irish!

While not typical Irish recipes, many of these are what we in America think of for an Irish Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner. Along with Guinness beer. Irish Whisky. Or Irish Cream. 

Traditional Irish Blessing

May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks,
May your heart be as light as a song,
May each day bring you bright, happy hours,
That stay with you all the year long.

Saint Patrick’s Day Recipes – Main Dishes

Adding Cooked Sausages to the Onion Sauce

Below of some of our Favorite entrées to serve when celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day. Corned Beef, Bangers, Guinness Stew, and Skillet Dinners.

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Featured Image - Slow-Cooked Corned Beef and Cabbage
Slow-Cooked Corned Beef and Cabbage
Slow-Cooked Corned Beef with Cabbage is an easy meal to serve your family for Saint Patrick’s Day. This recipe cooks all day long and has only 5 ingredients. Simple, simple, simple. 
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Recipe for Irish Bangers and Mash
Irish Bangers and Mash
Irish Bangers and Mash is a delicious dish to make, just in time for your Saint Patrick’s Day celebration. Or whenever you’re desiring an easy comfort food dinner. Savory sausage with a brown onion and Guinness gravy served over your favorite mashed potatoes. It’s a sure winner for a cold night.
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Featured Image - Cottage Skillet Pie with Stout
Cottage Skillet Pie with Stout
This Cottage Skillet Pie with Stout is a wonderful dish that is rich and savory…and easy to make as a one-pot meal. It’s especially nice when you have leftover mashed potatoes in the fridge. Even better, try using Colcannon (Irish mashed potatoes) in this dish! See the recipe further down in this post.
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Featured Image - Irish Guinness Stew
Irish Guinness Stew
Irish Guinness Stew is a hearty, satisfying dish flavored with savory meat, onions, potatoes, and Guinness beer. It’s easy to make and a wonderful way to celebrate the heart of Ireland on Saint Patrick’s Day.
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Recipe for Harvest Grains Reuben Sandwich
Harvest Grains Reuben Sandwich
Make Harvest Grains Reuben Sandwiches when you have leftover corned beef from Saint Patrick’s Day. There’s nothing quite so easy or delicious as corned beef on a warmed sandwich with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and a healthy dose of Thousand Island Dressing. So good!
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Hamburger Cabbage Skillet Dinner
Hamburger Cabbage Skillet is an easy, one-pot dish to serve your family on a busy weeknight or when you just don’t feel like doing much in the kitchen. My family loves cabbage. Sweet cabbage. Stuffed cabbage. Cabbage in rolls. Cabbage sauted with Kielbasa. You name it. We’ve tried it.
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Recipe for Kielbasa Potato Skillet Dinner
Kielbasa Potato Skillet Dinner
Kielbasa Potato Skillet Dinner is a one-pot, quick and easy meal, sure to please your entire family! We love Kielbasa, Potatoes, and Cabbage, which makes this recipe one of our favorite Weeknight Dinners.
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Featured Image - Kansas-Style Cornish Pasty
Kansas-Style Herbed Pasty
While traditionally considered a dish from England, Kansas-Style Herbed Pasties could also be found in an Irish kitchen.
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May peace and plenty be the first to lift the latch to your door;
And happiness be your guest today and evermore.

Irish Bread Recipes

When I think of Irish bread, I think of Irish Soda Bread or Rye. Both are delicious served with cabbage or sausage.

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Featured Image - Recipe for Irish Soda Bread
Irish Soda Bread
Here’s a recipe to make for your family in celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day! It seems the main ingredients in traditional Irish Soda Bread are flour, baking soda, salt, and buttermilk. Most recipes have black currants and/or caraway seeds. It is a heavy, quick bread that is inexpensive to make and hearty-enough to fill one’s stomach at the beginning (or the end) of the day.
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Featured Image - Sourdough Rye Bread
Sourdough Rye Bread
Sourdough Rye Bread is a wonderful recipe that our youngest daughter took to the county fair and won Best Bread with. It’s a hearty bread full of flavor from molasses, caraway seeds, anise seed, and cardamom. I love serving this bread with corned beef or on a Reuben Sandwich.
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May your heart be light and happy, may your smile be big and wide, and may your pockets always have a coin or two inside!

Irish Recipes Must Include Potatoes

Harvesting Potatoes

Irish vegetables include root vegetables like potatoes, carrots, or turnips. And of course, cabbage, onions, and leeks.

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Featured Image - Recipe for Steamed Potatoes with Parsley
Steamed Potatoes with Parsley
I have been making Steamed Potatoes with Parsley for years. They are so tender and buttery. One of our family’s favorite recipes. Put it all together in minutes and microwave. Quick and Easy. A perfect weeknight side dish that goes with many entrees.
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Recipe for Irish Mashed Potatoes - Colcannon
Irish Mashed Potatoes – Colcannon
Irish Mashed Potatoes – Colcannon is the perfect side dish for your Saint Patrick’s Day Supper. It goes well with Bangers and Mash, Corned Beef, Pot Roast, or even Irish Stew. Creamy Mashed Yukon Gold Potatoes mixed with bacon, braised cabbage, and lots of butter.
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Featured Image - Recipe for Pan Fried Country Potatoes
Pan Fried Country Potatoes
Pan Fried Country Potatoes is an easy recipe I make a lot for our family. Crispy, tender potatoes, seasoned just right with onion, bell pepper, and salt and pepper.
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Recipe for Creamy Cabbage and Bratwurst Soup
Creamy Cabbage and Bratwurst Soup
Creamy Cabbage and Bratwurst Soup is a delicious light soup to serve on a cool evening. Seasoned with celery, carrots, onions, and chunks for bratwurst, it’s sure to please anyone who enjoys cabbage.
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May your home always be too small to hold all your friends.

A Few Green Dishes for Fun

Serving Slices of Jello Salad for Dinner or Dessert

This section is all-American. Wear green or you’ll get pinched. Somehow I don’t think they do that in Ireland, but if leprechaun’s really pinch, let me know.

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Featured Image - Recipe for Grandma's Pistachio Salad
Grandma’s Pistachio Salad
Grandma's Pistachio Salad is especially nice for family gatherings or church dinners. This salad is also kid-friendly. Not only to make with little hands, but also to eat. Kids love to dip their spoons into this salad. In fact, it's one of our grandchildren's favorite dishes. 
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Featured Image - Recipe for Cabbage Bacon Salad
Cabbage Bacon Salad
Here's a recipe I really enjoy. Crunchy, sweet, with the added saltiness of smoked bacon. Yum!
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Recipe for Pear and Lime Jello Salad
Pear and Lime Jell-O Salad
Make this Lime and Pear Jell-O Salad for your next potluck dinner or even as a “green” dish for Saint Patrick’s Day! I love the creamy taste of this salad with pear halves. Just slice off a piece and serve for dinner or dessert.
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Featured Image - Creamy Cucumber Salad
Creamy Cucumber Salad
I like the creaminess of this Creamy Cucumber Salad. And while this is a perfect salad to serve in the summer, it works for March, too! Is there anyone who doesn’t like Ranch Dressing?
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Happiness being a dessert so sweet,
May life give you more than you can ever eat.

St. Patrick’s Day Recipes – Desserts

Serving Irish Apple-Raisin Slab Pie with Ice Cream - A la mode

I’m ending this post with cobblers and Irish desserts (or desserts that use Irish Cream). Guinness Chocolate Cake is on my to-do list, so maybe I’ll be able to add that in next year.

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Featured Image - Recipe for Chocolate Irish Cream Truffles
Chocolate Irish Cream Truffles
These Chocolate Irish Cream Truffles are easy to prepare and so delicious. Right up there on my favorites list and perfect for a Saint Patrick’s Day celebration!
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Featured Image - Irish Apple-Raisin Slab Pie
Irish Apple-Raisin Slab Pie
This Irish Apple-Raisin Slab Pie is filled with tart apples, sweet raisins, and a healthy dose of Irish Cream sauce nestled inside a rustic pastry crust. It’s so good. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and it becomes even better. A perfect dessert to celebrate the Irish, especially if you have a liking for Irish Cream.
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Recipe for Blueberry Crumble with Oat Flour
Blueberry Crumble with Oat Flour
This summer I made my first Blueberry Crumble with Oat Flour. It was so delicious and wonderful with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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Featured Image - Recipe for Fresh Peach Cobbler
Fresh Peach Cobbler
Fresh Peach Cobbler is especially easy to make. Fresh cling-free peaches with a sauce that bubbles up into mounds of cooked dough.
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Featured Image - Irish Cream Cake
Irish Cream Cake
This Irish Cream Cake uses a cake mix as its base and is flavored with miniature chocolate chips and Irish Cream Liqueur. The Irish Cream icing seeps into the cake and creates a sweet and crusty film on the outside–like a cake donut! It’s so good.
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May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields,
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

 

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