just for fun:)

I was feeling domestic this St. Patrick's day, so I decided to make a fun dinner for the kids...

"Pot of Gold" soup

Pot of Gold Soup Recipe (from FamilyFun.com):

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 medium apples
• 2 medium butternut squashes (about 3 pounds)
• 1 cup apple juice or cider

• 3 cups chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• Salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the chopped onion and saute until soft and translucent. Remove the onion from the heat.

2. Now set your kids to work peeling the apples while you peel, seed, and chop the squash. Core and chop the peeled apples.

3. Add the apples, squash, juice or cider, and chicken stock to the onions and bring to a boil. Then lower the heat and simmer partially covered for 25 minutes.

4. Add the brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and salt and pepper. Puree the soup, reheat, and serve. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Shamrock Toasties

Shamrock Toasties Recipe (from FamilyFun.com):

Ingredients

• Green pepper
• English muffin

• Cheddar cheese

Instructions

1. Slice a green pepper crosswise near the pointed end to get a small, three-lobed shamrock shape. (If your pepper has four lobes, you've got a lucky clover instead.) Cut a small slice for a stem.

2. Toast half an English muffin, then top it with a slice of Cheddar and the pepper shamrock. Place the muffin on a tray, then broil it in a toaster oven until the cheese is melted.

green milk

and mint "oreos"

Homemade Mint-Oreo Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 Pkg Devils Food cake mix
• 1 Large egg
• 1/4C Vegetable oil
• 1/4C water

• 1-8oz Pkg cream cheese
• 1/4C Butter
• 1-2C Powdered sugar
• 1tsp Mint extract
• 2-3 Drops green food coloring

Instructions

Cookies-

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Stir together cake mix, egg, oil, and water until combined. Do Not over mix.

3. Drop quarter-sized balls onto greased cookie sheets.

4. Bake for 7-8 minutes, or until done.

Frosting-

1. Beat together cream cheese and butter.

2. Add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, until mixture is smooth is desired consistency.

3. Stir in mint extract to taste and food coloring until desired color is reached.

Assembly-

1. Allow cookies to cool on rack.

2. Spread ~1Tbs frosting onto the bottom of a cookie and top with a second cookie, bottom side down.

3. Repeat step 2 until all cookies are frosted and sandwiched together.