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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Wednesday, March 17, 2021


Wishing you all a wonderful and safe St. Patrick's Day!
Don't forget to wear some green!
And if you are still looking for something to eat/drink today, check out this post, my St. Patrick's Day Pinterest board, or my Irish/Scottish Recipe board :)


Cheers my friends!

💚☘🤍 ~ Vanessa

3 Things Thursday | St. Patrick's Day

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Hello & Welcome Back!
Today I decided to do something new...3 Things Thursday!
With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, I decided to kick things off by sharing 3 of my favorite recipes to make for your family or co-workers to celebrate.


1. Shepherd's Pie


I make this every year for St. Patrick's Day and just add some green food coloring to the mashed potatoes for some extra festive flare ☘
It is delicious!
And it is one of they only foods/meals I am happy to have leftovers of as well!

2. Mint Chocolate Bark


Anytime I make bark for a holiday it is a crowd pleaser!
This one is perfect to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
The mint Oreo cookies make it so good! 💚

3. Key Lime Cooler


You can add green food coloring to just about any food or drink you want to have and make it festive.
This drink is always so yummy though, and the added food coloring really makes it come alive.
I came across this Key Lime Cooler as a shot years ago, but immediately made it into a cocktail instead.
It is delicious!!!
You start making this one now and will continue on through the summer!

Here is what you need (makes 2 cocktails):

3 oz. Licor 43
A few splashes Vodka (about a 1/4 oz.)
1 oz. Rose's sweetened lime juice
2 oz. milk or cream (add more if you like it creamier)

Pour ingredients into mixing cup filled with ice.
Shake and strain into glass.
It is seriously that simple!
Sometimes I add crushed graham crackers to the rim of the glass or just sprinkle on top.

And that is all for today!
Let me know if you try out any of the recipes mentioned above.

Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
If so, what are your favorite recipes to make?

XOXO ~ Vanessa

When Everything Is Dull, Wear Green

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

One of my favorite holidays of the year is coming up and I found some fun (and cheap) finds to get you looking super festive for St. Patrick's Day from Target! ☘



Any of these tees would be super cute for running errands, grabbing a green drink, or under a cute cardigan for work.

If you prefer to rock a tank under your cardigan or flannel, these are some cute options :)
And if you have nice weather rock it as is! 



How cute are these earrings?
They would pair perfectly with one of the tees or tanks above, or by themselves for just a touch of the Irish.



And who doesn't like festive socks?
If there is one thing you rock on St. Patrick's Day let it be one of these fun pairs of socks!

Target has even more cute and festive St. Patrick's Day for the whole family on their site and in store.

Now I want to know...do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
Do you wear green and eat special foods that day?
Let me know in the comments below :)

May the luck of the Irish be with you ☘💚

XOXO ~ Vanessa

*This post is in no way sponsored by Target (but I wouldn't mind it😉).*

Good Eats! | St. Patrick's Day Edition

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

I don't know about you, but I personally love St. Patrick's Day! 🍀
Unfortunately, this year it falls on a Tuesday so it doesn't look like I will be hitting up any parades or livin' it up at a bar with some green beer ;)
However, I do have some yummy recipes to share with you and a couple easy ideas that can still make the day fun for the whole family!


The easiest way to make things more festive on St. Patrick's day is to add green food coloring to your food and drink.
Just add it to the milk your kiddos drink that day.
You could make pancakes or waffles that day and just add some food coloring to the batter.
If you have some Lucky Charms cereal sitting around, you can snag a few of the marshmallows and top your green pancakes with those and some whipped cream!
Your kids will love it!

Another option is edible spray paint.

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Pick up a can of green or gold at your local grocery store.
You can spray almost anything you want!
From fruit and veggies, to cookies and more.
Surprise your kids with gold coins (Oreo cookies) in their lunch for a sweet treat :)


When it is time for dinner we absolutely love making Shepard's pie (similar recipe) for dinner on St. Patrick's Day!
Sometimes I even add a bit of that green food coloring to my potatoes just for fun :)

Here are some more options for appetizers, dinner, drinks and desserts that I think would please the whole family...

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You can always make some festive chocolate bark for a special treat.
Just follow your favorite bark recipe and then add some green sprinkles, M&M's, etc.

This one looks really good!

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I love a good festive cocktail!
This one is one of my favorites in the spring and summer!
I add a bit of food coloring again to make it just a little bit more fun :)


I found this shot recipe years ago and loved it so much I turned it into a drink instead :)

Here is what you need (makes 2 cocktails):

3 oz. Licor 43
A few splashes Vodka (about a 1/4 oz.)
1 oz. Rose's sweetened lime juice
2 oz. milk or cream (add more if you like it creamier)

Pour ingredients into mixing cup filled with ice.
Shake and strain into glass.
It is seriously that simple!
Sometimes I add crushed graham crackers to the rim of the glass or just sprinkle on top.

Here are a few other drinks that I think would be super yummy...

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Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
Do make any special foods?

Don't forget to link up your Good Eats recipes below!


XOXO ~ Vanessa


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Luck of the Irish ☘️🍀

Saturday, March 17, 2018




Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!



Irish Wishes & More

Friday, March 17, 2017

Linking up with Andrea, Narci & Erika for...

We woke up Friday morning to Winter all over again.
But it was so pretty looking out our kitchen windows!
Snowy trees are a favorite of mine :)

Last week was rough!
So on Friday night I decided to crack open one the bottles of wine I got from the Traveling Vineyard party I went to in February!
Oh my goodness!
It is even better than I remembered when I tried it!
Double Date is my new favorite!!!
And yes, I am drinking it from a Cleveland Browns cocktail glass!
#keepinitreal
Honestly, I don't drink wine that much so my glasses are stored for special occassions.
I typicially make mixed drinks at home when I have adult beverage.
Speaking of that....what is your favorite adult beverage?
Wine, beer, cocktails, straight liquor?


I was itching to get out of town for a bit after that week,
so on Saturday we hopped in the car and headed to Cleveland for the day.
Cleveland is always my favorite place to be :)
We ate lunch at Melt, which specializes in grilled cheese sandwiches.

We shared the Melt Pierogi, but I forgot to take a picture of them :(
I ordered the half size of the Mighty Macaroni - homemade macaroni and cheese battered and deep fried, and layered with cheddar cheese and cheddar cheese sauce,


and Mic got the Parma, Italy - in a nutshell, a chicken parm sandwich.
We liked both of them, but mine was our favorite :)

With our bellies full, we headed to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
And what was the first thing we saw?
X's favorite dino!
T-Rex!




It wasn't super crowded, but X doesn't like to look at things for very long.
Our only regret is that we would have liked to read some of the information a little bit more than we were able to.






It was a nice day out of town, and X even said it was one of his best day's ever! :)


On Tuesday I joined Andrea for another round of Show & Tell. This time is was about our embarrassing moments!
Those are definitely not favorites!


I linked up with The Blended Blog on Wednesday to show off some of my new Spring pieces I received in my latest Stitch Fix!
This black top is my new favorite!

My favorite little guy finally lost that loose tooth this week!
I guess he was eating lunch at preschool and it must have stuck to his hot dog, because one minute it was there and the next it was gone :(
He said he was scared since he swallowed it :(
The staff at his school were great about it, and the director sent home a cute little note with a white bead to give to the tooth fairy in place of the tooth.


Today is one of my favorite days of the year!
St. Patrick's Day!!!!
I mean, it is seriously right under Christmas and Halloween for me.
My mom's side of the family always celebrates their Scottish heritage, but they seem to forget about the Irish part.
The part that we get from my grandma!
I love that part!
And I love to celebrate it!

I typically make everything green for the day.
Our drinks, our food, our clothing, my nails, etc.
I even started celebrating early this week with one of my new favorites...the Chocolate Shamrock shake!
And my green nails too!





And I couldn't leave this one out ;)

Wishing you the very best today!
Happy Friday Friends!



Irish You A Happy Day!

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Happy Thursday!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Happy first day of March Madness!
March 17th is always one of my favorite days of the year :)

I always make sure to celebrate the little bit of Irish heritage I have with all things green!
I typically will have one of my many Irish socks on.
And if I can't find something to wear to work, I will just throw on my shamrock scarf!
I picked this bad boy up a few years ago at Sears for less than $5!
It isn't just me who has to rock green on St. Patrick's Day...X must wear it too!


We even picked up this fun/silly hat one year at Target :)

As for food, we have made green pancakes and added some Lucky Charms marshmallows on top,
drank green milk or adult beverages,
and I typically make Shepherd's Pie (similar recipe) for dinner and dye the mashed potatoes green :)
 One year we went out for dinner and grabbed the green pasta that Skyline Chili makes only on St. Patrick's Day.
I wish every day could have a certain color or theme assigned to it! lol!


This one was too funny not to share ;)

Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
Do you wear green or change the color of your food?
Do you have any Irish recipes?
I would love to give them a try!

Link your #ThinkingOutLoudThursday post below :)
And don't forget to link back to X-tremely V & Penny's Passion!
And check out some of the other great blogs linking up!





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