This is an easy stew to make to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

Ingredients:

4 cups cooked, cubed chicken breast meat
1 cup onion, chopped
2/3 cup mushrooms, sliced
1 ½ cups carrots, chopped
6 cups chicken stock
1 tsp dried sage
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp garlic salt
1 (10 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
3 cups cooked red potatoes, diced
1/2 cup celery, chopped
1/8 cup all-purpose flour
Handful of fresh parsley, chopped

Instructions:

In a frying pan, sauté chopped onion until soft and translucent.

In a large saucepan combine chicken, mushrooms, sautéed onion, carrots and chicken stock. Over medium heat, simmer … read more

Shamrock Cookies

Ingredients:
½ cup shortening
½ cup butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
3 eggs, beaten
½ tsp salt
5 cups flour
¼ cup milk
1 tsp vanilla

Instructions:
Preheat your oven to 350ºF.

Mix shortening and sugar until creamy using an electric mixer. Add the eggs and combine well. Stir in milk, vanilla and salt. Then carefully mix in the flour. Work the dough with your hands for a minute.

Flour a rolling pin and roll out the dough to about 1/8 inch thick. Use more flour if needed if dough sticks to your rolling pin.

With a shamrock cookie cutter, … read more

If you’ve been in Chicago around March 17, you may have seen the Chicago River dyed green. You know you’ll see people in that springtime color, as well. When it comes to St. Patrick’s Day dessert ideas, do they all have to be green, too?

Actually, there is more to St. Patrick’s Day than the color green, although you may not be able to tell it from a cursory look around you. Since people expect to see rainbows during the holiday, because of the leprechaun’s pot o’ gold at the end of the rainbow, you can use any color for desserts. … read more