Planning a St Patricks' Day Menu

On St Patrick's Day, everyone seems to become Irish, but I don't have a single drop of Irish blood in me. My only tie to Ireland are my memories of a spectacular Irish tea with buttery scones and clotted cream at Dromoland Castle during a luxurious weekend trip with a high school friend's family one summer. I can remember biting into that crumbly scone and its fluffy cream and bright red strawberry jam as if it was yesterday, although thankfully, those difficult acne years are long behind me.

The fun of St Patty's Day is so contagious, with its naughty leprechauns and green beer, that I still like to prepare some fun foods for it, even with my complete lack of Irish blood. Because I have no family recipes to draw from, I turned to Foodily this year for inspiration.

Foodily has such a powerful search and so many recipes to draw from that I quickly found this Apricot Glazed Corned Beef and this decadent looking Irish Cream Pudding with Irish Cream Caramel Sauce by searching for Corned Beef and Irish Desserts. I'll round out the meal with one of my own favorite spring vegetable recipes: Roasted Baby Artichokes.

Planning my meal took me less than 5 minutes, just click, search, browse, done. I love that Foodily blends the best of original blogger recipes with those or Martha Stewart and Rachael Ray. When I'm planning a menu, I really feel like I'm drawing from the best food resources the web has to offer. If you haven't checked out Foodily yet, take a few minutes to do so. I'm honored to be spreading the word about this great new web food resource as a compensated Foodily brand ambassador. I also contribute to their blog; my latest piece is about forgotten foods.

I'd love to hear what you'll be making to celebrate St Patty's Day and hear how much you embrace all the fun!