Mar 12 2008
St. Patrick’s Day family fun and feasting
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Even if you’re not Irish, it’s fun to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with your family. Here are some ideas:
You can read some Irish folk and fairy tales. - You can learn more about the a history of the holiday by downloading St. Patrick’s Day: Not just for the Irish. (Includes traditional recipes, too.)
- You can march in your local St. Patrick’s Day parade. (One of the healthy tips I give for Staying lean and green this St. Patrick’s Day at my blog, This Mama Cooks! On a Diet.)
- You can download a St. Patrick’s Day Coloring Book and draw. (Make sure you have plenty of green crayons on hand.)
- And of course, you can cook!
Many kids might balk at eating corn beef and cabbage, so why not try an Irish breakfast pudding?
This recipe comes from Weight Watchers. But you don’t have to be on a diet to enjoy this wonderful Irish breakfast dish. It’s full of healthy whole grains, nuts, honey, raisins and a good source of lean protein.
Since it takes a long time to cook, I would make it the evening before while you’re eating dinner. The next morning, you can microwave individual portions.
Honey-Almond Oat Pudding
Makes 6 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 cup fat-free milk
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 2 tablespoons ground blanched almonds
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons dried currants or raisins
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 egg whites
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Lightly spray a 1-quart baking dish or 6 (4-ounce) custard or soufflé cups with nonstick spray.
- Bring the milk to a boil. Add the oatmeal gradually, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring frequently, until creamy and fully cooked, 3-4 minutes. Transfer to a mixing bowl and allow the oatmeal to cool slightly.
- Stir the almonds, honey, currents, egg, orange rind, salt, and cinnamon into the oatmeal.
- With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the egg whites to medium peaks. Fold them into the oatmeal mixture then spoon into the baking dish or custard cups. Cover loosely with foil. Stand the baking dish or custard cups on a baking sheet and bake until puffed and set, about 1½ hours for a single large pudding or 45 minutes for individual puddings.
Chef’s Tip: For a lighter textured and moister pudding, make a water bath as follows: Put the filled casserole or cups in a baking dish with sides at least 2 inches high. Set the pan on the oven rack, then pour in enough boiling water to come at least 1 inch up the sides of the casserole or cups. Cover loosely with foil and bake as directed above.
Nutritional information per serving (1/6 of pudding or 1 individual pudding): 130 Calories, 3 g Fat, 0 g Saturated Fat, 35 mg Cholesterol, 135 mg Sodium, 20 g Carbohydrate, 2 g Fiber, 6 g Protein, 74 mg Calcium. 2 Weight Watcher POINTS per serving
(Recipe from Weight Watchers® Entertains with the Chefs from The Culinary Institute of America. © 2002 Weight Watchers International, Inc.)
11 Responses to “St. Patrick’s Day family fun and feasting”
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Even if you’re not Irish, there are lots of ways your family can celebrate this Irish-American holiday. Ideas include reading Irish folk and fairy tales (link to a book list). Learning about the history. Downloading a St. Patrick’s Day coloring book….
St. Patrick’s Day family fun and feasting |…
Even if you’re not Irish, there are lots of ways your family can celebrate this Irish-American holiday. Ideas include reading Irish folk and fairy tales (link to a book list). Learning about the history. Downloading a St. Patrick’s Day coloring book….
St. Patrick’s Day family fun and feasting |…
Even if you’re not Irish, there are lots of ways your family can celebrate this Irish-American holiday. Ideas include reading Irish folk and fairy tales (link to a book list). Learning about the history. Downloading a St. Patrick’s Day coloring book….
Nice ideas there mate. I specially like the chef’s tips
Seriously no-one here in Ireland eats corned beef & cabbage these days – it’s strictly for the tourists! We all do love a good Irish stew though – anything with potatoes, really. Colcannon – mashed potato with cabbage – is good. And porridge, can’t go wrong with porridge, which it seems the dish you’ve posted is a fancy version of. I might have a go at making it.
Lovely ideas! I’ll link to this over the weekend.
Sounds tasty. When I read Irish Breakfast Pudding I thought you were going to give a recipe for Black Pudding which is standard Irish breakfast fare. I love it, but pretty much anyone who isn’t Irish hates it.
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I was visiting your website while researching some site design issues, and thought I’d mention that we’re doing a festival of 17 traditional Irish recipes for St. Patrick’s Day (we also have biggish Irish recipe collections).
The festival page is here, if anyone wants to drop by.
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Hi Anne-Marie, Ireland is one of my fav countries and I like the idea of reading Irish folk and fairy tales together on St. Patrick’s Day – great idea!