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St. Patrick’s Day: Irish Soda Bread Biscuits Recipe

Ronique — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 16:00:01 +0000

Do you love Irish soda bread made from scratch? Well believe it or not St. Patrick’s Day is on the way! If you’re looking for the perfect recipe today to serve with your corned beef and cabbage, these Irish inspired Soda-Bread Biscuits are the perfect accompaniment. If you need any other St. Patrick’s ideas for crafts, recipes, decorations and party ideas – be sure to check them all out here!

Irish Soda Bread Biscuits Recipe

Irish Soda Bread Ingredients:

4 1/2 cups flour
1 Tbsp sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 Tbsp butter
1 cup raisins
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 3/4 cups buttermilk

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Irish Soda Bread Biscuits Directions:

1. Mix 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons sugar and 3/4 teaspoon each baking soda and kosher salt in a bowl.
2. Work in 2 tablespoons diced cold butter by hand. Add 1/2 cup raisins and 1 tablespoon caraway seeds.
3. Mix in 3/4 cup buttermilk.
4. Pat out the dough until 1 inch thick; cut into four to six 2 1/2-inch rounds.
5. Bake at 375 degrees F, 15 to 20 minutes.

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Lydia Mathews — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 02:00:06 +0000

Olioboard Inspiration: A Festive Irish Home: St. Patrick’s Dining Room

Ronique — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:01:12 +0000

Entry #2108, March 15, 2013

Today we continue Stagetecture’s feature. ‘Olioboard Inspiration‘. Last week you enjoyed Tee Jay’s – ‘Bringing Springtime to your Front Porch‘ and this week I bring you Mary Levin a member of the Facebook Olioboard Fan Room. I asked her to inspire us with a creative St. Patrick’s Day theme and she brought us her Irish rooted and inspiring dining room! See how her Irish heritage speaks volumes in her Emerald Isle inspired dining space

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Olioboard Inspiration #9

‘A Festive Irish Home: St. Patrick’s Dining Room” – Mary Levin

Everyone is Irish on St Patrick’s Day. Leprechauns and green beer abound. But for those of us with an Irish heritage, the Emerald Isle is so much more. We see the land of our forefathers in all its rustic, romantic splendor. We bring Ireland’s folklore and history into our homes every day.

We Irish are a social bunch and love to gather with friends, family and neighbors to talk about just about anything! So what better place to share your Irish spirit than in an informal dining space. So Failte (Welcome) to my Irish home.

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Welcoming Ireland’s amenities

Ireland’s landscape is dotted with moss covered castles and cottages so this gray and green color scheme sets the tone. A map of ancient Ireland is framed with a picture window frame adding a rustic touch to my contemporary furnishings.

Framing the map are two plaques inspired by the illustrations in the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript of the Gospel created by Irish Monks in ca. 800 and done in the insular style. The dense intricate, geometric patterns and lack of perspective have a contemporary feel.

Celtic symbols are a blend of ancient pagan and Christian images and some date back to the Dark Ages. The Love Knot (symbolic of the Trilogy), the Eternity Knot (with no beginning and no end), and the Celtic Spiral (dating back to 2500 BC) are just a few. Interlace and Eternity Knots border the pillows. One of the most recognized and beautiful symbols is the Celtic cross, which sits on my sideboard.

Animals are also seen in Irish décor and, like with everything else Irish, each has a meaning. Birds represent a bridge between two worlds and bearers of messages. Other animals you will see are the bull, butterfly, dog, dolphin, dragon, goose, griffin, salmon and, of course, snake.

Irish Traditions

We Irish are quite superstitious. Blessings and curses are part of our heritage. Often the most treasured family heirloom is an embroidered, framed blessing. Irish blessing always focus on welcome, warmth and a positive outlook. An Irish lace table runner reminds us of the days of the potato famine when housewives would crochet lace to supplement the family income.

If you are invited to a St. Patrick’s Day gathering, bring your hostess an arrangement containing Bells of Ireland. While not a native plant, it is said to give good luck to those who receive them.

Erin Go Bragh and Happy Saint Patrick’s Day. Time to serve up the Lamb Stew to my guests.

Mary Levin’s bio:

Mary is an Interior Decorator, Home Stylist, and Renovation Consultant under the name Pillows & Paint Interiors. She lives in Virginia Beach, VA. When not helping others create homes they love to live in, she is renovating the home she shares with her boyfriend, his teenage son, two dogs, and one cat. She is the mother of three grown children and when not working, she enjoys cooking and motorcycle vacations and DIY projects. You can learn more about Mary and Pillows & Paint at her blog or her website.

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Fun Kids’ St. Patrick’s Day Decorations and Crafts

Lydia Mathews — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:00:48 +0000

Entry #2159, March 4, 2013

March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day, are you ready for the true Green Day? Kids love the green St. Patrick’s Day crafts and we have some great St. Patrick’s Day decorating tips and crafts for you and the wee lads of yours to enjoy. Have fun with these activities for your St. Paddy’s Day celebration!

Face Paint

St. Patrick’s Day face painting idea

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Face painting. This activity is a great and simple craft that involves all. The kids get pure enjoyment from having a really neat design drawn on their faces plus the adults can participate in it as well. Just go to the nearest craft store and purchase a face paint kit and stencils then go to work on your canvas (face).

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Shamrock Wall Art

St. Patrick’s Day Decoration

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You can’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day without the shamrock art of some sort. How about shamrock decorative wall art? Just cut different sizes of the shamrock leaves from green construction paper along with the stems and begin to tape the pieces to form 4-leaf shamrocks on the walls. For pizazz add green glitter to the edges and inside of the leaves before putting them on the wall. Then you are able to create a shimmering shamrock.

Try –On Leprechaun

St. Patrick’s Day Craft

Image via: Spoonful

Ever wanted to be a leprechaun? Well for this activity you just might be able to accomplish this task. Take a small mirror that is about 4-5 inches wide to be used as your base. Purchase yellow, green, orange, and black craft foam. Measure out the yellow foam to the exact size of the small mirror and cut a hole in the middle of it then hot glue it to the mirror. Next, cut the hat and shamrock out of the green foam, the hat lining out of the black foam and the hair pieces out of the orange foam. Hot glue the beard to the bottom of the hole, the hair to the top of the hole, the hat onto the top of the hole after the hair, the hat lining onto the middle of the hat, lastly hot glue the shamrock onto the hat. Hang it some where in your home where everyone can see and become the leprechaun within.

St. Patty’s Day Center Pieces

St. Patrick’s Day Decoration

Image via: Aunt Annie- Party Decorations

St. Patrick’s Day center pieces are great focal point table toppers for an St. Patrick’s Day party! Now what you can do is get some medium sized vases and paint them green or white. If you would like to, purchase shamrock stamps with green ink and begin to stamp the design on the vases. Next, get some green pipe cleaner and glue it behind different shades of green construction paper cut into the shamrock shapes. Then put the flower like creations into the dried vases and place on the table however you like.

Pot of Gold with a Rainbow

St. Patrick’s Day Decoration and Craft

Image via: Melomamma

What’s St. Patrick’s Day without the pot of ye’ lucky gold? Get a small clay flower pot and paint it all black. Set it aside for it to dry. Once the pot dries then purchase pipe cleaners that have the same colors as the rainbow then hot glue the ends of each pipe cleaner to the opposite sides of the middle of the rim of the pot. Purchase or make shredded grass from green construction paper and put it in the pot and top it off with golden wrapped chocolate eggs or coins. There you have your own pot o’ gold.

St. Patty’s Day is always such a joyous and memorable occasion. Have fun with decorating for it completely, let these ideas and more help you to create the best St. Patrick’s Day!

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