Green, Green, Green!

I love holidays. Since we don't exactly have the extra cash to do anything big, I've been using holidays as excuses to make special food. For Valentine's Day we had cinnamon rolls for breakfast. For Purim (the Jewish celebration of Esther) I made challah bread. And for St. Patrick's Day, I made corned beef and veggies.

But that wasn't all I did for St. Patrick's Day. The night before, our Bible study had a green-themed party, so I decided that I'd have to make something special. Pinterest to the rescue! I found a recipe for green velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Yes, green velvet, not red. I had to make an emergency Wal-Mart run to get more green dye, since it took an entire 1-ounce bottle. I'm still finding green in unexpected places.

Here's the recipe, in case you're curious: http://www.lovefromtheoven.com/2011/03/03/green-velvet-cake-st-pattys-day-baking/

By the way, VeggieTales does a fantastic job of teaching us about St. Patrick. I highly recommend this video: