St. Patrick’s Day Food Ideas That Are Easy and Festive

It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day! Making St. Patrick’s Day themed food is a fun way to get the kids involved and have some festive fun! The kids and I found some food inspiration online and created a fun board on my Pinterest with all the festive ideas. We tried a few of the recipes and they turned out great and the kids had a ton of fun.

Now, I am not a food blogger and I am definitely not a food photographer, so stay with me as I share our pictures with you. I think it’s important to remember that if your creations don’t look like the pictures you see online, that’s ok! Trust me, the kids don’t care. All they care about is having fun, and if you are stressing the entire time with trying to get whatever you are doing to look perfect, chances are the kids aren’t having fun. So, with that, here is our REALISTIC everyday mom and kids St. Patrick’s Day food ideas. And we had a blast putting them together! It’s a surprise that I even got pictures because it was mild torture for the kids to wait while I tried to get a Pinterest worthy picture.

St. Patrick’s Day Menu

Breakfast

For a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast we tried out these beautiful rainbow fruit parfaits. My kids love fruit so they were especially excited to make this. We gathered all the colorful fruit, some plain yogurt and of course, lucky charms to garnish the top.

Red Fruit Ideas

• strawberries
• raspberries
• cherries
• watermelon
• red apples
• pomegranate
• red plums

Orange Fruit Ideas

• clementine’s
• naval oranges
• nectarines
• apricots

Yellow Fruit Ideas

• bananas
• bartlett pears
• yellow apple
• pineapple
• mango
• starfruit

Green Fruit Ideas

• green apples
• kiwi
• green grapes (remember to cut for small children)
• green anjou pears

Blue Fruit Ideas

• blueberries
• blue damson plum

Purple Fruit Ideas

• blackberries
• purple grapes (remember to cut for small children)
• raisins

Lunch

So this picture was actually from St. Patrick’s Day two years ago. All that week I had made the kids rainbow lunch. Monday was all red foods, Tuesday was all orange foods, Wednesday all yellow foods, and then this picture was the all green food day. Since this year the kids wanted an all green lunch I thought this picture was appropriate to share.

All Green St. Patrick’s Day Lunch Ideas

• applesauce pouch with green packaging
• green beans
• cucumbers
• green anjou pears
• avocado
• spinach
• kiwi
• pesto pasta
• yogurt with green packaging
• granola bar with green packaging
• fruit snacks with green packaging
• broccoli
• sugar snap peas
• green grapes (remember to cut for small children)
• green peppers
• asparagus
• celery
• green apples

Dinner

Kids plus pizza is always a win in our house, and I’m guessing it is in your house too! To make the pizza festive for St. Patrick’s Day we were inspired by this fun rainbow pizza.

Red Pizza Topping Ideas

• pepperoni
• red peppers
• tomatoes
• bbq chicken
• bacon

Orange Pizza Topping Ideas

• orange peppers
• peeled ribbons of sweet potatoes

Yellow Pizza Topping Ideas

• yellow peppers
• corn
• pineapple

Green Pizza Toppings Ideas

• green peppers
• broccoli
• arugula
• spinach
• pesto

Blue Pizza Toppings Ideas

• black olives could pass as a blue topping (We didn’t add any because the kids won’t eat them.)

Purple Pizza Topping Ideas

• purple onions
• roasted purple cauliflower
• purple cabbage

Dessert

How can you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day without Lucky Charms!? My kids requested cookies so I found these Lucky Charm sugar cookies to try. I wanted in on some of the St. Patrick’s Day fun, so because I have Celiac Disease we made these cookies gluten free, minus the marshmallows for me. The kids loved making these and their favorite part was putting the marshmallows on top.

Other St. Patrick’s Day Food Ideas

• Vanilla Pistachio Parfait
• Mint Oreo Truffles
• St. Patrick’s Day Pancakes
• Shamrock Pretzels
• Lime Muffins
• St. Patrick’s Day Snack Board

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Let me know in the comments what your favorite festive food is!

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