Going Green

As you know we mostly do PINK at our house, but one day a year we venture into going ALL GREEN! Last year I had a small St. Patty's day get together at my house. This year the green holiday fell during Spring Break so I opted for a party at the park. It was a bea-u-ti-ful spring day... even if there was a layer of yellow pollen EVERYWHERE!

*We feasted on picnic lunches & shared green food. The kids also got to pin the nose on the Leprechaun- Madisen was #33. Then we followed the green foot prints to a pot of gold- well, a box of green shamrock shaped Rice Krispy treats.
And we loved playing at the park!

{Brooklyn REALLY wanted to be in Robbie's face. She got pretty upset when I pulled her away from him. Notice she's waving bah-bye to me. That's her universal way of communicating these days.}

{Madisen ran off... she was MIA for this green photo}

And no St. Patrick's Day is complete with out some food coloring for dinner. However, we only used minimal this year- that lime green fruit is pineapple. Thanks to Aunt Tiffany who shared a MOST DELICIOUS recipe.

Green Rice

1¾ cups chicken stock

1 Tbsp butter

1 cup white rice

1 cup spinach leaves

½ cup cilantro

3-4 scallions

Bring 1 1/2 cups chicken stock and butter to a boil. Stir in white rice, cover and simmer 15 minutes. While rice is cooking, in food processor process about 1/4 cup chicken stock, spinach leaves, cilantro, and scallions roughly chopped. Process until a thick paste.

After rice has cooked about 15 minutes, stir in spinach mixture, cover and cook 2-3 minutes more. Turn off the heat and let stand 5 minutes.

**I made 2x the recipe & cooked my chicken in half of the sauce. It was delciously moist. And my kids didn't complain ONE BIT about the spinach--OK, it was smothered in ketchup, but they had no idea. I just told them it was green for the holiday. I'll be sneaking this in at least once a month b/c spinach is such a super food! Don't be afraid, give it a try today. Brooklyn ate it like it was going out of style- sans ketchup.