Welcome to my Irish Dinner Party Ideas. Here you will find ideas from start to finish for an Irish dinner, that is both vegetarian and non-alcoholic, as well as green. Yes, Irish dinners can be healthy and evolving.
For an appetizer and or as a side, broccoli sticks (The outer layer of the stalks is removed), celery sticks, and or asparagus spears. You can also use the broccoli florets around the edge of the plate for a floral wreathe type look, or save them for stew. A nice dill dip will go very well with these veggies and will also offer an additional shade of green.
As a side, boiled potatoes with green cabbage makes a delectable option. The cabbage will help to flavor the potatoes nicely. If you want some extra flavor, you can toss in some diced mushrooms and your preferred seasonings. This will go very well with vegetarian chicken patties which can be the main course, if you like. We are quite pleased with the Qorn brand of breaded meatless patties. Sometimes, all that we have are vegetables, and that is good too.
For another main course option, you could make a vegetable stew. Be sure to add some greens such as broccoli, brussel sprouts, green onion, green beans, peas, celery, etc. Portabella mushrooms work great to amp up the flavoring for a more hearty vegetarian stew. For extra heartiness, you can add some beans, like Northern or Cannellini. If you like bread, you can make some Irish soda bread to dip in the stew. However, if you are adding beans to the stew, that will probably be filling enough without the bread. If you don't already have vegetable broth on hand, I recommend the Pacific low sodium vegetable broth.
For dessert, I recommend a yellow or butter cake, with a bit of organic green food coloring, and flavored with mint. Yumm. For a bit of a different flavor, I have used applesauce in the place of an egg for a yellow box cake mix. It turned out super tasty.
For the beverage, you could have green tea or mint tea. Choose decaf or regular, depending on your preference.
And there you have it, enough for a healthy meal where everyone can have plenty to eat and still feel feel good about making healthy choices.
I made the design on these invitations and hope you enjoy them. They are easily personalized online, with your details. They feature a design of my shamrock collage, in various shades of green, on a light green background.
Here are matching paper plates for easy clean up, you can choose from seven and nine inch sizes.
You can also find matching shamrock napkins by CherylsArt at Zazzle.com.
May you have a wonderful time having a healthy green Irish dinner with your family, friends, and/or neighbors. Remember to wear your facemasks when not eating, and to practice safe social distancing.
Cheryl Paton
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