Irish Eyes will be smiling with these easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Easy, Stress-free recipes for a St. Patrick’s Day Party

St. Patrick’s Day is a day for everyone to be a little (or a lot Irish).

I love St Patrick’s Day (my maiden name is O’Bryan) but I don’t love getting on the road and driving.  So we usually host a St. Patrick’s Day party.

Whether Irish by birth, marriage, or choice, St. Patrick’s Day is a great time to gather the gang and throw a fun party with lots of green and Irish-inspired food.

Forget about hitting your local Irish pub and this year and host an easy St. Patrick’s Day get together. 

Browse my collection of Traditional Irish recipes, Irish inspired, and green food sure to make your party fun and festive.

All the recipes are easy to make (several slow cooker – set-it and forget-it recipes) so you’ll be able to join in all the fun.

Classic St. Patrick’s Day Menu Idea

Irish Beef and Guinness Stew with Irish Soda Bread and an Irish Sherry Trifle.

Serve with green beer and a little bit of Bailey’s Irish Cream for dessert.

Stress-free Tips:

• Divide and conquer – Do you have friends or family with dietary restrictions?  It can be crazy to try and keep up with who’s eating Keto, who’s eating vegetarian or vegans, so don’t.  Just ask your guests to bring their favorite dish to share or ask them to an item like ice or snacks.  You have no idea how helpful this is for everyone.  Instead of wondering what to bring or last-minute calls on the way over everyone can be in on the fun from the start.  This way everyone has something they love and you have less work.
• Prep ahead of time – You can pop everything in the slow cooker the night before then the next morning just turn them on.  If you are serving a crudites platter or charcuterie board. prep everything in the morning and cover with plastic wrap and store in the fridge until game time.
• Your Crockpot is your Best Friend – Confession #1 – I have 3 crockpots + a little one for keeping sauces warm and an electric wok that can do double duty as a slow cooker.  Confession #2 – Sometimes 3 just isn’t enough and I borrow from friends and neighbors.  Confession #3 – I have figured out how to make almost everything in my slow cooker.  You can cook in the crockpot and then use them to keep everything warm.  If I grill wings I’ll pop them in a crockpot to stay warm.  Works perfectly!  So embrace a slow cooker or 3.

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Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Classic Irish Breakfast

Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Irish Eggs Benedict Bubble and Squeak Recipe

A potato pancake filled with bacon and cabbage and topped with a poached eggs, peas, and hollandaise sauce.

Fun Fact:

The dish is called bubble and squeak because the cabbage makes bubbling and squeaking sounds during the cooking process.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes 

Snacks and Appetizers

Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Slow Cooker Artichoke and Spinach Dip

I love slow cookers for the “set-it and forget-it” help they provide on party days.

I’m always looking for ways to adjust my recipes for the slow cooker. My Slow Cooker Artichoke and Spinach Dip is amazing. + The slow cooker keeps the dip hot throughout the party and no extra serving dish.

This is definitely a winner.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Irish Soda Bread

Learn How to Make Irish Soda Bread. This traditional Irish bread is so good and the perfect complement Irish Beef Stew.

Quick and EasySt. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Irish Nachos

Crispy roasted potatoes served nacho-style.  This is so good.  Use frozen or fresh prepackages potato wedges to make this recipe super easy.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Beer Cheese Dip Served with Soft pretzels

This delicious beer cheese dip combines a couple of different types easy melting shredded cheeses and cream cheese. Add a little country dijon mustard, garlic, and beer and you have a wonderful hearty dip that pairs perfectly with soft pretzels.  

I like to add a dash of Tabasco with add a little spice. 

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Guinness Cheese Bites

What could be easier, beer cheese + refrigerated biscuit dough make a super easy appetizer.  

Make the cheese the day before, since it needs to be frozen for a couple of hours.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Cheesy Irish Pan Potatoes

Irish Pan Potatoes feature sliced potatoes, bacon and sauteed Onions, topped with Dubliner Cheese.

Pure and simple Irish comfort food.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Traditional Colcannon Potatoes

Colcannon is a traditional Irish dish made of creamy mashed potatoes and spinach or kale.

Full flavored mashed potatoes with green onions and spinach cooked in butter and cream.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Guinness Braised Irish Onion Soup

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St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Cocktails and Beverages

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Green Beer

Every St. Patrick’s Day gathering needs a batch of green beer.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Irish Coffee

Keep the party going with a caffeine boost from an Irish Coffee.  Sweet creamy coffee with a shot of irish whiskey and topped with whipped cream.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Boozy Shamrock Shake

This adults only shamrock shake is so good.  Just remember these are deceptively strong. 

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Boozy Shamrock Shake

This adults only shamrock shake is so good.  Just remember these are deceptively strong. 

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Grasshopper Martini

Not Irish, but it is green!  This is so good you’ll forgive me for including it.

The martini in the background is a hazenut s’mores martini – dessert in a glass.

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St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Main Dishes

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage 

No St. Patrick’s Day Party would be complete without some traditional corned beef and cabbage.

Many corned beef recipes tell you to boil your corned beef, but my family has found that roasted corned beef is a much better way to cook your St. Patrick’s Day dinner.

Get Tips for Cooking the Perfect Corned Beef

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Slow Cooker Guinness Beer Braised Beef and Potatoes

The perfect, easy set-it and forget-it slow cooker dinner for a hearty St. Patrick’s Day meal. 

The slow cooking makes the meat fork-tender and the potatoes soak up all the yummy juices.  This is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Slow Cooker Guinness Pulled Pork

Ok, so maybe not technically Irish — but it’s so good and so easy I had to include it in this collection.  Serve it with roasted potatoes and Irish Soda bread to get every last drop of this yummy sauce.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Slow Cooker Beer-braised Beef Shepherd’s Pie

Using the slow cooker to make sure the beef is fall-apart tender makes this recipe super easy to toss together just before serving.  Using a chuck or rump roast instead of ground beef gives this shepherd’s pie a little uptown elegance.  Soooo good…

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Slow Cooker Beer-braised Beef Shepherd’s Pie

Using the slow cooker to make sure the beef is fall-apart tender makes this recipe super easy to toss together just before serving.  Using a chuck or rump roast instead of ground beef gives this shepherd’s pie a little uptown elegance.  Soooo good…

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Traditional Ground Beef (or Lamb) Shepherd’s Pie

Super easy classic comfort food.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Corned Beef Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Tender corned beef with carmelized onions and gooey cheese is the perfect way to use left over corned beef – or a really great excuse to make corned beef.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Desserts

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Irish Sherry Trifle

OMG!  This is so decadent and so easy to make.

Actually, it may be too easy.  You’ll want to make one every night.

Quick and Easy St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Irish Potatoes Candy Recipe

So if you didn’t grow up in Philadelphia or parts of New Jersy you mau have never heard of Irish potaotes — I know I hadn’t until I met my Philly husband.  

Don’t let the potato name or look fool you these are awesome.  These little beauties are made with cream cheese, butter, and sweet coconut topped with cinnamon.

Try them they are easy to make and so good.  You might just have a new family tradition.

Food Philosophy

I love serving homemade meals and entertaining, but I don’t love spending all my time in the kitchen… Sound familiar?  I’ll share my shortcuts for getting delicious, healthy food on the table – easy, fast & stress-free. All of my recipes have been tested on family and friends.  We love them and I hope you will too.