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Naturally Green Food for Saint Patrick's Day: 20 Colorful Recipes For The Celebrations

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With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, let us inspire you with 20 ideas for naturally green food for Saint Patrick's Day to create a stunning holiday spread.

While many celebrate with pints of dyed beer and artificially colored treats, at Earth Food and Fire, we prefer to celebrate with earthy hues of fresh produce. Our favorite recipes include everything from a healthy breakfast through vibrant appetizers to a hearty main course - enough to keep you with a full belly and in a fresh, green festive mood all St. Patrick's Day long.

Naturally Green Food for Saint Patrick's Day

A Festive Green Breakfast or Brunch

Start your St. Patrick's Day morning off right with these fuel-packed breakfast options. Getting green from your first meal of the day is easy with smoothies, eggs, and even savory pancakes!

Super-Seed Tropical Avocado Smoothie

Creamy avocado smoothie made with avocado, banana, spinach, pineapple, milk, and seeds makes for a refreshing, naturally sweet, light, and energizing breakfast to start the celebrations.
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Avocado smoothie with pieces of pineapple, whole banana, half of the avocado, spinach leaves and seeds

Breakfast Egg Muffins (With 3 Variations)

These make-ahead egg muffins are perfect for a busy holiday morning. The spinach and cheese variation creates delicious little bites packed with vibrant green spinach that sport the color of the day.
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Three different kinds of breakfast egg muffins in a twelve cup muffin tin

Spinach & Cheese Mini Pancakes

Savory pancakes are a wonderful brunch twist.
By adding chopped spinach to the batter, you create naturally green, bite-sized pancakes that pair wonderfully with smoked salmon or a dollop of sour cream.
Fluffy Patrick's Day snack that cooks in minutes.
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Spinach and cheese mini pancakes with fresh spinach leaves and grated cheese

Prosciutto and Asparagus Egg White Quiche

A light and healthy yet flavorful egg white quiche, loaded with prosciutto and fresh asparagus.
Another easy color-matching breakfast or brunch option for St. Patrick's Day.
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a slice of asparagus quiche on a white plate

Vibrant Green Appetizers & Starters

Here are a few more festive meals in the green color of the day that are great as party appetizers or light starters before dinner. All get their Patrick's Day green from natural and fresh herbs and vegetables.

Rice Paper Rolls (Vietnamese Spring Rolls)

A popular finger food, rice paper rolls (Vietnamese Spring Rolls), are easy to make - even as a quick "make your own" party activity.
Fresh and crunchy green herbs, lettuce, and cucumber fillings show through translucent rice paper rolls - and everyone can add what they like.
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rice paper rolls arranged on a plate around a thai dipping sauce

Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup

A simple and creamy broccoli and cauliflower soup with a lovely, natural green color is perfect as a light lunch, an appetizer or even a full-fledged meal.
Easy to prepare ahead in a large quantity, serve it in small bowls as an appetizer, or a large bowl for a full meal.
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Square closeup image of broccoli and cauliflower soup served in black stoneware bowls and garnished with chopped chives and chopped almonds.

Lobster Sliders with Cilantro and Avocado Mayonnaise

These decadent lobster sliders get on a St. Patrick's Day green foods list thanks to their vibrant green cilantro and avocado mayonnaise. The creamy green sauce is the perfect complement to the sweet lobster meat.
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Close-up of lobster sliders showing all the bun fillings in detail

Green-Themed Main Courses

Move over corned beef! These main courses use heaps of fresh herbs to create flavorful sauces and fillings that fit the "green theme" perfectly.

Chimichurri Chicken Breasts

Chimichurri is an uncooked sauce packed with fresh parsley, oregano, and garlic. It creates an incredibly vibrant green topping that makes simple grilled chicken breasts look and taste amazing.
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Pan seared chicken breasts topped with fresh chimichurri sauce in a pan

Healthy Homemade Falafel Wraps

Authentic homemade falafel is bright green on the inside thanks to large amounts of fresh cilantro and parsley mixed into the chickpea batter.
Served in a wrap with fresh veggies, it's a satisfying vegetarian main meal option.
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freshly made falafel wrap cut and stacked on a white plate

Quinoa and Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

With its characteristic deep green rind, acorn squash makes a perfect vessel for a festive St. Patrick's Day main dish.
These roasted halves are generously stuffed with a savory, hearty mixture of quinoa, sausage, green zucchini, and parsley, creating a satisfying centerpiece for your table.
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Two acorn squash stuffed with a quinoa and sauasage stuffing baked and topped with cheese

Green Salads & Crisp Side Dishes

No holiday table is complete without great side dishes. These salads and vegetables are far from boring, offering crunch, acid, and beautiful shades of green to balance out your meal.

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad With A Creamy Black Peppercorn Dressing

Raw Brussels sprouts provide a fantastic crunch and a deep green color base for this fresh salad. It's a hearty slaw that stands up well on a buffet table.
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Overhead shot of shaved brussels sprout salad in a rustic wooden bowl, garnished with dried cranberries and goat cheese

German Cucumber Salad (Gurkensalat)

Cool, crisp, and refreshing. This traditional salad uses thinly sliced cucumbers and fresh dill for a simple, mostly green side dish that cuts through richer foods.
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german cucumber salad garnished with dill in a glass bowl

Kale Slaw (With A Creamy Lemon Garlic Dressing)

A crunchy, dark green kale base dressed with a creamy, lemon and garlic dressing. Perfect as a side dish to BBQ meats, fried chicken, or lobster!
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A simple kale slaw ready o be served at a family bbq or potluck

Grilled Garlic Scapes with Lemon and Parmesan

If you can find them, garlic scapes are a fantastic, unique green vegetable. Grilled until tender with a slight char, they offer a mild garlic flavor and make a fun, curly side for your St. Patrick's Day dishes.
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Grilled garlic scapes with grilled lemon and parmesan on a white plate

Green Condiments, Sauces, Pesto, & Oils

The easiest way to turn any meal into green food for St. Patrick's Day is with a few dabs of a lovely green sauce or condiment. Drizzle these over roasted potatoes, steak, fish, or vegetables for an instant festive upgrade.

Vibrant Green Chive Oil

The name says it all. This oil gets its intense green color entirely from fresh chives.
A few splashes of bright green will decorate any dish to look professionally plated for St. Patrick's Day.
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A great way to preserve chives for the winter.. make a bright green oil!

Home Grown Basil & Garlic Scape Pesto

A twist on classic basil pesto, using garlic scapes adds a punchy flavor and more of that beautiful, bright green color.
Perfect for St. Patrick's Day colored pasta.
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A deliciously simple Basil Pesto recipe using Garlic Scapes from the garden. A great way to preserve your basil harvest.

Toasted Almond and Arugula Pesto

With a nutty and peppery kick, this simple arugula pesto is a great way to season seafood dishes, pastas, or used as a condiment for meat platters.
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Toasted almond and arugula pesto in a mason jar surrounded by various ingredients

Mustard Pickles

A classic East Coast condiment, these crunchy pickles offer a vibrant pop of yellow-green color. Their sharp, tangy flavor is the perfect contrast to rich holiday dishes.
Serve with roasted meats or poultry, or use as a relish on burgers and sandwiches!
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A horizontal image of three jars of fully processed, and labeled mustard pickles displayed on rustic wooden barn boards.

Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles

Forget complicated canning! These easy refrigerator pickles require no special equipment.
Made with fresh cucumbers, onions, and a blend of spices including turmeric for a lovely golden-green hue, they add a sweet and tangy crunch to burgers, sandwiches, or charcuterie boards.
Prepare a few days ahead to allow the pickle to soak through.
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a top down view of a jar of refrigerator bread and butter pickles

Homemade Green Tomato Chow Chow

This traditional relish from unripe green tomatoes is tangy and sweet-and-savory.
It's a wonderful naturally green condiment for cold meats, sandwiches, burgers, sausages, fishcakes, and more!
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canadian green tomato chow chow in labeled mason jars on a rustic wooden surface

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Naturally Green Food

Saint Patrick’s Day is the perfect excuse to enjoy fresh ingredients and have some fun creating an all-green menu of delicious, naturally green foods.

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In all of the above salads, mains, sauces and drinks, the beautiful greens come from fresh herbs, vegetables, and natural fresh ingredients. We hope we gave you enough inspiration to build your green food for Saint Patrick’s Day festive menu without any artificial coloring.

Happy St. Patrick's Day 🍀 from the team at Earth, Food and Fire.com!

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