Luck O’ the Irish

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Don’t worry, I haven’t been neglecting the JOC this week while I’ve been prepping for our St. Patrick’s Day/Housewarming bash.  Quite the contrary, I’ve been using it as a handy reference for everything from finger foods to corned beef. My husband’s even starting to get a bit miffed because I’m reading it so much our conversations have been strickly JOC-based. He knows a lot about corned beef now, too.

Here’s the menu for this weekend. I used a mix of family recipes, Cooking Light recipes and JOC recipes.

• Mini corned beef sandwiches (JOC) – Nothing says St. Patrick’s Day like corned beef on cocktail rye!
• Mini soda breads — My mom makes great soda bread so I let her take the lead on this one.
• Corn bilinis with smoked salmon (Cooking Light) – not entirely Irish, but the salmon is a fish and they eat a lot of fish in Ireland … so I’ve heard.
• Mini potato pancakes (JOC) topped with whipped Boursin cheese — No potato famine in our house.  Plus, any excuse to top something with Boursin cheese is good enough for me.
• Creme de Menthe bars — Mom’s recipe, I made them.  My baking skills have never been very good, but if I do say so myself — and I do — these look quite good.
• Irish Oatmeal Cookies — Mom’s recipe, mom’s cooking.  As if she doesn’t have anything else to do all day.

Recipes and pictures to follow …

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