St. Patrick's Day: Lucky...

St. Patrick's Day 2012

I like to be cautious on St. Patrick's Day so I prevent any pranks by wearing my special "Do Not Pinch" shirt.  This picture is from 2012 but Erik and I actually wore the same shirts today, but didn't think to take a picture...

Yesterday I made Pistachio Cake for St. Patrick's Day.  Since I don't like corned beef and cabbage, I made Oriental Cabbage Salad with ramen noodles today!  I know it is a bit of a stretch for St. Patrick's Day, but at least it uses cabbage...and cabbage is green!  Also, as a college student, ramen noodles are in generous supply!

I do have some Irish blood in me and I am quite proud of it!  I like to think dying my hair red makes me even more Irish.  However, I didn't utilize the "kiss me, I'm Irish" ploy today and since I don't drink alcoholic beverages, I drank IBC Root Beer instead.  My Lucky Charms cereal box was empty so I should have planned for that.  I did pass on drinking any green milk--that's just gross even if people claim the food coloring doesn't change the taste.

The closest song I could find to being anything Irish, lucky, or green is "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" sung by Ella Fitzgerald.  I really do like this fun little song!  And it's an extra bonus that the album art from the album Fine and Mellow is green!

Pistachio Cake: Little Girl Blue

Yesterday I got a new bundt pan: a silicone bundt pan!  I made pistachio cake and it was light and  ... green--just in time for St. Patrick's Day tomorrow!  The almond flavoring punctuates the flavor of the cake and the glaze.  That silicone bundt pan released the cake so that it literally slid right out.  I will never use a metal bundt pan again!

I tried to find an Irish-themed jazz song and struck out.  I couldn't even find a song with the color green in it, so I settled on the next best color: blue.  So here's "Little Girl Blue" sung by Ella Fitzgerald.