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Spinach: The New Food Coloring

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Hello!!! How was your St. Patrick’s Day? Did you wear green? If you didn’t, then I virtually pinch you 😉

If you didn’t wear green, you can redeem yourself today by making these wonderful treats! There were so many great bloggers who made tasty treats in honor of St. Patty’s day; so I had to try a few!

Katie’s Raw Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshake.

Oh my goodness everybody. Have you tried this yet? It seriously tastes like a chocolate mint milkshake, but it is sugar-free! Aren’t bananas amazing? I have made this milkshake at least 10 times already because it is so good and easy to make. Not to mention it has 2 cups of spinach in it, and I can’t even taste it! Katie, you are a genius.

Pure2Raw’s Green Beer Socca.

I didn’t add the spirulina to make it green, but I thoroughly enjoyed this beer socca. Remember when I made this green socca pizza? Well, I think this socca would taste fabulous as a pizza, too. When I was a kid, one of my favorite foods was beer bread. I know. I was a strange child. Anyway, when I gave up gluten, I thought I would never taste beer bread again. I was wrong-o! I see a lot more gluten-free beer breads in my future…in fact, one is baking in the oven right now!

I also had a nice stack of green gluten-free pancakes. These were very easy to make. All I did was blend 2 cups of spinach with the 1 1/4 cups of milk in my One-Size Fits All Pancakes. Then I continued to make the pancakes as usual, and I added a banana to make it banana-flavored.

Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:

How did you celebrate St. Patty’s Day?

Honestly, the only way I celebrated it was by wearing green and making these recipes!

 

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  3. Your pancakes are ADORABLE! And good for you for natural food coloring by way of spinach leaves…as I was putting drops of food coloring in my yogurt yesterday I was thinking, “This is wrong, isn’t it?” [But I did just shrug my shoulders and keep going…]

  5. Those pancakes are awesome!!! I celebrated most of the day with all my friends! They drank green beers (and I had red wine… oh well). And we made green mashed potatoes, asparagus, and boiled cabbage! And then celebrated well into the night. It was a blast! Hope you have a great weekend 🙂

  12. I will take one of everything off this post!! So glad you enjoyed the beer socca; we can’t wait to make it for ourselves here soon!!

    Have a great weekend beautiful!

  13. Alexxxx I am such a fool!! Why didnt I think to use spinach as food coloring when I made those brownies?! The elderly could have used the nutrients!! Grr!! Im seriously mad at myself.
    And about your email – I am going to Utah to visit my mama and step dad at their new house in Park City. No friends there 🙁 but Im happy to have some family down time… ya know?

  18. Does the link for the “one-size fits all pancakes” recipe still work? I clicked on it but it doesnt work