While the well celebrated holiday of St. Patrick's Day has come and gone, I did want to take a moment to share the goodies that started (and sustained us) throughout the day. Many cities are known for all day festivities on this day (or the Saturday before if it happens to fall mid-week, as it did this year). However, I'm not sure I would have thought Pittsburgh to pass the St. Pat's Day test with flying colors (well, mostly green). But, it...AGAIN...did the trick. From early morning green pancakes and brews, to Primanti's Sammies for a second breakfast, to snacking on tasty protein bars (while sipping on more green brews), wandering around market square and various pub type locations, and ending with yet a few more... brews... the day was filled with tons o' friends and fun.
We started the day with some delicious buttermilk pancakes to get the stomachs ready for the day ahead. But of course, what's a St. Pat's Day pancake without being green? Or, green M&M's? Standard pancake recipe, using green food coloring for half the 'cakes and green M&M's in the 'normal' colored other half. Tasty and fun to eat!
With the pancakes down and lots of walking, talking, bouncing around, and the need for more energy throughout this marathon of a day... what better than some protein bars? Throwing in some strawberry granola, oats, vanilla whey protein, honey, cinnamon, dash of nutmeg and of course the peanut butter created the top and bottom layers of this bar. The middle layer consisted of low fat cream cheese. We put these together the night before, as it does require time in the freezer to set. Let sit out for a bit and they are good to go! Another delicious treat for the entire group (although it was brought to my attention that I consumed a large amount of what we brought along).
Another St. Patrick's Day in the books and some tasty treats to round out the experience.
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