Quick St Pat's Recipes
as featured on SouthwestBlend.com
St. Pat's Quiche
St. Pat's Anytime Potatoes
St. Pat's Tipsy Cake
Irish Coffee      Green Beer

St Pats Quiche   
10 slices of bread, cut into 1 inch cubes. Tangy or savory breads
    are best
1 3/4 cups of cooked corned beef, sliced
2/3/4 cups of shredded cheese - choose the cheese to go with the
         bread, but Swiss cheese is always good with Corned Beef
6 eggs, lightly beaten
3 cups of milk
Season with pepper, and other spices you like, but go easy on the salt-remember you have corned beef in the mixture.

Greases a 13 x 9 baking dish and arrange the bread cubes on the bottom. Put the slices of corned beef on top of the bread, then sprinkle the cheese evenly over the whole thing. Beat the eggs with the milk and spices, then pour over the mixture. You can pop it in the oven right then, or for best results, cover tightly with foil and refrigerate over night. Bake covered for 45 minutes at 350°. Uncover and bake 10-15 minutes more. Serve immediately.

St. Pat's Anytime Potatoes
1 large onion, peeled and thinly sliced
1 green bell pepper, diced
4 cloves of garlic, chopped finely
2 tablespoons of butter
1 tablespoon of Olive Oil
4 medium potatoes, boiled and thinly sliced (For best results, the
  potatoes should be boiled the day before and refrigerated)
1/4 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
Salt, pepper and spices to taste.

Heat the butter and oil in a skillet. When hot enough to sauté, add the onions, peppers and garlic and cook until lightly browned. Remove the mixture with a slotted spoon leaving the butter and oil behind. Add the sliced potatoes to the pan and brown on both sides. Add the onion mixture back the pan, gently toss and season. Serve warm with a sprinkle of Parmesan Cheese on the top.

St. Pat's Tipsy Cake
This is a great recipe. You can try different cake mixes, pudding mixes and liqueurs for different results. Just make sure the cake mix has no pudding in it and stick to 18 1/4 ounce package, and stick to instant pudding in the 4 ounce size.

1 package of Yellow Cake Mix (the kind without pudding in it) 18.
  4oz. You can experiment with different cake mixes.
1 package of instant chocolate pudding mix 4 oz. You can try  
   different pudding flavors
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1/8 cup of water
3/8 cups Bailey's Irish Cream. You can try different liqueurs.
1/4 cup vodka
4 eggs

Preheat your oven to 350°. Mix the cake mix, the pudding mix, oil, water, vodka, Bailey's Irish Cream, and eggs in a bow and beat until very smooth. Pour the mixture into a greased and floured bundt pan. Bake at 350° about 40 - 50 minutes until done. Make sure to cool the cake completely before attempting to invert it on to a serving dish. You can sauce it up by mixing a bit of powdered sugar with a little Bailey's Irish Cream and pouring it on top.

Green Beer
16 ounces of golden Irish Lager Beer
4 drops of green food coloring
Chill the beer and the glass. Pour the beer into the glass and add the food coloring. Mix slightly and drink.

Irish Coffee
Strong black coffee, freshly brewed
Brown Sugar
Irish Whiskey
Whipped Cream
The trick to Irish Coffee is to pour the Irish Whiskey into the coffee cup first. Depending on the taste of the drinker, about 1 to 1 1/2 ounces should be good. Add 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons of brown sugar and mix. Add hot coffee and float whipped cream on top. Do not stir once you have added the whipped cream. Serve immediately.