Recipe

St. Patrick – Good News Popcorn

March 16, 2011 by Lena {JOYfilledfamily} Filed Under: 03 March, Recipe, St. Patrick, St. Patrick's Day

My parents used to treat my sis and I to flavored popcorn. There was a small snack shop in the mall that had a variety of flavored popcorn. My favorite was bubblegum. It has been a long time since I’ve enjoyed that yummy treat.

I decided that this was the perfect opportunity to treat my GFG to a childhood novelty of mine.

I made green lemon-lime flavored popcorn, AKA Good News Popcorn, in honor of St. Patrick. We celebrated on Sunday despite the fact that it’s a 1st class feast in our diocese.

Patrick suffered much in Ireland and there was always the danger that he would be killed, yet the saint kept on preaching about Jesus.….How happy he was to bring the Good News of the true God to the people who once held him a slave. ~Holy Spirit Interactive

The children loved the Good News Popcorn.

I plan on sharing the extra popcorn with my nieces. The day-old popcorn is a bit chewy and reminds me of pink popcorn. My kids still think it’s yummy.

You can get the complete recipe at Catholic Cuisine.

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Prayer About St. Patrick

God our Father,
you sent Saint Patrick to preach your glory to the people of Ireland.
By the help of his prayers,
may all Christians proclaim your love to all men.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

~~~

St. Patrick ~ ora pro nobis

St. Valentine’s Pizza

February 9, 2011 by Lena {JOYfilledfamily} Filed Under: Recipe, St. Valentine's Day

A yummy and semi healthy treat.

I found my inspiration from here.

I used a boxed brownie mix and did not use the suggest cream cheese spread.

Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle Cookies

December 23, 2010 by Lena {JOYfilledfamily} Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Cookies, Recipe 4 Comments

A friend hosted a Cookie Exchange during the first week of December for moms and daughters. It was a great outing and jump start for Christmas baking.

Rose and I decided to try a new recipe. We were in a chocolatey mood and liked the look of Chocolate Crinkles. We used Bakers Royal recipe for Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle Cookies.

Rose found this to be a simple and fun recipe. She noted that she would use less powdered sugar. Also, we tried the Crinkles with and without peppermint. Peppermint is the way to go!

I printed the recipe on the JOY cards for all to take home.

A tall glass of milk is definitely needed. This is one rich cookie, just the way my kids like them!

check out more cookie ideas at Catholic Cuisine’s Christmas Cookie Recipe Exchange and our last year’s Christmas cookie post.

Sugar and Spice…

December 13, 2010 by Lena {JOYfilledfamily} Filed Under: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Recipe

and everything nice, that’s what reminds us of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

We celebrated the feast day of Our Lady Guadalupe on Sat., Dec. 11 instead of Dec. 12. Our parish was granted permission by our Bishop to move the feast day for a Solemnity and First class celebration since Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patron saint of our diocese and her original feast day fell on Gaudete Sunday (this year).

We kept it simple with a field trip to the Mexican Market and a small Our Lady of Guadalupe Tea Lunch inspired from Shower of Roses and Cottage Blessings. For dinner we had chicken tacos with rice and beans. Rose and I made Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Crispies for dessert, a family favorite. The Crispies are made with a little sugar and spice and remind us of Our lady of Guadalupe.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, ora pro nobis.

Field trip to the Mexican Market, Rancho San Miguel (St. Michael Ranch)

The girls and their friends were thrilled with the bright, yummy desserts. They had a great time looking at the ethnic dishes; cow’s tongue, “fish head with eyes” (tilapia), pig’s feet…… They decided to stick with rice and beans.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Tea Lunch

Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Crispies (cinnamon chips)

Flour tortillas
Cinnimon
Sugar
Oil

Directions:

heat oil on stove
mix cinnamon and sugar together
cut tortilla into triangles
fry tortilla wedges until crisp (fry a small amount at a time)
remove tortilla wedges from oil
place tortilla crisps on cooling rack, over a drip pan/cookie sheet
generously sprinkle tortilla crisps with sugar/cinnamon mixture
turn the crisps over and repeat step 7
cool and serve

Rainbow Cupcakes

November 23, 2010 by Lena {JOYfilledfamily} Filed Under: Piety, Rainbow, Recipe

these are a wonderful reminder of st. cecilia and the colors of piety.

the rainbow cake is a family favorite. we decided to make these JOYfilled cupcakes instead. the inspiration can be found here.

cupcakes:

yellow or white cake mix
icing colors

prep the cake as specified on the box. we used 3 boxes since we had plan to bake these for a parish girls bake sale.

divide the cake into 6 bowls. we used a little over one cup per bowl. add icing coloring to the bowls. one color per bowl. a little goes a long way.

fill the cupcake liners with the different colors. we used a table spoon to layer the colors.

we filled the liners to the brim. next time we’ll try filling them with less batter.

frosting:

i always use meg’s recipe for frosting, a family fav. it’s super easy and always tasty.

2 sticks of butter at room temp
1 bag of powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract (to taste)
1 tbs milk (to desired consistency)

soften the butter with a mixer to remove all lumps
add 3/4 of the the bag of powdered sugar
add tsp of vanilla
mix
add milk until it is thick enough to stand on your spatula but thin enough to spread nicely. we like ours creamy, cool whip-like.

ice the cupcakes and decorate. we use rainbow nerds and skittles. they look cute and add some sweet and fruity flavor. i think they help make the rainbow come to life.

they turned out so yummy that we decided to eat some and share some with our guests. good thing we made 3 boxes. there were 24 kids between the 3 families.

Prayer About St. Patrick

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