The most magically delicious St. Paddy's recipes

Cheers to St. Patrick’s Day! No Images? Click here       This Saturday is St. Patrick’s Day, and whether you plan to live it up or totally ignore it, there’s some delicious inspiration to be drawn from Irish food culture. Case in point: colcannon, a version of mashed potatoes with cabbage and butter mixed in. Lots of butter. Seriously, go make some. We’ve rounded up our favorite Irish, Irish-inspired and Irish-adjacent recipes below (bloggers have taken some creative liberties, naturally). 9 St. Patrick’s Day Recipes For Your Slow Cooker The Best Corned Beef Recipes You Can Make 9 Delicious Versions Of Shepherd’s Pie Keep scrolling below, where we get into the good stuff: Guinness and desserts. Sláinte! XO, Kristen   Left to right: Beef stew by The Cookie Rookie, corned beef by Foodie Crush, mashed potatoes by Cooking Classy   Did you know? Guinness is vegan, but only as of 2016. For 256 years before that, the brew was filtered through fish bladders. Isinglass is a type of gelatin made from fish, and it was used to remove the yeast from Guinness before the brand sought an animal-free replacement. Now you can drink up without worrying about anything fishy. P.S. Guinness is red, not black.   Magically delicious desserts   Left to right: Half Baked Harvest, How Sweet Eats, Love and Olive Oil   What’s St. Patrick’s Day without something green? These desserts are sometimes minty, sometimes Baileys-spiked and always delicious.. Check out our favorites. GET THE RECIPES Make your own damn Shamrock Shake   A large McDonald’s Shamrock Shake packs 820 calories of brain-freezing St. Patrick’s Day nostalgia. But calories can be burned off at the gym. What we’re more concerned with are the 54 ingredients lurking inside that Shamrock Shake (there are 14 ingredients just in the CHERRY that goes on top). We made one with 7 ingredients, and it tastes even better.  CHECK IT OUT    .   Eat on: The Secret Struggles Behind Instagram Pie Porn There's an ugly truth behind those beautiful creations. So THAT'S Why We Call It Pizza 'Margherita' Look at the face behind the name! Here's How Long You Can Really Freeze Food You know that frozen chicken has been lurking way too long.   No moon dust. No B.S. Just a completely essential daily guide to achieving the good life. Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Can't get enough? You'll also love: HuffPost Must Reads. ©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe    . - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe