Celebrate All Things Green with Hass Avocados St. Patricks Day Recipes and Party Ideas

Hass Avocados delivers fresh innovative avocado recipes just in time for St. Patricks Day. These easy appetizers and avocado recipes will add green, holiday cheer to your St. Patricks Day party celebration. Delight your guests and brighten up your day with St. Patricks Day recipes from Hass Avocados.

IRVINE, CA (PRWEB) March 10, 2005 -- The Hass Avocado Board has developed two St. Patricks Day recipes to add green, holiday cheer to your celebrations. These avocado recipes are great party ideas for St. Patricks Day that will delight your guests. The Kiss Me Im Irish" Twice-Baked Potato and the Think Green Guacamole recipes help honor the Irish-born St. Patrick, who has been publicly celebrated in America since 1737. These St. Patricks Day recipes will be sure to please.

The natural green color of Hass avocados makes them ideal for St. Patricks Day recipes. Not only does the creamy texture and delectable taste blend well with Irish staples such as lamb and potatoes, the versatility of the green fruit lends itself to a variety of St. Patricks Day party ideas from salads to easy appetizers to guacamole.

Whether having a dinner for two or a big party with friends, Hass avocados offer a tasty green ingredient for great St. Patricks Day party ideas, meals and celebrations. For additional easy appetizers, St. Patricks Day recipes, party ideas or information on Hass avocados, visit our link: St. Patricks Day Recipes website. To top these St. Patricks Day recipes with avocado clovers, simply use a clover-shaped cookie cutter.

St. Patricks Day Recipes:

Kiss Me Im Irish" Twice-Baked Potato
Make Baked Potato:
•   2 large Russet baking potatoes, scrubbed
•   2 Tbsp butter
•   1/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
•   1/4 cup milk
•   1/2 tsp salt
•   1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
•   1 cup grated Jack cheese, or grated Cheddar-Jack cheese
•   1/2 cup chopped chives
•   1 ripe Hass avocado, peeled, seeded, cut in chunks
•   Salt and pepper, to taste

Bake whole potatoes in preheated 450-degree oven for one hour; remove potatoes and reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Let potatoes rest for 5 minutes, then cut in half lengthwise and scoop out potato flesh into large bowl. Reserve potato jackets. Add butter, sour cream, milk, salt, pepper, and cheese to potato in bowl, and whip until creamy with electric hand mixer. Taste and adjust seasoning with additional salt and pepper. Gently stir in chives and avocado pieces. Spoon mixture into halved potato jackets, and bake in 350-degree oven for 20 minutes. This quick and easy recipe for St. Patricks Day can be topped with a heaping spoonful of Guacamole.

Make Guacamole:
•   1 ripe Hass avocado, peeled, seeded, cut in chunks
•   1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
•   2 Tbsp chopped cilantro leaves
•   1/2 tsp salt, or to taste

Mash avocado chunks with lime juice in medium bowl. Add cilantro and salt; blend until creamy. This green St. Patricks Day recipe yields 4 servings.

Think Green Guacamole
Ingredients:
•   4 ripe Hass Avocados, peeled, seeded, cut in chunks
•   1 cup finely crumbled, fresh, white goat cheese
•   1⁄2 cup chopped cilantro
•   1⁄4 cup chopped, toasted pistachio nuts
•   1⁄2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
•   4 large cloves garlic, chopped finely

Preparation:
Coarsely mash avocados. Fold in remaining ingredients. Serve with colorful chips or vegetables. This easy Guacamole appetizer is a perfect St. Patricks Day party idea and is best made as close to service as possible. Store in an airtight container with plastic wrap against the surface of the guacamole. This St. Patricks Day recipe yields 10-12 servings.

About the Hass Avocado Board (HAB)
The Hass Avocado Board (HAB) was established in 2002 after approval by producers and importers of Hass avocados in a national referendum. Operating under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the HAB has contracted with the California Avocado Commission (CAC) to implement its marketing programs.

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