See Below for a Link to the Alexandria, VA St Patrick's Day parade Facebook Page

Here are some pages and recipes you might like:

A traditional St. Patrick's Day meal is easy to make - and tastes great. The tradition Irish meal consists of:

• Corned beef and cabbage (in a pot)
• Corned beef and cabbage (in a Crockpot / Slo-cooker)
• Natural Homemade Corned Beef and Cabbage - make your own corned beef WITHOUT the sodium nitrite which is found in store-bough corned beef briskets.
• Irish Soda Bread.
• Guiness stout (beer) or any beer dyed green

Other Traditional Irish foods:

• Irish stew
• Shepherd's Pie
• Potato soup

Easter Egg Hunts and more

• Find a local Easter egg hunt here
• The history of the Easter egg
• How to make your own natural organic Easter Egg dye!
• How to hard boil eggs
• History of Easter egg hunts,
• The origin of the Easter Bunny!
• how to blow (or empty) an egg.

Children's consignment sales

• Find a local consignment sale here

Pick your Own Farms

• Find a local U-Pick Farm here

Home canning, making jams, salsa and more

• How to make strawberry jam
• How to freeze berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, etc.)
• How to make berry jams without sugar
• How to make Applesauce or Apple butter
• Make your own low fat and low sugar ice cream, gelato and sorbet
• Make the world's best and easiest blueberry pie.
• How to make Apple bread
• How to make a Pumpkin pie from a real fresh pumpkin (hint: it's EASY)
• Pumpkin cheesecake recipe - unbelievably good!
• How to make Fig jam
• Jam and jelly directions and recipes
• Jam and jelly questions and answers
• Canning - anything that can be safely canned at home!
• Juices: Canning fruit and vegetable juices
• Freezing directions
• Pie fillings
• Sauces, Salsas, Syrups, Fruit Butters and Chutneys
• Soups - canning vegetable and meat soups at home (see this page for tomato soup)
• Pickling - more than just cucumbers
• Drying / food dehydrating