Best ever brownies with chocolate chips and Oreo cookies! If it’s one thing I cannot ever say no to, it’s brownies. Give me an gooey chocolatey brownie and I’m in heaven. These brownies hit all my weaknesses. Just add a glass of milk and I’m in heaven.
A perfect choice for your Kentucky Derby Party, to serve adults who would rather skip the booze but still enjoy a Mint Julep, is the non-alcoholic Mint Julep. If you have kids at your party, they can also enjoy these juleps.
Because the sugar-mint mixture takes a few minutes to mix and then 45 minutes to meld the flavors, be sure to make more than enough at once to serve all your guests.
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 cups cold water
5 cups crushed ice
2-1/2 cups chilled ginger ale
3/4 cup lemon juice
6 mint springs (at least – no stems)
Lemon slices for garnish if you wish
Directions:
Mix sugar, cold water, lemon juice and at least six mint sprigs (crush the mint to release the flavor) in a bowl and let stand for 45 minutes for flavors to meld. Strain mixture and remove mint.
Using two 2 quart pitchers place half of the sugar-mint mixture and half of the ginger ale in each pitcher. Top with additional mint sprigs in the pitchers or use for each glass. Set out lemon slices separately for guests to add to their drinks.
This recipe makes approximately 3 quarts of Non-Alcoholic Mint Julep
About 12 – 8 ounce cups
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St. Patrick’s Day falls on March 17th every year (supposedly the day he died) in honor of St. Patrick himself. But do you know why green is the color of St. Patrick’s Day?
Wearing of the green traces back to when Ireland was separated and the Catholics lived on the “green side” and the Protestants lived on the “orange side.” The Irish flag is green, orange and white. Green represents the catholic side of Ireland, orange the Protestants and white represents those where were neutral and were composed of the descendants of the Celts.
So why do everything up green on St. Patrick’s Day? Because the term “saint” is more a Catholic term than a Protestant one, the green of the Irish flag represents the Catholics, and that’s why green is the color for St. Patrick’s Day!
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The horses have stepped onto the track for the Kentucky Derby post parade and the band strikes up “My Old Kentucky Home.”
Unless you are from Kentucky, you might not know the words, so print off the lyrics below so your party guests can sing along.
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My Old Kentucky Home
By Stephen Foster
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,
Tis summer, the people are gay;
The corn-top’s ripe and the meadow’s in the bloom
While the birds make music all the day.
The young folks roll on the little cabin floor
All merry, all happy and bright;
By’n by hard times comes a knocking at the door
Then my old Kentucky home, Good-night!
Weep no more my lady. Oh! Weep no more today!
We will sing one song for my old Kentucky home
For the old Kentucky home, far away.
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The Blue Border Silver Chalice and Host Boys First Communion Invitations are a perfect choice for your son’s first holy communion invitations. As the First Communion season is extremely short, allow yourself plenty of time to set a date for your communion ceremony, reserve a reception location if you need to and order first communion invitations.
Also available in Green, Lilac, Yellow and Pink Borders
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The Pink Border Silver Chalice and Host Girls First Communion Invitations are a perfect choice for your daughter’s first holy communion invitations. The First Communion season is short, so make sure you allow plenty of time to set your date, reserve your reception location and order first communion invitations.
Also available in Green, Lilac, Yellow and Blue Borders
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The Green Border Silver Chalice and Host First Communion Invitations are a perfect choice for your child’s first holy communion invitations. The First Communion season is short, so make sure you allow plenty of time to order first communion invitations.
Also available in Pink, Blue, Lilac or Yellow Border
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Usually if you’ve seen one snowman, you’ve seen them all, or so I thought until I saw this snowman. Hope he makes you smile too!
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