What St. Paddy's day means to me...

To tell you the truth leprechauns scare me...
I do not like green eggs and ham...
I do not like corned beef and cabbage...
Having grown up on Manhattan's Upper East Side I have seen one too many St. Paddy's Day parades... I have seen way too many grown men stumble around in a drunken stupor ...  The only day of the year I am thankful not to live in New York City is today!

My last name is Irish but I am not. (Scottish, if you must know) My brown, Scottish eyes are smiling now, however. To me, the Shamrock Shake is what it's all about!

If you can't get to a McDonald's or you can't locate a Shamrock Shake near you, you can make your own Copycat Shamrock Shake!

photo courtesy Babble -Family Kitchen

Doesn't that look fantastic??!!
For the fantastic recipe created by The Naptime Chef please visit Babble's Family Kitchen


Happy St. Paddy's to you all!

XOXO

Jessica

But just once a year...

I allow myself something so rich and creamy and cold and decadent as a Shamrock Shake! In my mind there is nothing so wonderful and magically thick as a McDonald's shake. It's not something I think about these days as I grow older and feel my metabolism slowing down by the nanosecond. I try to watch what I eat. I have substituted my sweet treat at the end of the day for a glass of red wine. Much healthier! But I do have a sweet tooth... I'm waiting for it to fall out. Until it does I will crave and fight the urges and temptations of those delicious and decadently sweet treats. Once Valentine's Day has come and gone I eagerly look forward to the next delicious sweet item on my hit list. I will get to have it in 9 days! I am so excited I can hardly stand it!

I wonder how many minutes on the Eliptical (level 8) it would take to burn off one of these things?!

...Just looked it up! A Shamrock Shake has 416 Calories... About half an hour of work. Sweet! Maybe I'll stay on for an hour and have two ;)