Easy St. Patrick's Day Recipes for Kids

Find the most fun green foods to share with the kids with these easy St. Patrick’s Day recipes. From green muffins and pancakes, to rainbow fruit wands and cookie cake, these ideas are festive, yummy, and nutritious.

There may be traditional Irish recipes including soda bread and corned beef, but we can also incorporate bright green colors and rainbows to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

These recipes are perfect to share with kids for St. Patrick’s Day and include a variety of options for breakfast through dessert.

Why these Recipes Work

With easy methods, bright green colors, and yummy flavors, these are some of the most fun ways to celebrate the holiday—with kid-friendly options!

Find our favorite green foods for kids including green muffins, green pancakes, green smoothie for kids, green smoothie pops, rainbow cookie cakes, and more!

Sweet Spinach Muffins with Banana
Banana Spinach Pancakes
Easy Green Pasta Sauce
Healthy Mashed Potatoes with Broccoli
Spinach Pasta Sauce
Easy Spinach Quesadillas
Easy Spinach Grilled Cheese
Favorite Spinach Eggs
Favorite Fruit Sticks
Easy Fruit Pizza
Best Tips for St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

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Sweet Spinach Muffins with Banana

Each bite is packed with nutrients from greens and fruit—and the interior is so moist that even babies can enjoy these easy blender muffins!

Sweet Spinach Muffins with Banana

These healthy spinach muffins taste like a delicious banana muffin, but with the added nutrition of a big handful of spinach. These store well, so you can make them ahead of time and pull them out of the fridge or freezer to serve.

Sweet Spinach Muffins with Banana

Banana Spinach Pancakes

These sweet Banana Spinach Pancakes are a favorite when you’re looking to boost nutrition in a favorite breakfast option. Or to have a little fun at the breakfast table by serving up a colorful meal.

Best Banana Spinach Pancakes

This is a thin batter that makes tender, naturally sweet Banana Spinach Pancakes. Be sure to let the pancakes cook until the surface is almost entirely firm before you flip them over.

Best Banana Spinach Pancakes

Easy Green Pasta Sauce

It’s ready in less than 20 minutes, has two veggies in the mix, and is super easy to make. You can even freeze extra portions for future weeks!

Easy Green Pasta Sauce

Give homemade mac and cheese extra oomph with this power-packed Green Pasta Sauce. It is cheesy, has a dose of greens, and is super easy to make.

Easy Green Pasta Sauce

Mashed potatoes with broccoli on plate with butter.

Healthy Mashed Potatoes with Broccoli

I love when I find a method of cooking that simplifies dinnertime, and this one does—you get to combine 2 sides (potatoes and broccoli) into 1 creamy mash!

Healthy Mashed Potatoes with Broccoli

If you want to make these creamier, live it up and add more sour cream and butter!

Healthy Mashed Potatoes with Broccoli

Spinach Pasta Sauce

It’s such a fun and nutritious way to serve up a variety of ingredients to kids, with bright colors as a bonus.

Spinach Pasta Sauce

Packed with greens and with a creamy texture that pairs so perfectly with any noodles, this Spinach Pasta Sauce is a most delicious green pasta sauce. And it's ready in about the same amount of time as it takes to cook the pasta!

Spinach Pasta Sauce

Easy Spinach Quesadillas

I enjoy this simple meal as much as the kids do, though I’m prone to dipping my quesadillas into spicy salsa. These vegetarian quesadillas have protein, iron, and vitamin A, plus a soft texture for little kids.

Easy Spinach Quesadillas

Try these healthy Spinach Quesadillas for an easy kids meal or family dinner. These are easy to make, perfect to make ahead, and a nice way to serve spinach to kids packaged in a familiar food!

Easy Spinach Quesadillas

Easy Spinach Grilled Cheese

This is a veggie-packed variation on the classic sandwich that’s just so delicious. This favorite kids sandwich is equally appealing to adults, and it’s easy to make and packed with iron…which is a nice bonus.

Easy Spinach Grilled Cheese

You can also do this with full size spinach if that's what you're able to find. Just discard any stems before starting the recipe.

Easy Spinach Grilled Cheese

Spinach eggs with fruit and toast on two plates

Favorite Spinach Eggs

With a heaping pile of spinach and a super simple method, you can make these bright green eggs in less than 10 minutes to share with the kids.

Favorite Spinach Eggs (Green Eggs Recipe)

Packed with spinach (and iron!), these bright green eggs are fun and delicious. You can serve them as you would scrambled eggs, or use in a breakfast burrito or egg sandwich.

Favorite Spinach Eggs (Green Eggs Recipe)

spinach eggs on two plates on countertop.

Favorite Fruit Sticks

This instantly makes fruit more fun, uses up lingering fruit, and simply makes snack time more engaging. You can do it with fruit the kids love and with fruit they are learning to like. And you can make it for the kids or with the kids.

Favorite Fruit Sticks

Call them fruit sticks, fruit wands, or fruit skewers, these are a perfect way to serve up a mix of fruit. You can make as few or as many as you like—adjust the quantity of fruit as needed.

Favorite Fruit Sticks

Easy Fruit Pizza

This recipe is easy to make and assemble, it’s versatile in that you can use whichever fruit you have on hand and prefer, and it’s so delicious.

Easy Fruit Pizza

With an easy method and a delicious taste, this easy Fruit Pizza is such a fun dessert to share with the kids. It's the best of all worlds with a sugar cookie crust, cream cheese frosting, and fresh fruit on top!

Easy Fruit Pizza

Best Tips for St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

If the kids aren’t super fans of green foods, let them help you make or assemble a recipe. This helps them gain exposure and comfort, even if they don’t eat it right away.
See each recipe for storage and allergy tips.
Add easy sides including roasted broccoli, Broccoli Bites, Sweet Potato Tots, and applesauce to round out any easy St. Patrick’s Day meal.