Pot o' Gold with Rainbow Dunkers

Holiday meals are one of my favorite things to plan!  Sometimes for St. Patrick's day I'll make an all green dinner and other times I've made the traditional corned beef and cabbage.  Both are fun, but I decided that it was time for something new.

So I came up with the idea for a Pot o' Gold (cheddar cheese fondue) with Rainbow Dunkers (meat &veggies).

 


This idea was so much fun!  We don't have fondue very often and when we do it's normally for a dinner date after the kids go to bed.  I knew the kids would love trying fondue.  What kid wouldn't love dipping their entire meal in gooey cheese?   It took them a few tries to figure it out, (honestly I think they were a little confused that mom and dad were telling them to dip their vegetables in cheese) but they eventually got it and had fun.  If you have toddlers, I definitely recommend giving them their own personal bowl to dip in.  You can thank me later. 

To play with the rainbow theme some more I used the kids rainbow plates from Ikea and they fit the meal perfectly.  I love that this meal is fun and tasty for kids and adults. 

  

Pot of Gold with Rainbow Dippers

Recipe by: Prescriptions for a Happy Home

Ingredients:

Your favorite cheddar cheese fondue ( if your fondue is made with white cheese you can add a couple of drops of yellow food coloring to make it look more like gold)

One Smoked sausage, fully cooked, cut into bite size pieces

4 Medium carrots, peeled and cut into bite size pieces

1 Yellow pepper, cut into bite size pieces

1 Head of broccoli, cut into bite size pieces

1/2 lb. Purple potatoes, peeled and cut into bite size pieces

Directions:

Fill a large pot with water.  Bring to a boil over high heat and add potatoes and carrots and 1 tsp. salt.  Reduce heat to medium high and boil for 6-8 minutes or until vegetables are barely tender when pierced with a fork. (If they get overcooked they will fall apart when you try to dip them in the fondue.) Do not drain the water, but remove the potatoes and carrots from the pot with a slotted spoon to a bowl.  Add the broccoli to the boiling water and cook for 2-4 minutes or until barely tender.  Remove broccoli from pot and discard water.  Heat the sausage in a skillet over low heat until the sausage is heated through.  Make your fondue and get the fondue pot ready.*  Arrange the sausage, carrots, pepper, broccoli and potatoes on indicidual serving plates in the shape of a rainbow.  Dip individual pieces into fondue with dipping forks. 

*Note: You can still make this recipe if you don't have a fondue pot! When the fondue is ready just pour the fondue in a serving dish and use bamboo skewers or forks to dip.  If it gets cold just heat the sauce in the microwave in 1 minute intervals or until warm again.  

Makes 4-6 servings