There's nothing a Cupcake and Coffee can't Solve

When I was asked to help with coffee time at church on St. Patrick's Day, it sounded like fun. Green food (aren't there lots of choices?) , 4-Leaf clover decor (I have a several left from my 4-H work days), should be easy! I wanted quick, easy, and tasty foods to prepare and to eat. So - the choices I brought were avocado spread rollups and pistachio cake cupcakes.
The rollups were a new thing for coffee time, there were several questions "What is that??", but they were well liked by those who tried them. The recipe is simple and would be a good snack for kids or appetizer for  a gathering.
The cupcakes could easily be adapted for any holiday - use lemon pudding and yellow food coloring & sprinkles for Easter, chocolate pudding and red sprinkles for Valentines Day, or other combinations.

Easy Avocado Spread
2 ripe avocados - peeled, pitted and mashed
1 (1-ounce) package ranch dressing mix
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon light mayonnaise
      Stir together all ingredients together. Chill for 1 hour.
I spread this on whole wheat tortillas, added 3 thin slices of deli turkey and rolled the tortilla. After chilling overnight, I sliced the rolls into 1-inch pieces.

Pistachio Cake
for the cake:
1 box vanilla, white or yellow cake mix
1 (3.4 oz) box instant pistachio pudding
3 eggs
2/3 cup oil
1 1/3 cup milk
optional - green food coloring
for the frosting: (I just used ready-to-serve frosting, and added colored sugar)
1 (3.4 oz) box instant pistachio pudding
1/2 cup milk
1 (8 oz) tub frozen whipped topping, thawed
optional - green food coloring
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep pan (for cupcakes use muffin tins & cupcake papers, for cake use 9x13 cake pan sprayed with nonstick spray). In a medium bowl, combine dry cake mix with dry instant pudding. Mix until combined. Add eggs, oil and milk. Stir until combined. Stir in 6 - 8 drops of food coloring until blended evenly. Pour into prepared pan(s). Bake as directed on cake mix package. Cool completely before frosting. To make frosting: add 1/2 cup cold milk to pudding mix in mixing bowl. Stir in thawed whipped topping. Add 5 drops of food coloring. Spread frosting on cooled cake. When using this frosting, the cake or cupcakes will need to be refrigerated.