January 13

How I Celebrated

The peach melba was a success. I had some honey yogurt that I have been having a hard time eating because of the consistency (once you freeze it, dont ever try to eat it from the fridge again). So I mixed that with the rest of the left over whipped topping (like I did for the parfaits the other day), but I added a bit more sugar and some vanilla extract. We got some of those peach cups and I strained them and warmed it up in the microwave. I added some frozen raspberries to the hot peaches to melt and then blended more of the raspberries that were still frozen with the remaining home made berry syrup I had before. That was probably the best consistency I have ever had for yogurt in my ice cream maker. It was delicious and not too sweet. Nate even ate it for breakfast haha. Happy Peach Melba Day!

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  The biggest thing about peach melbas you have to worry about is the ice cream. Next is the raspberry sauce. Get sugar free of both of those and the fruit is natural sugar. Here is a low carb sugar free recipe.

• Gluten Free

  This dessert should be gluten free. 

• Vegetarian

  No meat here!

Recipes

• I haven't tried this dish out yet, so I feel like just looking at it, all the recipes are the same. I guess I have to eat it more often to develop a preference. Here is a poached peach melba recipe.
• Here are some gluten free dinner ideas.
• Pastries are the things I think would be hardest to avoid or make on a gluten free diet so this list from buzzfeed is probably very helpful.

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History

PBS has this article about the Peach Melba, but not really how it became a "day" to celebrate.

Merchandise

Hmm I think if I were to buy anything for this day, it would be a candle that smelled like peach melba. Or maybe soap.


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Restaurants

• Check out this picture from a restaurant serving a peach melba in Dubai
• It looks like this restaurant in FL has a Peach Melba crepe
• Because of all the Gluten Free Hype now, there are a ton of restaurants that serve gluten free meals. Here is a list from Discover Lost Angeles. 
• When one of my friends was working there, I tried out this restaurant called Zest in UT with (if I remember correctly) a totally (or mostly) gluten free menu.

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• Oatmeal Month
• California Dried Plum Digestive Health Month (Prune Breakfast Month)
• Hot Tea Month
• National Soup Month
• Bread Baking Month
• Candy Month
• Egg Month
• Meat Month
• Wheat Bread Month
• Fat Free Living Month
• Be Kind to Food Servers Month
• Cuckoo Dancing Week
• National Soccer Coaches of America Week
• National Vocation Awareness Week
• Universal Letter Writing Week
• Make Your Dreams Come True Day
• Poetry Break Day
• Public Radio Broadcasting Day
• Rubber Ducky Day