January 15

How I Celebrated

I really like strawberry ice cream. It is one of my favorites. I didn't want to buy a large quantity of sugary goods since most of the food holidays tend to be sweets, so I opted for a strawberry shortcake ice cream bar instead of a tub of ice cream. I have fond memories of scraping together some change to buy one of these bars at my jr high. Good times. Happy Strawberry Ice Cream Day!

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Strawberry Ice cream can be made sugar free, and it looks like Breyers makes some no sugar added ice cream as well.
  Fresh juice should not have any added sugar. Get to squeezing.

• Gluten Free

  Most basic ice cream recipes do not contain gluten. Always read the label

• Vegetarian

  You bet

Recipes

• This recipe from food.com claims to be like Ben and Jerry's
• If you wanna get fancy roasting your strawberries first, check out Zoe Bakes
• Here is one from Food Network from those of you who like that nice pink color. (I mean, if it really comes out like the photo)

Follow Molly's board January 15 Recipes on Pinterest.

History

Punchbowl article
Whoever invented juice is a miracle worker. When I was a kid and had a fever, I would wake up at night and make some of that juice from concentrate in the frozen cans. It cooled me down and gave me a jump start of energy when I felt weak. Much easier to sleep with a belly full of sweet goodness. Not as healthy as fresh squeezed or just eating fruit... but it worked.

Merchandise

Sweet things always have the cutest merch. Hello Kitty Juice Bar? Yes please.

Follow Molly's board January 15 Merch on Pinterest.

Restaurants

• Whenever I go to Coldstone, I end up getting either the strawberry blonde or strawberry banana rendezvous with regular chocolate chunks instead of the white chocolate. I know they have to have some other killer ice cream, but it's like my go to.
• Check out some of the best ice cream parlors per state by USA today
• I have yet to try some of those fresh juice stands people just set up around either the train station or ouside shopping centers. I bet they are pretty tasty. 
• There are probably a TON of juice bars in LA, let alone around where I live. Here is a guide by Los Angeles Eater.

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
• Hat Day
• Humanitarian Day
• International Fetish Day
• Lee Jackson Day