January 20

How I Celebrated

After reading all the crock pot mac and cheese recipes, I decided to just make my own on the stove because it was way faster. I mean, why cook in a crock pot if you still have to cook the noodles separately and it takes 2 hrs instead of a long period of time that you can leave and come back to a meal? 2 hrs is not beneficial time wise for me at all. I just kind of made up my own recipe and it turned out pretty great. I did a few things because I thought that merely a string cheese would be boring. I still have other kid sort of treats (mac and cheese, cheese wiz) and then buttercrunch is an almond roca (it is on their label) but once again, pretty close to the same thing as toffee. I do not recommend the peppermint ones though. The flavors do not belong together.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Here is a sugar free recipe for buttercrunch
  Have a sugar free coffee break and maybe some cheese cubes
  

• Gluten Free

  The above recipe is also gluten free (though most are)
  Cheese is also gluten free

• Vegetarian

  Yes Yes Yes

Recipes

• Huffpo made this list of 50 recipes for cheese lovers
• How about a few gluten free recipes for mac and cheese?
• Make your own buttercrunch 
• Or, maybe make some buttercrunch coffee cake for your coffee break

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History

Punchbowl
Can I still be considered a cheese lover if I am picky about my cheese? I had no idea there were so many kinds of cheese. I knew there were a lot that I had never tried either because of cost or because of smell. I find it strange if people aren't cheese lovers, though. For example, how awesome is this gift? 

Merchandise

I think people need to walk around with those cheese head hats on all day. That would be awesome and hilarious.
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Restaurants

• Here are some of the best cheesy dishes in New York
• If you ever head out to the Oregon coast, make sure you check out the Tillamook Cheese Factory and stock up on squeaky cheese
• Looks like buttercrunch is not a very popular thing at restaurants. There was this pecan butter crunch cake at the Amerigo Italian Restaurant in MS

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
• Healthy Weight Week
• Hunt for Happiness Week
• International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week
• International Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
• National Activity Professionals Week
• National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week
• National Handwriting Analysis Week
• No Name Calling Week
• Sugar Awareness Week
• Week of Christian Unity
• Camcorder Day
• Inauguration Day
• National Bill Cosby Sweater Day
• National Disc Jockey Day
• Penguin Awareness Day