March 31

How I Celebrated

Setting the gold standard for the internets


It took me a while to decide how I wanted my lemon. Sliced, squeezed over my mussels, but I decided that water was the way to go since I had orange slices and the mussels were pre seasoned. The taters are actually "potato crowns" I think Nate said. Hmm the things companies call their food these days.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  All Good here

• Gluten Free

  And here as well

• Vegetarian

  You will have to find some vegetarian clam substitute.

Recipes

• Bon appetit has a few clam recipes for you
• And so does Food Network
• Here are some tater tot recipes from Buzzfeed
• Delish has more suggestions of what to do with tater tots
• Here are some lemon orange bars from Rachael Ray
• Orange and lemon marmalade from Food and Wine

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History

I think it was clams that my aunts were gathering in the ocean in New Zealand when I visited. That was my first experience in a low tide that spread really far. I was most afraid of the crabs pinching me, but it was a thrill jumping and running in puddles and muddy sand. I remember trying to open a clam shell and thinking, how would anyone ever figure out how to open these to eat them? They were sealed so tight almost like a rock! I didn't eat any unfortunately. I was curious if they looked anything like mussels. It is lemon and orange day also though, and that works quite well. Or maybe just another clam chowder day with potatoes.

Merchandise

Napoleon Dynamite. You know what I'm talking about.
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Restaurants

• Here are a few places in UT you can get tater tots
• And some suggestions to eat clams in LA
• Lemon Middle and Orange is in Austaralia

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Nano Days
• National Cleaning Week
• National Protocol Officer's Week
• National Tsunami Awareness WEek
• Orthodox Lent
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
• Root Canal Awareness Week
• Cesar Chavez Day
• Eiffel Tower Day
• National Bunsen Burner Day
• National She's Funny That Way Day

March 30

How I Celebrated

If I were to tell you I had any regrets in life, this soup would be one of them. This was an experiment gone wrong. I decided to try and combine turkey neck in the sundubu jjigae. Not only did I not have all the right ingredients for sundubu jjigae, I haven't tried it so I really was really a mad scientist in the kitchen. The recipe said that you can add meat to the sundubu jjigae, but I feel like a crock pot idea was a bad one. Honestly I almost vomited that is why the video is short. I couldn't finish one bite of tofu. Probably will go to a Korean restaurant for this one, if I ever have the guts to try again!

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Both are savory dishes

• Gluten Free

  No need for gluten as they are both soups

• Vegetarian

  Tofurkey is the way to go, however, I doubt that there is a vegetarian "turkey neck". It looks like the Korean Sundubu is with tofu and veggies already.

Recipes

• Just a pinch will start us off with their turkey neck soup
• Cooks.com has several recipes as well
• More turkey neck soup at all recipes
• Chowhound has a simple sundubu jjigae recipe
• Maangchi has a recipe for us as well

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History

I'm sure that I have had turkey neck soup, well, just turkey everything soup. I know I have seen turkey necks on my plate before and felt disgusted, and still feel okay eating turkey tail haha.

Merchandise

Maybe if I knew Korean I could have found more things to add to this really lacking list
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Restaurants

• Dining out says that Zippy's in Hawaii has turkey neck oxtail style soup (on the menu it is listed as oxtail soup)
• The Turkey Grill in Detroit has turkey neck stew
• Here is where you can get Sundubu in LA

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• NanoDays
• National Cleaning Week
• National Protocol Officer's Week
• National Tsunami Awareness Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week 
• Root Canal Awareness Week
• Manatee Appreciation Day
• National Doctors Day
• National I Am In Control Day
• Take a Walk In the Park Day

March 29

How I Celebrated

Nate made some good stuff! So Lemon cake mix with some yogurt, pudding mix, lemon juice, whipped eggs with an extra yolk and butter. These are some of the things that makes it special. Think about if he would have used lemon yogurt and lemon pudding mix!! Plus his glaze had lemon zest. Super fresh and moist! And fresh blackberries? He knows just how to steal my heart haha

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Try this sugar free lemon poppy seed chiffon cake

• Gluten Free

  Here is a gluten free lemon chiffon cake

• Vegetarian

  All good here!

Recipes

• Taste of Home
• Martha Stewart
• All Recipes
• Betty Crocker

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History

Punchbowl
 Though cake mixes are convenient, not only does it take us away from learning a lot in the kitchen, but how are we going to get crazy inventive and make our own kitchen discoveries if we are always buying conveniently pre made stuff? Crazy that it is there to help us save time, and there is suddenly no time for us to make the real thing!

Merchandise

Pretty and delicate.
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Restaurants

• Ettore's in CA
• Papa Haydn in Portland
• Chaps in WA

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Nano Days
• National Cleaning Week
• National Protocol Officer's Week
• National Tsunami Awareness Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
• Root Canal Awareness Week
• Knights of Columbus Founders Day
• National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
• Smoke and Mirrors Day
• Vietnam Veterans Day

March 28

How I Celebrated

So we got the Sara Lee versions of cupcakes and put some cherry pie filling with whipped cream on top. This way you don't have to make a whole cake with nasty cherry stuff!

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Your food on a stick does not have to have sugar (I mean, you should have got your cake pop fix already, right?) Try a recipe like this that uses sugar substitutes for your black forest cake 

• Gluten Free

  Choose your food on a stick wisely. Here is a recipe for gluten free black forest cake.

• Vegetarian

  Vegetable kebabs are great. Black forest cake is also in the clear

Recipes

• Here is a list of food on a stick from All Recipes
• And some more from Cooking Light
• How could Buzzfeed not also have a list?
• Here is a simple black forest cake recipe from Betty Crocker
• Some more cake from Natasha's Kitchen
• One more from Williams Sonoma

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History

 Reading the history of these foods, I just think, this is why we all just need to get along. How else can we partake in the deliciousness of another culture? Can you imagine never having a kebab? WHAT? It is always so appealing to the eye.

Merchandise

Hey, play pick up sticks all you want, but don't use that over your fire. Melted plastic smells horrible and you shouldn't be eating that stuff. Watch Flight of the Concords "Prettiest girl in the room". Kebabs all around.
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Restaurants

• Try Everything on a Stick in Amsterdam
• Here is a list of restaurants that serve food on a stick
• Try Henk's Black Forest Bakery in TX

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• International Sister Cities Day
• NanoDays
• National Cleaning Week
• National Protocol Officer's Week
• National Tsunami Awareness Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
• Root Canal Awareness Week
• Tsunami Awareness Week
• Barnum and Bailey Day 
• Dyngus Day
• Easter Monday
• Mule Day
• Respect Your Cat Day
• Weed Appreciation Day

March 27

How I Celebrated

I'm in Utah for Easter so I recruited my little sister for help. I got some deli ham and pre-sliced pineapple because I was on a quick vacation. Quick and easy!

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Use honey for your sweet glaze on your ham. Paella is savory

• Gluten Free

  You should be all good here!

• Vegetarian

  You can try to honey glaze and bake a vegetarian ham. Veggie paella should not be too hard. 

Recipes

• All recipes is going ham. I mean, that picture is pretty mouth watering.
• Holy cow, Paula Deen made a ham without butter!
• Here is a new website, Wonky Wonderful
• My recipes will get you started on paella
• This is Food Network's ultimate paella
• If you have deep pockets, make sure you get that saffron for this recipe from la tienda

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History

I did not realize that ham and pineapple was an Easter "thing". Come to think of it, I do think we made that in the cafeteria every year. At home, it just wasn't the star. Samoan feasts have way too many kinds of meat to focus on one. Also, I think I had real Spanish Paella maybe once in Spanish class because one of my teachers had lived a significant amount of time in Spain and knew how to do it just right.

Merchandise

Not a lot of merch here. People are probably too busy eating the food to wanna get creative about it. 
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Restaurants

• Country Fare restaurant in PA probably has pineapple ham, but their website won't load for me
• Binham's Restaurant, also in PA has some ham steaks with pineapple
• La Paella is in LA

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
• International Sister Cities Day
• Make Mine Chocolate
• NanoDays
• National Cleaning Week
• National Protocol Officer's Week
• National Tsunami Awareness Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
• Tsunami Awareness Week
• Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination
• Wellderly Week
• Celebrate Exchange Day
• Easter Sunday
• National Joe Day
• Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day
• World Theatre Day

March 26

How I Celebrated

Had a mix of swiss miss and that epic cacao bru stuff. Also a Big Hunk for nougat day (the peanuts tasted a little stale, and the expiration date is not until next year!). And then I had some spinach salad and spinach pasta! Lots of food day means a good day.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Nougat is often made with honey instead of sugar. Also, you can sweeten your cocoa with something other than sugar as well (or look for the sugar free instant packets if you aren't making your own.

• Gluten Free

  You should be good with all three, always check packages

• Vegetarian

  Yes

Recipes

• Martha has quite a few spinach recipes for you
• and another extensive list from all recipes
• How about some garlic sauteed spinach from Food Nework
• Here is some chewy nougat from Taste of home
• And vanilla nougat from epicurious
• Try this Brazilian hot chocolate from food.com

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History

 Ah spinach. One of the few vegetables I like. However, we did over-do it for a while, and having too much spinach on hand makes for wilted spinach. How does wilted spinach make me feel? BLEH. Cocoa? Well that is the best plant ever.

Merchandise

You should watch Charlie and the Chocolate factory because it talks about both cacao beans and nougat.
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Restaurants

• There is a spinach restaurant in Thailand
• Try the Nougat Bakery in Canada
• Brasas is a Brazilian grill in Cocoa, FL so that counts, right?

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• American Chocolate Week
• Health Information Professionals Week
• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
• International Sister Cities Day
• Make Mine Chocolate
• NanoDays
• National Animal Poison Prevention Week
• National Button Week
• National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness WEek
• National Poison Prevention Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Tsunami Awareness Week
• Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination
• Wellderly Week
• World Folktales and Fables Week
• Holy Saturday
• Legal Assistants Day
• Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
• Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day
• Purple Day

March 25

How I Celebrated

Since it was waffle day and lobster newburg day, we put them together for a savory kind of waffle topping. Fishy waffles, I guess. They were okay. We didn't have lobster by the way, but it is real crab meat this time. Very shredded real crab meat.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Here are some sugar free waffles. Lobster Newburg is savory. No problems here.

• Gluten Free

  Lobster newburg looks like it gets creamy from the heavy cream so try that route. Here are some vegan and gluten free waffles

• Vegetarian

  Waffles are a go, but you will have to find some lobster substitute.

Recipes

• Here is lobster Newburg by epicurious
• All recipes coming at you with some scrambled eggs looking lobster Newburg
• Martha made her lobster look all fancy like always
• Lets do one more lobster from Taste of Home
• Mr. Breakfast has a great recipe for waffles
• Here is a waffle of insane greatness from Food Network (no, that is the title, it wasn't me)
• And true Belgian waffles from Taste of Home

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History

Waffles are pretty popular on the streets in Hong Kong from what I can remember, but all I am thinking about right now is 和風 Wafū because I am learning (kind of) Japanese haha.

Merchandise

Lobsters go really well with nautical attire (which is always in for spring)
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Restaurants

• Delmonico's is where lobster newburg was invented
• Lobster Claw in MA also serves lobster newburg
• Check out the Waffle in Hollywood
• Here are some more spots in LA for waffles
• People in Utah are all about the Waffle Love waffle truck

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Act Happy Week
• American Chocolate Week
• Health Information Professionals Week
• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Animal Poison Prevention Week
• National Button Week
• National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week
• National Poison Prevention Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Tsunami Awarness Week
• Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination
• Wellderly Week
• World Folktales and Fables Week
• Good Friday
• Greek Independence Day: National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy
• International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
• International Day of the Unborn Child
• Maryland Day
• National Cerebral Palsy Day
• National Medal of Honor Day
• Old New Year's Day
• Seward's Day
• The Annunciation
• Tolkien Reading Day
• World Marbles Day

March 24

How I Celebrated

Red velvet cake pops made by my baking babe. Wowza, aren't guys in the kitchen hot? Also, some raisinets. The box looks way different than I remember. Quite a sugar rush today.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  You will need some sugar free chocolate to make your raisins. These sugar free cake pops are also gluten free.

• Gluten Free

  See above for cake pops and make sure to use a gluten free chocolate for your raisins.

• Vegetarian

  Yes!

Recipes

• Food.com has a recipe for chocolate covered raisins in your crock pot
• Here are some chocolate raisin clusters from Food Network
• And more chocolate covered raisins from wikihow
• Bakerella wants to teach you a basic way to make cake pops
• And Chowhound has more cakepops
• And finally lets try some from instructables

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History

Punchbowl
Everyone talks about raisins giving them trust issues, but purposely eating chocolate covered raisins is rewarding and pretty tasty.

Merchandise

There are really cute cake pop inspired things, but cake pops are so cute themselves. You should probably just invest in really cute sprinkles and melting chocolate. 
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Restaurants

• Try the chocolate covered raisins at the Chocolate Cafe in IN
• Charliepops are organic cake pops in LA
• We have a friend who is pretty into the cake pops at Starbucks
• Fabipops is another cakepop bakery in NY

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Act Happy Week
• American Chocolate Week
• Health Information Professionals Week
• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Animal Poison Prevention Week
• National Button Week
• National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week
• National Poison Prevention Week 
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Purim
• Tsunami Awareness Week
• Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination
• Wellderly Week
• World Folktales and Fables Week
• International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
• Maundy Thursday
• World Tuberculosis Day

March 23

How I Celebrated

Nate was inspired by Chipotle and he made some spicy guac. The Melba Toast is super bland, but it works well as a chip too. I am not really sure why that is a thing or why you can buy it at the store like I did. It is basically a crouton chip with zero flavor.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Make sugar free bread for your melba toast. Chips and dip are usually savory, so you are in the green.

• Gluten Free

  Once again, just gluten free bread to make your toast, chips are generally gluten free, just watch out for what is being used as the thickening agent. Try some of these recipes.

• Vegetarian

  As long as you aren't going for bacon dips or chili nachos, I think you should be fine.

Recipes

• Here are crowd pleasing dips from real simple
• Some more from the Cooking Channel
• And more from Mr. Food
• Food. com can teach you how to make melba toast
• And now a word from Wikihow

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History

 Punchbowl
Hummus was one of the first dips for chips, and it was the last one that I tried. The dip most popular in my house growing up was cottage cheese. I had the other dips at parties, and I also loved going to my friend's when she made artichoke dip.

Merchandise

There are a lot of cute toast things, but you should probably just get Nacho Libre and watch the part where they eat toast in his room.
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Restaurants

• Chips and Dips Mediterranean Cafe is in Kansas
• Try celebrating chip and dip day in Phoenix
• Turnbull in New Orleans makes Melba Toast

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Act Happy Week
• American Chocolate Week
• Health Information Professionals Week
• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Animal Poison Prevention Week
• National Button Week
• National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week
• National Poison Prevention Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Purim
• Tsunami Awareness Week
• Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination
• Wellderly Week
• World Folktales and Fables Week
• National Organize Your Home Office Day
• National Puppy Day
• Near Miss Day
• OK Day
• Ta'Anit Ester
• World Meteorological Day

March 22

How I Celebrated

Water. Why is it so hard to drink the necessary amount? I'm not even in Utah anymore and everyone says Utah water tastes nasty. huu huu

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Yes

• Gluten Free

  Yes

• Vegetarian

  Yes

Recipes

• Get into these sassy water recipes
• Some more fruit infused water from buzzfeed
• Keep trying all of these infused water recipes

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History

 Punchbowl

 I have trouble drinking my full 8 glasses every day. I just don't remember. How sad is it that I take that for granted? I definitely appreciate hot water after taking cold showers in Samoa or not knowing for a lot of the winter in China how to turn on the water heater. I'm pretty sure that my amazon smile account is contributing to a water charity. It is so important!

Merchandise

Get a cool new water purifier or a water saving shower head or toilet. Just don't forget to stay hydrated while you are out shopping! 
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Restaurants

• Ray's and Stark Bar has one of the most extensive water menus ever
• Water Grill has multiple locations
• There is also Water Bar in SF

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Act Happy Week
• American Chocolate Week
• Health Information Professionals Week
• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Animal Poison Prevention Week
• National Button Week
• National Inhalants and Poisons Awarenes Week
• National Poison Prevention Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Tsunami Awareness Week
• Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination
• Wellderly Week
• World Folktales and Fables Week
• American Diabetes Association Alert Day
• As Young As You Feel Day
• International Day of the Seal
• National Goof Off Day
• World Water Day

March 21

How I Celebrated

Nate bought some more of those small french bread baguettes that we used for the artichoke dip last week. Strawberries here are usually from Cali, but I guess the ones we got are from Mexico this time. But we bought them here. I know there is a Strawberry festival somewhere on the coast north of us or something, but that is kind of a long way and too much mula right now. Oh and of course, some frozen corn dog. Of course I would rather have a deep fried one (fresh) but what are you going to do at 4 in the morning? We opted not to do the crunchy tacos this time. Enjoy! P.S. Why am I sweaty? It is a little thing I like to call Dance Central. You should try it sometime.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Strawberries are great, tacos usually are not seasoned with sugar. This recipe for sugar free and gluten free bread uses palm sugar, so it still might need a little tweaking if you feel that still counts as a "refined" sugar. Here is a recipe for sugar free corn dogs.

• Gluten Free

  Strawberries a go go, make sure you have corn tortillas for your tacos. You can use the above recipe for your baguettes. This recipe uses almond flour for the corn dogs

• Vegetarian

  Strawberries yes, you can sub TVP for meat in tacos or just have bean tacos. Baguettes are fine, and I know you can buy vegetarian corn dogs or hot dogs to make your own (Nate was vegetarian for a while). Or, skewer some veggies and make sure they are all cut rounded at the edges and pressed close together to look like a hot dog, batter that up and there you go!

Recipes

• Take some recipes straight from the California Strawberry Comission.
• Here are some of what Huffpost calls the best taco recipes
• Or try some more tacos from Cooking Light
• Here is a French bread recipe from Betty Crocker
• All Recipes has their twist on French bread as well
• Here are Martha Stewart's Texas Corn Dogs
• Some of you might trust Alton Brown better

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History

Punchbowl
Most of my bread knowledge was sliced bread, but French bread was something we got to indulge in once in a while. Hot, soft, french bread with a nice cup of Samoan cocoa. Now that is comfort food!

Merchandise

Everything strawberry is so cute.  
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Restaurants

• Check out the Strawberry Inn in Strawberry, California
• I know LA is probably one of the best places for tacos, but believe it or not, I have yet to try any of these from Refinery 29 (maybe you can believe it because there are so many flippin taco trucks haha)
• Hey look, Texas French Bread in... Texas!
• So I have heard that Disneyland Corn Dogs are the best in the world. I saw the price and thought they were also the most overpriced corn dogs in the world.
• Of course, there is always Hot Dog on a Stick at the mall!

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Act Happy Week
• American Chocolate Week
• Health Information Professionals Week
• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Animal Poison Prevention Week
• National Button Week
• National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week
• National Poison Prevention Week 
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination
• Wellderly Week
• World Folktales and Fables Week
• Big Bang Day
• Brain Injury Awareness Day
• International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• International Day of Forests and the Tree
• International Day of the Nowruz
• National Common Courtesy Day
• National Day of Action on Syringe Exchange
• National Flower Day
• National Fragrance Day
• Single Parents Day
• Spring Fairy Fun Day
• WE Day
• Well elderly or Wellderly Day
• World Down Syndrome Day
• World Poetry Day
• World Puppetry Day

March 20

How I Celebrated

Ah ravioli. I really wish I could make my own pasta, but it is very time consuming. Thank goodness for cans and that I don't mind canned food. The apocalypse won't phase me haha. Also, the bio brewed uber monster is really sweet and weird. Non alcoholic though and it didn't smell like piss lol.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  The thing you have to worry about with ravioli is the sauce. Maybe just make your own.
  Bock beer looks to be sugar free.

• Gluten Free

  Here is a recipe for gluten free ravioli. Here is a list of gluten free beers

• Vegetarian

  There are plenty of meat free ravioli recipes. Bock beer is vegetarian.

Recipes

• Here are a bunch of bock beer recipes
• For my cheese lovers, here is a four cheese ravioli recipe from all recipes
• Food Network has several ravioli recipes as well
• And some more from Delish

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History

 I don't know that I have ever had ravioli that wasn't from a can. Not that I think that it is gross, but I bet food snobs think it is!

Merchandise

A good excuse to get a pasta maker
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Restaurants

• Check out the Bock Beer restaurant in Greece
• Wholey Ravioli is a restaurant in CA
• Interesting that another Greek place would show up, but there is a Ravioli's restaurant inside the Grecian Park Hotel
• And there is a Ravioli's Pizza in MA

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• American Chocolate Week
• Brain Awareness Week
• Health Information Professionals Week
• International Brain Awareness Week
• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Animal Poison Prevention Week
• National Button Week
• National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week
• National Poison Prevention Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Sherlock Holmes Weekend
• World Folktales & Fables Week
• Bed in for Peace Day
• Extraterrestrial Abductions Day
• First Day of Spring
• Great American MEAT-OUT
• International Astrology Day
• International Day of Happiness
• International Earth Day
• Kiss your Fiance Day
• National Jump Out Day
• National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• National Ravioli Day
• Nowruz
• Palm Sunday
• Proposal Day
• Snowman Burning Day
• Won't you Be My Neighbor Day
• World Frog Day
• World Sparrow Day
• World Storytelling Day

March 19

How I Celebrated

Yes, I got riesens because they are much more satisfying than rolos. And Nate made some chicken mapo tofu (I ate it with quinoa if you were wondering what all that was on my spoon).

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Try these sugar free chocolate and caramel slices

• Gluten Free

  Should be good in both cases.

• Vegetarian

  Maybe go for that tofurkey for the poultry.

Recipes

• Here are some chocolate caramels from epicurious
• And some more from Food Network
• And another from Mel's Kitchen
• Browse through some poultry recipes from Food Network
• Or some paleo chicken and poultry recipes from PaleoLeap
• And even more poultry recipes from America's Test Kitchen

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History

Punchbowl
Woah, Hershey's first candy was caramel? Very interesting. Not that I don't like Hershey's, but it definitely doesn't taste like they were ever going for the richest chocolate flavor.

Merchandise

I bet your grandma's kitchen is full of roosters already
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Restaurants

• Lucca Restaurant has a chocolate caramel tart on their dessert menu
• Shyndigz in VA sounds like it has a tasty salted chocolate caramel cake
• There are plenty of poultry shops around, but here is one I found that actually had a website, Van Nuys Poultry

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Brain Awareness Week
• Campfire USA Birthday Week
• Consider Christianity Week
• International Brain Awareness Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Agriculture Week
• National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Passion Week
• Patient Safety Awareness Week
• Sherlock |Holmes Weekend
• Termite Awareness Week
• Act Happy Day
• Client's Day
• Earth Hour
• International Sports Car Racing Day
• Let's Laugh Day
• National Quilting Day
• Operation Iraqi Freedom Day
• Saint Joseph's Day
• Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day

March 18

How I Celebrated

Manwich sauce and Nate made cookes. Yumm and yumm.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Try this recipe for lacy sugar free and gluten free cookies. Sloppy joes are more tricky cause many recipes have ketchup and bbq sauce. You will have to make your own of both for this recipe to make sure they are sugar free.

• Gluten Free

  See above recipe for gluten free cookies. Here is a recipe for Gluten Free slow cooker sloppy joes. Be careful about your buns!

• Vegetarian

  The cookies are fine, but for sloppy joes, try some TVP as substitute for the meat. Still really tasty.

Recipes

• Here are Martha's oatmeal lace cookies
• Another one with coconut from epicurious
• And finally, one from add a pinch
• All recipes is back at it again with Sloppy Joes II
• Revisit the sloppy goodness with food network
• And finally chow hound

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History

Punchbowl
 I have never heard of a savory oatmeal dish. Oatcake? Sounds interesting.

Merchandise

I should probably get a bib. I am already a sloppy eater and well sloppy joes get their name for a reason. 
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Restaurants

• Find a Mrs. Fields to get your oatmeal cookie fix
• There is Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, FL
• On the Home Restaurant's lunch menu, they say their sloppy joes are world famous! ( I mean, www famous. I did find them on yelp...)

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Brain Awareness Week
• Campfire USA Birthday Week
• Consider Christianity Week
• International Brain Awareness Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Agriculture Week
• National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Passion Week
• Patient Safety Awareness Week
• Sherlock Holmes Weekend
• Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Week
• Termite Awareness Week
• Forgive Mom and Dad Day
• Goddess of Fertility Day
• National Awkward Moments Day
• National Biodiesel Day
• Supreme Sacrifice Day

March 17

How I Celebrated

I really wanted to get some NZ Palm corned beef but I had to settle for whatever the local market had. It was pretty good, mostly because I have really really missed the taste of pisupo! Happy St. Patty's day!

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  All gravy

• Gluten Free

  Still good here

• Vegetarian

  Here is a vegan alternative to corned beef

Recipes

• Start it off with Martha Stewart's Corned Beef and Cabbage
• Moving on to all recipes
• And epicurious
• And finally, Alton Brown
• Try some honey recipes from Southern Living
• The list goes on and on on Food Network

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The first time I had corned beef that was not from a can was at college. I think I just grew to adore the canned version more. How funny that this Irish dish made it out in a version in Samoa. Too delicious.
I really love the different kinds of honey. It is definitely my sweetener of choice. I want to switch over to stevia, but it is just too expensive right now.

Merchandise

All of the Winnie the Pooh stuff is so cute. See if your local farmer's market sells honey. If you can find those little vendors, it is way better than the store bought stuff.
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Restaurants

• Here are some places you can get corned beef and cabbage in LA
• Or perhaps in Washington?
• In the south, you should look for the Tupelo Honey Cafe
• Or maybe Honey Honey in San Francisco

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Brain Awareness Week
• Campfire USA Birthday Week
• Consider Christianity Week
• International Brain Awareness Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Agriculture Week
• National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Passion Week
• Patient Safety Awareness Week
• Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Week
• Termite Awareness Week
• Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
• Campfire Girls Day
• Companies that Care Day
• Evacuation Day
• Submarine Day
• St. Patrick's Day

March 16

How I Celebrated

We finally used up the rest of our huge jar of artichoke hearts. Super worth it by the way. Nate is an awesome cook. That dip was just too freaking delicious.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Yes

• Gluten Free

  Yes

• Vegetarian

  Yeppers

Recipes

• Epicurious
• Gratin from all recipes
• From Rachael Ray
• MARTHA
• The kitchn has 5 meals with artichoke hearts

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History

Punchbowl
I did not know artichokes were related to sunflowers. They do look like flowers. The first time I ever cooked and ate an artichoke was with my hubby. New experiences all the time with that one. I think it is weird that you can eat whole artichoke hearts, but that you have to scrape off the edible parts with your teeth cause the "leaves" are scales

Merchandise

They are a very pretty plant! Maybe try to grow some!
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Restaurants

• The Giant Artichoke Restaurant is in Monterey CA
• Duarte's Tevern is also in CA (I read that CA grows most of America's artichokes)
• Corazon de Alcachofa is in Guadalajara (might have or have had a location in West Holllywood)

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Brain Awareness Week
• Campfire USA Birthday Week
• Consider Christianity Week
• International Brain Awareness Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Agriculture Week
• National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Passion Week
• Patient Safety Awareness Week
• Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Week
• Termite Awareness Week
• Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
• Curlew Day
• Freedom of Information Day
• Goddard Day
• Kick Butts Day
• Lips Appreciation Day
• National Everything You do is Right Day
• National Panda Day
• St. Urho's Day

March 15

How I Celebrated

Bosch pears, light whipped topping, and Nutella. What a great dish. Would recommend, would eat again. Also honey roasted peanuts. Probably could have put it all together if I wanted, but I didn't.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Make sure you have a chocolate sauce and ice cream that is sugar free. Poached pears need no extra sugar.

• Gluten Free

  Again, check the sauce and the ice cream. The pear is going to be fine.

• Vegetarian

  Yes!

Recipes

• Here is a recipe from Food Network
• Another from Not Enough Cinnamon
• And finally one from My Tartellette
• How about heading over to the National Peanut Board to get some recipes for peanuts?
• Or head over to a Thai spot for some peanut sauce like Peanut Sauce in WA

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History

Punchbowl
I don't know if I have ever poached anything before let alone a pear, but ice cream and chocolate? Yes please!

Merchandise

I don't think pears get enough love. I love green! I love pears! Surely, I'm not alone. Market of opportunity?
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Restaurants

• Fleurie in VA has pears Helene on the menu (though I can't see it, it was on instagram)
• Not many restaurants outside of France are popping up. Perhaps it is because of the many ways they can title the dessert.
• Head down to the Peanut Bar in PA

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Brain Awareness Week
• Campfire USA Birthday Week
• Consider Christianity Week
• International Brain Awareness Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Agriculture Week
• National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
• Orthodox Lent
• Passiontide
• Passion Week
•  Patient Safety Awareness Week
• Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Week
• Termite Awareness Week
• Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
• Ag Day, Celebrating Our Bountiful Food Supply
• Brutus Day
• Buzzard Day
• Dumbstruck Day
• Ides of March
• National Everything Your Think is Wrong Day
• True Confessions Day
• World Consumer Rights Day

March 14

How I Celebrated

Ah potato chips. One of the banes of America.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  How about some sugar free chocolate cream pie

• Gluten Free

  Get some gluten free pie dough going Martha Style

• Vegetarian

  All in the green here.

Recipes

• Buzzfeed can help you celebrate pi day
• Here are some more pie recipes from food 52
• Here are Alton Brown's Potato Chips
• And Martha Stewart's baked potato chips
• And a crispiest guarantee from bonappetit

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History

Punchbowl on Pi Day and Potato Chips
The way potato chips were invented is a really funny story. I don't really get the picky eaters who send food back. I think it's funny when people go to a restaurant and then try to tell the chef how to do their job. If you could do better, just don't waste your money then. I don't know. Must have had an angry parent with such picky children.

Merchandise

Nerd love, baby that is what it's all about.
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Restaurants

• Check out Potato Chips Deli in LA
• There is Mr. Crisp in the UK
• Or look at places with homemade potato chips
• There is Pi in West Hollywood
• And Pi Bar in San Fran

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Brain Awareness Week
• Campfire USA Birthday Week
• Consider Christianity Week
• International Brain Awareness Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Agriculture Week
• National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
• Passiontide
• Passion Week
• Patient Safety Awareness Week
• Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Week
• Termite Awareness Week
• Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
• Universal Women's Week
• Bake a Pie in Solidarity Day
• Canberra Day
• Clean Monday
• Fill Our Staplers Day
• International Ask A Question Day
• Learn About Butterflies Day
• Moth-er Day
• National Napping Day
• Save a Spider Day

March 13

How I Celebrated

Campbell's chicken noodle. Classic. Pretty good and fast. I know homemade is better, we have just been busy! Oh and we found those oreos for cheap so what a coincidence.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  This cake is sugar free and gluten free.

• Gluten Free

  See above for cake. You are in the clear for chicken soup. 

• Vegetarian

  The cake is all good, but maybe try tofu in your soup instead of chicken

Recipes

• Try this coconut cream cake from Food Network
• Here are a tone of coconut torte recipes
• Try Martha's chicken soup
• Here are a few more simple chicken soup recipes

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History

 The best chicken noodle soup I have had is probably the best because it accompanied a fond memory I shared with one of my best friends. I was spending the night at her place and being the excellent cook she is,  she made us some simple chicken noodle soup and tea. We sat out on her covered porch and laughed the night away.

Merchandise

Chicken soup with rice was my favorite book in kindergarten. It made me hungry every time.
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Restaurants

•  Peninsula Grill has the ultimate coconut cake
• Panera is the first place that comes up for soup
• And I guess you could always go to Chick Fil A for some soup too

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Campfire USA Birthday Week
• Consider Christianity Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Agriculture Week
•  National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
• Passiontide
• Passion Week
• Patient Safety Awareness Week
• Termite Awareness Week
• Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
• Universal Women's Week
• Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
• World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup
• Check Your Batteries Day
• Daylight Savings Start
• Ear Muff Day
• Good Samaritan Involvement Day
• IUGR Awareness Day
• K-9 Veterans Day
• Ken Day
• L. Ron Hubbard Day
• National Jewel Day
• National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day
• Smart & Sexy Day

March 12

How I Celebrated

The fun size candy bars sure have changed. Much smaller. I like the size, but talk about rip off! Whatever, I'll just think of it as my fat tax.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Scallop dishes are usually sugar free. I believe these are sugar free homemade milky ways, but you have to buy her book to get the full ingredient list.

• Gluten Free

  Here is a gluten free scallop dinner. So it looks like milky way midnight and milky way caramel bars are the only gluten free ones (that is ok because midnight are the BEST ones).

• Vegetarian

  Mmm canned vegi- scallops? Luckily you can go with the milky way.

Recipes

• Here are 26 scallop recipes from Coastal Living
• Some more from Food Network
• And all recipes
• Make your own milky way with back for seconds
• Or make some delicious milky way cookies

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History

The only time I have had scallops was when we found some frozen ones on sale. I always am wary of frozen food sales, but they turned out ok. Fresh is always better. Just like milky way midnight is better than the original.

Merchandise

I wonder if there are even scallops big enough to be an actual bra. They basically look like pasties. Perhaps mermaids don't really have boobs? I mean, fish don't breast feed, maybe mermaids are more fish than we thought?
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Restaurants

• Check out the Zig Zag Scallop restaurant in FL
• Try some scallops in NY
• The Milky Way restaurant in LA is owned by the mother of Steven Spielberg. Huh.
• If you are in Japan, go for the Milky Way Cafe treats

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Celebrate Your Name Week
• Girl Scout Week
• International Listening Weekend
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Consumer Protection Week
• National Groundwater Awareness Week
• National Procrastination Week
• National PTA Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week
• National Schools Social Work Week\
• National Sleep Awareness Week
• National Schools Social Work Week
• National Sleep Awareness Week
• National Words Matter Week
• No More Week
• Professional Pet Sitters Week
• Read and E-Book Week
• Return Borrowed Books Week
• Save Your Vision Week
• Teen Tech Week
• Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
• Universal Women's Week
• Women in Construction Week
• Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
• World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup
• Girl Scouts Day
• International Fanny Pack Day
• National Alfred Hitchcock Day
• National Genealogy Day
• National Urban Ballroom Dancing Day
• Plant a Flower Day

March 11

How I Celebrated

Alright, we have the gluten free Kashi oatmeal and flax seed waffles going on and Nate went all out preparing some awesome nut syrup. It was like pecan pie! So delicious. He cracked open all those nuts from Christmas, and made enough syrup to cover all the waffles! Kudos.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Apples are a go (no added sugar). This banana nut oatmeal waffle recipe uses the sweetness of bananas, cinnamon and vanilla to trick you into feeling you are eating something extra sweet.

• Gluten Free

  Here are some gluten free waffles (don't forget to add some nuts, well actually I guess the almond milk counts.)

• Vegetarian

  Yes and yes

Recipes

• Some waffles from food.com
• Waffles from Taste of Home
• And Group Recipes
• Johnny Appleseed is a mixed drink you know
• Or try out some other delicious apple recipes

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History

Punchbowl on Johnny Appleseed and Oatmeal Nut Waffles
Johnny Appleseed is one of the few American folk tale heroes or legends that I know. Smart guy. I know I always wanted to have a fruit tree as a kid. Mostly tropical fruit trees though. I loved mango and rarely got to eat it. I guess apples are cool. I went to an orchard once. It opened my eyes to all the bazillion different kinds of apples there are. Fujis are still the best.

Merchandise

Do they make waffle makers with changeable/ customizable face plates? They should. That way you would have to choose only ONE cool waffle maker to have.
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Restaurants

• Check out More than Waffles in LA
• Or maybe Chicago Waffles
• There is a Johnny Appleseed Restaurant in VA (I think it is in a hotel)
• Or the Appleseed Restaurant in NH

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Frozen Food Month
• National Caffeine Awareness Month
• National Peanut Month
• National Celery Month
• National Flour Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Noodle Month
• National Sauce Month
• Celebrate Your Name Week
• Girl Scout Week
• International Listening Weekend
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Consumer Protection Week
• National Groundwater Awareness Week
• National Procrastination Week
• National PTA Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week
• National School Breakfast Week
• National Schools Social Work Week
• National Sleep Awareness Week
• National Words Matter Week
• Newspaper in Education Week
• No More Week
• Professional Pet Sitters Week
• Read and E-Book Week
• Return Borrowed Books Week
• Save Your Vision Week
• Teen Tech Week
• Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
• Universal Women's Week
• Women in Construction Week
• Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
• World Orphan Week
• World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup
• Dream 2016 Day
• Middle Name Pride Day
• National Worship of Tools Day
• World Plumbing Day
• World Sleep Day