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