April 19

How I Celebrated

Rice is my favorite food. I was trying to decide if I wanted to make a Japanese style rice ball or the Italian ones. I had a lot of cheese ball left over from a few days ago, so I decided to mix that in and go the Italian way. After mixing the cheese and rice together, I rolled them in little balls, gave them an egg wash and rice flour coating and fried them in coconut oil with a few cloves of garlic (it is also garlic day). The only thing I would change is to put a bit more salt in the flour coating. Dipping them in ketchup was pretty good too. Overall, fried foods are such a hassle, but they taste pretty delicious.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  All good here

• Gluten Free

  Yes

• Vegetarian

  Yes

Recipes

• Garlic recipes from All Recipes
• More recipes from Food Republic
• Healthy garlic recipes from Eating Well
• Amaretto recipe from All Recipes
• Amaretto dessert recipes from All Recipes as well
• Fried rice balls from Food Network
• Stuffed rice balls from Epicurious

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History

 Punchbowl
 I had some Disaronno sour candies once. They were pretty good, but I could not put my finger on the flavor. It is almond and maybe apricot pit. Interesting.

Merchandise

You know you have cute stuff when Japanese food is involved
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Restaurants

• The Stinking Rose in CA
• Johnny Garlic's also in CA
• Amaretto Bistro in NY
• Kawaba Rice Ball in LA
• Rice Balls of Fire is a food truck in LA

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Pecan Month
• National Florida Tomato Month
• National Soft Pretzel Month
• National Soy Foods Month
• National BLT Sandwich Month
• National Grilled Cheese Month
• National Garlic Month
• National Food Month
• Administrative Professional's Week
• Animal Cruelty / Human Violence Awareness Week
• Cleaning for a Reason Week
• Global Youth Service Days
• Holocaust Remembrance Week 
• Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
• Money Smart Week
• National Coin Week
• National Crime Victims' Rights Week
• National Environmental Education Week
• National Garden Week
• National Infants Immunization Week
• National Infertility Awareness Week
• National Karaoke Week
• National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
• National Organ/ Tissue Donor Awareness Week
• National Osteopathic Medicine week
• National Park Week
• National Pet ID Week
• National Princess Week
• National Sky Awareness Week
• National Student Leadership Week
• World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week
• World Week for Animals in Laboratories
• Humorous Day
• John Parker Day
• National Hanging Out Day
• Oklahoma City Bombing Commomoration DAy
• Pet Owners Day