Week 21 done of my US National Food challenge with 5 out of 7 accomplished! But two of them were just buying things, rather than a making thing. That still counts, doesn’t it?
October 29 – National Oatmeal Day
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Is there a difference between oatmeal and porridge? Either way, I love it for breakfast – I’ve gotten into the habit of using a spoonful of Greek yoghurt to make it creamier and adding either chopped prunes or raisins for flavour. When I was growing up, I used to always have oats with brown sugar and a little bit of milk – either way it’s delicious! |
October 30 – Buy a Doughnut Day
| Pretty easy for this day – I had some donuts left over from when I bought some for a cream-filled donut day … does it matter if I bought them way before the actual day? Either way, this wasn’t bad for a gluten-free donut! I added some coconut to make it look a little more ‘gourmet’. Still didn’t make up for the fact that the rest of the family got to eat Dunkin Donuts … big ones … while I got this tiny little gluten-free one. Oh well, I should be grateful I can actually have donuts I guess! |  |
October 31 – National Candy Apple Day
Didn’t think I really wanted to do this day – seemed like a little too much work!
November 1 – National Vinegar Day
Couldn’t think of anything I wanted to make that featured vinegar so this was a rest day for me too.
November 2 – National Deviled Egg Day
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My first attempt at deviled eggs – with some curry, mayonnaise and mustard … they were amazing! I don’t normally like curried eggs (that’s more along Grant’s lines), but these just tasted great. Unfortunately I didn’t measure the proportions of anything I did, so I can’t give you the recipe, but maybe next time! |
November 3 – National Sandwich Day
| At Costco we found this pack of pulled pork. Grant loves pulled pork sandwiches. The first time we tried it, I stuffed up making the pork (I didn’t read the heating instructions correctly) so this time I did it properly. We added some BBQ sauce and mixed it around, then I added some coleslaw on some gluten-free bread and enjoyed EVERY single mouthful of it! |  |
November 4 – National Candy Day
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Ok, so this was leftover Halloween Candy. But me, with my obsession with all things chocolate and peanut butter, found these Reece’s peanut butter pumpkins … and had to have one! Or two … just two … on Halloween night (but found some other Reece’s peanut butter cups in the kids loot and just had to have one or two of them as well!) |
Coming up next week:
- November 5: Doughnut Appreciation Day
- November 6: National Nachos Day
- November 7: Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
- November 8: National Cappuccino Day / National Harvey Wallbanger Day / Cook Something Bold Day
- November 9: National Scrapple Day / Cook Something Bold & Pungent Day
- November 10: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
- November 11: National Sundae Day
Stay tuned to see which ones I choose to make/eat and how successful (or not) I am!
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