Week 31 of my US National Food Day Challenge is now over … 4 out of 7 done again this week, so again keeping to the objective of my challenge. And all ‘healthy’ …
Leave a comment to let me know what you think of my quest!
January 7 – National Tempura Day
Too hard to make healthy and gluten-free, so rest day for me!
January 8 – English Toffee Day
Again, I thought this would be too hard to make healthy and gluten-free, so another rest day for me!
January 9 – National Apricot Day
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All natural apricot jam with some low-fat cream cheese spread, all on top of a whole-grain multi-grain corn thin. Yummy! |
January 10 – Bittersweet Chocolate Day
| So bittersweet chocolate is meant to be healthy for you – right? At least those with a cocoa content > 60%? So I made my chocolate prune bars (recipe here) and used bittersweet as the chocolate chips. Very yummy, very fruity and very chocolate-y. |  |
January 11 – Milk Day
Couldn’t figure out how to make something with milk as the feature ingredient without just making another milkshake, so I sat this one out.
January 12 – Curried Chicken Day
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A simple recipe but yummy. A mixture of chili powder, mustard and a splash of low-fat mayonnaise coating on the chicken, baked in the oven at 350F for 25 mins, served with veggies (see my sweet potatoes again?) – what more could you want? |
January 13 – National Peach Melba Day
| Ok, so the picture is terrible, but this is actually a peach melba smoothie. I researched what peach melbas are, and I came to the conclusion that as long as there was peaches, raspberries and some kind of dairy component, that would comprise a peach melba. So I made this into a smoothie and had it for breakfast today. It was ok, but not something I’m going to do on a regular basis … |  |
Coming up next week:
- January 14: National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
- January 15: Strawberry Ice Cream Day
- January 16: National Fig Newton Day / International Hot & Spicy Food Day
- January 17: Hot-Buttered Rum Day
- January 18: Peking Duck Day
- January 19: National Popcorn Day
- January 20: National Buttercrunch Day / National Cheese Lover’s Day / National Granola Bar Day
Stay tuned to see which ones I choose to make/eat and how successful (or not) I am!
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