Let's Celebrate Food!!!

We have reasons to celebrate food.  Yes, we can celebrate food with food holidays  or month long celebrations of food everyday of the month. Can you imagine the endless stream of possibilities for each of us to indulge in our favorite foods or even to take the journey of the unknown as we bravely decide to try a food or drink that we might not otherwise experience on our food journey.

One of my favorite sites foodimentary.com list all the food holidays along with listing the national month, daily, and food history .  I love to peruse through the months becoming almost giddy as I know there are days to celebrate chocolate, crafted beer, popcorn, strawberry shortcake, blood mary, and even "I Love Food" national day!  Yes, creating these national food holidays or months certainly gives pure bliss for any foodie.

As we close in on the end of April take a few of these last days to enjoy:

National Florida Tomato Month
National BLT Sandwich Month
National Soft  Pretzel Month
National Soyfoods Month
National Grilled Cheese Month
National Garlic Month

April's Celebration Sandwich

6 Pretzel Rolls
12 pieces of bacon * real bacon or subsitute Morningstar or Turkey Bacon
Soy based veggie burgers or turkey breast sliced thinly  * 3 oz per sandwich
Gouda cheese or vegan cheese
Garlic Aioli
2 Florida Tomatoes
Arugula

Warm the pretzel rolls on your griddle, cook bacon pieces to crispness that you enjoy.  Cook your veggie burgers as instructed.  The deli turkey breast can be flavored if you want as there are several wonderful infused options.

Garlic Aioli
1 cup mayonnaise
1 T lemon
2 pods of garlic to taste.  You may bake your garlic then mash the pods to mix with your mayonnaise
sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste
*may be made the day before to marry the flavors



Open pretzel roll
spread garlic aioli
2 pieces of bacon
place turkey or veggie burger
gouda or vegan cheese
arugula with slice of Florida tomato

Serve this celebration sandwich with a spicy coleslaw, sweet potato fries or your favorite side dish.

Grab your plate, a glass of crafted beer as you prepare to savor the flavors of the foods celebrated for the month of April!