National Sauce Month

National Celery Month

Low in calories but high in dietary fiber, celery is one versatile veggie! The stalks are commonly used either raw or cooked, in dishes from salads to casseroles and stir-frys. Celery seeds are used as a spice, as is celery salt, which is made from the roots of the celery plant stalk. Filled with cream cheese or peanut butter, they're one crunchy vegetable that even picky kids will munch on!

National Peanut Month

National Frozen Food Month

When Clarence Birdseye developed his method for flash-freezing fruits and vegetables in the early 1900s, he began a revolution in food preservation that helped Americans to greatly expand the number of foods in their diet. Where would we be without refrigeration and neatly packaged frozen foods to provide us with vitamins and variety, whatever the growing season?

National Noodle Month

Your noodle may be pasta, but not all pastas are noodles! While both are made from a basic, often flour-based dough, noodles contain egg or egg yolks and are an important source of carbohydrates in the diets of many peoples of the world. In America, noodle consumption rises considerably during the weeks of Lent. See how much we're learning about National Noodle Month?

National Flour Month

'Gluten-free' may be the culinary catchphrase for those with allergies, but it is the gluten in wheat flour that provides the structure and texture for many breads and pastas. Of course, there are other types of flour, like those made from corn, rice, and many other cereal grains. Flour is indeed a worldwide staple worthy of an entire month of official recognition!

Mar
1stNational Fruit Compote Day

Your typical compote is a simple dessert made of sliced or pureed fruit in a sugar syrup. Dried fruit that has been rehydrated or soaked in a little kirsch or rum is a compote that is commonly eaten during Passover. CDK has compote recipes that vary widely in flavor, depending on the fruit, sweeteners, and spices used. Simple, yet elegant!

Mar
1stNational Peanut Butter Lover's Day

Mar
2ndNational Banana Cream Pie Day

National Banana Cream Pie Day puts the royal spotlight on the queen of the cream pies. Made from a banana custard filling and topped with whipped cream, a slice of banana cream pie has a smooth, sweet, yet subtle flavor that carries even more popular appeal than other favorites like lemon, chocolate, and coconut cream pie.

Mar
4thInternational Pancake Day

'Show your pancakes!' As a person ages, Mardi Gras becomes less about music, beads, and exhibitionism and more about the food! In fact, Mardi Gras is known by another name in the UK and Ireland, International Pancake Day! Pancakes are a tradition on the day before Lent. Check out CDK's nearly five hundred pancake recipes for your Fat Tuesday menu. Maybe you can trade pancakes for beads this year!

Mar
4thNational Pound Cake Day

The name is practically the recipe: One pound each of four basic ingredients, including butter, eggs, flour, and sugar. Despite the four pounds of ingredients, the result after baking is a cake with a surprisingly light, subtle flavor. CDK has several pound cake recipes, many of which go beyond the basic four to add other sweet and delicious tastes to this American classic!

Mar
6thNational White Chocolate Cheesecake Day

Fun Food Holidays can be very specific! Today is National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day. Not just 'cheesecake,' but that particular variety with the refined taste of white chocolate! CDK has a surprising number of recipes for this dessert delicacy. Impress your dinner guests by serving one of our delicious sounding recipes for white chocolate cheesecake!

Mar
6thNational Frozen Food Day

Mar
7thNational Crown Roast of Pork Day

It's the special occasion 'other white meat.' National Crown Roast of Pork Day honors what many consider a gourmet presentation of a pork rib roast, which is often served with a savory stuffing. CDK has several recipes for this elegant entree that will convince you that a crown roast is really not all that difficult to make. So why save it just for special occasions?

Mar
7thNational Cereal Day

National Cereal Day is a commemoration with a little ambiguity behind it. Some regard it as a salute to the abundance of important cereal grains grown in and exported from the US. Others say it was established to mark the anniversary of Dr. Kellogg first serving his 'corn flakes' as a dietetic food to patients at his sanitarium in Battle Creek, MI. Either way, breakfast food changed forever!

Mar
8thNational Peanut Cluster Day

An easy to make confection like peanut clusters can improve your standing with your kids' friends and even your coworkers! Just melt together some peanuts, a little chocolate or almond bark, maybe a little peanut butter and some marshmallows, and drop by the teaspoon onto waxed paper to cool. In minutes, you've got the taste of newfound popularity!

Mar
9thNational Chocolate Chip Cookie Week

It's the quintessential American cookie! Invented at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts in 1933, chocolate chip quickly became the most popular flavor of cookie in North America. CDK has over a hundred recipes for chocolate chip cookies, and a couple dozen more for such adaptations as chocolate chip cookie pizza, cake, and milkshakes! No wonder this taste gets an entire week's salute!

Mar
9thNational Crabmeat Day

Today is all about the real deal! None of that imitation crab in plastic containers will do for diners on National Crabmeat Day! CDK has over thirteen hundred recipes containing the world's favorite crustacean, from crab salad, to crab bisque, to crab cakes, and on and on! CDK has so many recipes for crab and crabmeat that you'll say 'Pinch me, I'm dreaming!'

Mar
10thNational Blueberry Popover Day

The popover, a buttery, hollow roll, is the American cousin to Yorkshire pudding. Popovers can be made either sweet or savory. But today is reserved for one flavor in particular, the blueberry popover! Think of National Blueberry Popover Day as a chance to expand your blueberry horizons beyond mere muffins!

Mar
11thOatmeal Nut Waffles Day

Mar
12thNational Baked Scallops Day

Ah, scallops. Everyone's favorite bivalve mollusk! This delicious seafood usually is sauteed in butter or breaded and deep fried. But National Baked Scallops Day reminds us that there is another way to cook scallops that goes lighter on the butter and fat. So come out of your shell for a dinner of baked scallops tonight!

Mar
13thNational Coconut Torte Day

Mar
14thNational Potato Chip Day

A holiday destined to rival Independence Day and Thanksgiving for representing Americana, today is National Potato Chip Day! Potato chips were an American invention, after all, dating way back to the 1850s. Today, they account for more than a third of the salty snack market. Make your own at home, or try one of our recipes that use crushed potato chips in casseroles or even cookies!

Mar
15thNational Pears Helene Day

Mar
15thNational Peanut Lovers' Day

Peanuts are the lovable legume that are the taste of ballgames and circuses throughout North America. Salted, roasted peanuts in a bag, boiled green peanuts, even fried peanuts--all make for great snacking and a plethora of peanut lovers. For more nutritious eating, peanuts are also common in Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine. So make way, today is National Peanut Lovers' Day!

Mar
16thNational Artichoke Heart Day

The ancient Greeks called them 'kaktos.' And given the artichoke's thorny exterior, the comparison to a cactus seems apt. But when you get down to the heart of the matter--the artichoke heart, to be precise--you get a delicious tender vegetable that goes great in dips, casseroles, salads, paella and more. Have a heart, it's National Artichoke Heart Day!

Mar
17thSt. Patrick's Day

The perfect marriage between holiday and Fun Food Holiday, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated with distinctive food and drink: corned beef and cabbage, soda bread, Irish stew, green beer, Irish coffee and more! So don your 'Kiss Me, I'm Irish' apron and prepare some of CDK's dozens of St. Patrick's Day holiday recipes!

Mar
18thNational Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day

Mar
19thNational Poultry Day

CDK was practically designed for National Poultry Day with hundreds of chicken, and turkey recipes plus duck, cornish hen, quail, and goose. The fact is, poultry has become a staple food across much of the globe. Whether you prefer white or dark meat, farm birds or wild fowl, you *will* find all your poultry recipes here at CDKitchen!

Mar
19thNational Chocolate Caramel Day

Mar
20thNational Ravioli Day

Perhaps the most underrated of pasta dishes, ravioli can feature a wide array of fillings and sauces. CDK is proud of our ravioli recipe collection, with popular homemade crab, lobster, beef, pork and cheese fillings; or marinara, pesto, and cheese sauces. You can also use store-bought raviolis in our recipes in order to save time. But nothing beats ravioli made with TLC right at home!

Mar
20thBock Beer Day

Lent is traditionally bock beer season. This dark, malty brew is high in carbs and calories and was consumed by fasting German monks who considered bock to be 'liquid bread.' Whether you drink it for sustenance or because you like the taste, bock beer is both flavorful and filling! Try one of our chili recipes that use bock as an ingredient on Bock Beer Day!

Mar
21stNational French Bread Day

With dozens of recipes for French bread and over a thousand recipes that call for French bread as an accompaniment, CDK is well positioned to help you celebrate National French Bread Day. Also known as baguettes, these loaves typically are long with a thin, crispy crust and soft, airy interior. But eat 'em while they're fresh; once they've gone stale they're better suited for playing baseball!

Mar
22ndCoq Au Vin Day

First, the correct pronunciation: Coke-Oh-VAN. Next, the basic recipe: rooster or chicken braised in Burgundy wine, with a few veggies and seasonings thrown in. This French classic is sort of the poultry counterpart to beef bourguignon. If you've never tried this dish--possibly because of difficulty pronouncing it!--now you're equipped to know what you're getting into: a delicious meal!

Mar
23rdNational Chip and Dip Day

As if snackers of the world needed an excuse to indulge in the salty goodness of potato or tortilla chips along with their favorite dip, National Chip and Dip Day puts the official seal of approval on your guilty pleasure, if for but one day. CDK can help, with nearly 1,700 dip recipes, as well as recipes for homemade potato chips and tortilla chips!

Mar
23rdNational Melba Toast Day

Named for a famous 1890s Australian opera singer and invented by noted French chef Auguste Escoffier, melba toast has been served as a snack, a dietetic food and to teething babies. While Dame Nellie Melba may not have any holidays named after her here in North America, her name lives on during National Melba Toast Day!

Mar
24thNational Chocolate Covered Raisins Day

Mar
25thNational Lobster Newburg Day

Introduced in the 1870s at the venerable Delmonico’s Restaurant in New York City, Lobster Newburg quickly became a favorite of restaurant patrons. The original recipe called for the lobster to be boiled, sauteed in butter, and finally simmered in a cream sauce with a splash of Madeira. Plan your dinner menu on National Lobster Newburg Day around CDK's Classic Lobster Newburg recipe. It's divine!

Mar
25thNational Waffle Day

Leggo my waffle day, National Waffle Day, that is. Here in North America, waffles are a dense, pressed griddle cake not unlike pancakes. And like pancakes, they often are eaten for breakfast with sweet syrup. But in many parts of the world, waffles have for centuries been sold as a snack by street vendors, like waffle cones are today in the US.

Mar
26thNational Nougat Day

When North Americans think of nougat, they imagine the whipped, airy sweet candy that usually accompanies other flavors like chocolate and nuts in candy bars. But traditional white or brown nougat can range from chewy to crunchy, and used to be regarded more as Christmas candy than as a year-round snack. Well, CDK has dozens of nougat-centered candy bar cakes, brownies, cheesecakes, and cookies that you can make any time of the year, like today, National Nougat Day!

Mar
27thNational Spanish Paella Day

Many regard paella as the national dish of Spain. The original recipe, from Valencia, consists of poultry or rabbit, white rice, green vegetables, snails, and seasonings. Paella having gone international, however, means that you'll find among CDK's dozens of paella recipes delicious variations containing sausage, artichokes, and other ingredients. Hold the snails.

Mar
28thNational Black Forest Cake Day

Fun Food Holidays can be educational as well as fun! Take National Black Forest Cake Day, for example. Did you know that this recipe of delicious chocolate cake with cherries and whipped cream between layers is relatively new, a 20th Century dessert idea? Did you know that it isn't named for Germany's Black Forest, but for the Black Forest brand of cherry liqueur that was used to make it? Finally, do you know how darn good it tastes?

Mar
29thNational Lemon Chiffon Cake Day

Mar
30thTurkey Neck Soup Day

Stick your neck out tonight at home by serving your family turkey neck soup. Watch them freeze, wide-eyed, when you tell them what you're having. Watch them melt at the table when they taste what is a rich, meaty broth made from the tough but flavorful neck meat of a turkey, slow simmered to tenderize the meat and extract maximum flavor. Watch your family ask for seconds on Turkey Neck Soup Day!

Mar
31stTater Day

Mar
31stOranges and Lemons Day

Mar
31stNational Clams on the Half Shell Day

Clams are a popular seafood that can be fried, baked, boiled or steamed. But for many, raw clams are an acquired taste. National Clams on the Half Shell Day is an opportunity for you to taste these meaty mollusks 'au naturel,' without all the oil, breading, chowder, or what-have-you that most cooking methods and clam dishes introduce. Try 'em on a saltine with a little horseradish and cocktail sauce!