January Wellness News

January

 

Monthly

NationalBirth Defects Month
National Blood Donor Month
Book Blitz Month
International Creativity Month
Financial Wellness Month
National Mentoring Month
Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
International Quality of Life Month
Thyroid Awareness Month
Self-Help Group Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
National Mail Order Gardening Month
National Get Organized Month
Be Kind to Food Servers Month 
Bread Machine Baking Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Month
Family Fit Lifestyle Month
National CBD Month
National Fiber Focus Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Lose Weight, Feel Great Month
National Menudo Month
Oatmeal Month
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Sunday Supper Month
Shape Up US Month
National Soup Month
National Slow Cooking Month
Wheat Bread Month

Weekly

1-7 Diet Resolution Week

5-11 National Folic Acid Awareness Week

5-11 National Lose Weight – Feel Great Week

6-10 No-Tillage Week

12-18 National Mocktail Week

12-18 Healthy Weight Week

17-23 National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week

19-25 Sugar Awareness Week

26-2/2 Meat Week

Daily Event
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday	1	New Year's Day; Ellis Island Opened, Global Family Day; National Hangover Day; National Bloody Mary Day, Rose Bowl
Thursday	2	Personal Trainer Awareness Day; Buffet Day; Cream Puff Day; Motivation & Inspiration Day; Georgia 4th State
Friday	3	Chocolate Covered Cherry Day; Drinking Straw Invented; Alaska 49th State; Fruitcake Toss Day
Saturday	4	World Braille Day; World Hypnotism Day; Utah 45 State; Spaghetti Day; Trivia Day; National Weigh-In Day
Sunday	5	National Whipped Cream Day; National Keto Day
Monday	6	Bean Day; National Shortbread Day; New Mexico 47th State; National Technology Day
Tuesday	7	National Tempura Day
Wednesday	8	National English Toffee Day; War on Poverty
Thursday	9	National Apricot Day; Connecticut 5th State; National Cassoulet Day
Friday	10	Cut Your Energy Cost Day; Bittersweet Chocolate Day; Oysters Rockefeller Day
Saturday	11	National Hot Toddy Day; National Milk Day
Sunday	12	National Pharmacist Day, Marzipan Day; Curried Chicken Day, National Hot Tea Day; National Sunday Supper Day
Monday	13	National Peach Melba Day, Korean American Day, National Clean Your Desk Day
Tuesday	14	National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day; Dress Up Your Pet Day; Organize Your Home Day
Wednesday	15	Strawberry Ice Cream Day; National Bagel Day
Thursday	16	National Fig Newton Day; International Hot and Spicy Food Day; Quinoa Day
Friday	17	Popeye Debuts; National Hot Buttered Rum Day
Saturday	18	National Peking Duck Day; National Gourmet Coffee Day; Winnie the Pooh Day
Sunday	19	Popcorn Day; Quark Day
Monday	20	National Cheese Lovers’ Day; National Buttercrunch Day; Martin Luther King
Tuesday	21	Granola Bar Day;  New England Clam Chowder Day; Rid the World of Fad Diets
Wednesday	22	National Blonde Brownie Day
Thursday	23	National Pie Day, Women's Healthy Weight
Friday	24	Natl Peanut Butter Day; International Day of Education
Saturday	25	National Irish Coffee Day, National Seed Swap Day
Sunday	26	Michigan 26th state;  National Peanut Brittle Day; Green Juice Day
Monday	27	Chocolate Cake Day; Holocaust Memorial Day, Viet Nam Peace Day, World Breast Pumping Day
Tuesday	28	National Blueberry Pancake Day
Wednesday	29	National Corn Chip Day; Kansas 34th State; National Puzzle Day, Chinese New Year
Thursday	30	National Croissant Day
Friday	31	Inspire Your Heart with Art Day, National Hot Chocolate Day, Pre-school Fitness Day
Saturday
Sunday

 Wellness Tip

Choose one thing you would like to change.

Focus only on this one goal.

Create a plan, including a backup plan.

There is always more than one way to achieve success.

Find Your Way. 

- Sandra Frank, Ed.D., RDN, FAND

 

	Months
	January	July
	February	August
	March	September
	April	October
	May	November
	June	December

 

March Wellness News

Monthly

National Nutrition Month®
American Red Cross Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
International Listening Awareness Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Hemophilia Month
National Kidney Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness
National Social Work Month
Save Your Vision Month
National Celery Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Flour Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Noodle Month
National Peanut Month
National Sauce Month
Irish American Heritage Month
National Craft Month
National Women's History Month
Optimism Month
Quinoa Month
Sing With Your Child Month
Youth Art Month
National Ethics Awareness Month

Weekly
2/29-3/10 Florida Strawberry Festival
3-9 National Consumer Protection Week
4-9 National School Breakfast Week
10-16 Girl Scout Week
17-23 National Agriculture Week
17-23 Poison Prevention Week

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
					1 National Peanut Butter Lover's Day; Nebraska, 37th State; Ohio, 17th State; National Fruit Compote Day; National Day of Unplugging (sundown x 24 hours); NEA's Read Across America Day	2   Dr. Seuss Birthday; Banana  Cream Pie Day
3  Florida 27th State; Time Magazine 1st published; National Cold Cuts Day; National Mulled Wine Day; Soup It Forward Day; World Birth Defects Day	4 National Pound Cake Day; World Obesity Day, Vermont 14th State	5 National Cheese Doodle Day	6 Oreo Cookie Day; National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day; National Dentist’s Day; National Frozen Food Day	7  National Cereal Day;  National Crown Roast of Pork Day; National Flapjacks Day	8 International Working Women's Day; UN Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace	9  National Crabmeat Day; National Meatball Day; Barbie Day
10  National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; National Pack Your Lunch Day; Blueberry Popover Day;  Daylight Saving Time Begins; Check Your Batteries Day	11 National Oatmeal-Nut Waffle Day; National Johnny Appleseed Day; Napping Day	12    National Baked Scallops Day; Girls Scouts of USA founded; Plant a Flower Day	13 Good Samaritan Involvement Day; National Coconut Torte Day; National K9 Veterans Day; Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day	14   National Potato Chip Day; National Children’s Craft Day; National Pi Day; World Kidney Day; Registered Dietetic Technicians Day	15  Ides of March; Maine 23rd State; National Pears Helene Day; World Consumer Rights Day; World Sleep Day	16  National Artichoke Heart Day; Freedom of Information Day, National Farm Rescuer Day; Corn dog Day; Tequilla Day
17  Saint Patrick's Day;  Corned Beef and Cabbage Day	18 National Oatmeal Lace  Cookie Day; National Sloppy Joe Day; Global Recycling Day	19  National Chocolate Caramel Day; National Let’s Laugh Day; National Poultry Day;  National Ag Day; First Day of Spring	20  Great American Meatout; Intl Day of Happiness; National Ravioli Day; National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; World Flour Day	21  National French Bread Day; World Down Syndrome Day; California Strawberry Day; Single Parent Day; International Color Day; Healthy Fats Day	22  UN World Day for Water; National Bavarian Crepes Day	23   Chip and Dip Day; National Puppy Day; National Chia Day; National Melba Toast Day; National Tamale Day; Earth Hour @8:30 pm local time
24  World Tuberculosis Day; National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day; National Cheesesteak Day	25  Pecan Day; National Lobster Newburg Day; National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day	26  National Spinach Day; National Nougat Day; Make your own holiday; Purple Day; American Diabetes Association Alert Day	27 National Spanish Paella Day; National Joe Day; Whole Grain Sampling Day	28 Something on a Stick Day; Black Forest Cake Day; Triglycerides Day; Weed Appreciation Day	29 National Vietnam War Veterans Day; National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day; National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day	30  Jeopardy premiere; Doctors Day; Take a Walk in the Park Day
31  National Clams on the Half Shell Day; National Crayon Day; National Tater Day, Easter

	Months
	January	July
	February	August
	March	September
	April	October
	May	November
	June	December

 

National Potato Month - Rose, Gold, and Purple Potato Salad with Mustard Curry Vinaigrette

Potatoes are one of the vegetables in the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, which includes eggplant, tomatoes and bell peppers. It is a starchy, tuberous crop. Potatoes are the world's fourth-largest food crop, following maize, wheat, and rice.

Nutrition

One medium potato (5.3 oz) with the skin contains:
110 Calories; Vitamin C (45 % DV); 620 mg potassium; Vitamin B6 (10 % DV); No Fat; No Sodium; No Cholesterol; and Trace amounts of thiamine, riboflavin, folate, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, and zinc. Potatoes also contain a variety of phytonutrients that have antioxidant activity. Among these important health-promoting compounds are carotenoids and flavonoids.

About 20% of the potato’s nutrition is found in the skin.  Most of the vitamin C and potassium are found in the potato’s flesh, but the fiber is found in the skin.  That’s why it’s best to enjoy every part of the potato.

According to MyPlate, Potatoes are a vegetable.  It counts toward the total recommended servings of vegetables. One medium-sized potato (5.3 oz.) counts as 1 cup of starchy vegetables.

Recipe

Rose, Gold, and Purple Potato Salad

Ingredients

5 Small Round Potatoes: 
  1 Honey Gold 
  2 Enchanted Rose
  2 Purple Splendor
Dash Curry Powder
2 tsp Dijon Mustard
1 Tbsp Italian Dressing, fat-free

Directions
1. Roast potatoes and dice.
2. In a bowl combine curry, mustard, and Italian dressing. Mix.
3. Add potatoes to marinade and coat well.

Nutrition Information