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Happy National Peanut Butter Day! 20 Recipes to Celebrate

A whole day devoted to peanut butter? It's true. After celebrating National Pie Day yesterday, we're not wasting any time with another food holiday. Here are 20 recipes to inspire you today, from homemade Nutter Butters to peanut butter whoopie pies and an assortment of cookies. Have you celebrated yet today (read: have you eaten peanut butter today)?

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Happy Spicy Food Day! 20 Spicy Recipes to Celebrate

In addition to being Martin Luther King Jr. Day, today happens to be "Hot and Spicy Food Day" according to the arbitrary food holiday gods. Why not celebrate with one of these fiery recipes? Spicy soups, spicy sauces, spicy chocolate pie, and plenty more on this list of our 20 favorites.

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Happy National Peanut Day! 14 Recipes to Celebrate

Peanuts! Get your peanuts here! That's right, it's National Peanut Day according to the SE food holiday calendar and what better way to pay homage to the nut (well, technically a legume) than with these 14 recipes. Or, here's a'nutter (lower-effort) idea—just grab a bag of salted peanuts for a snack tonight.

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10 Ways to Celebrate Grab Some Nuts Day

It may sound nutty, but according to our food holiday calendar, today is Grab Some Nuts Day. Everyone, at least everyone who's not allergic, loves a fistful of roasted peanuts at a summer baseball game or a plastic tub full of boiled peanuts to shell on the dock (even if peanuts aren't technically nuts). Or when you're at the bar, some salted cashews and almonds to go with a cold beer, or a bag of GORP (good ol' raisins and peanuts) while on a long hike. Here are some of our favorite ways to enjoy nuts.

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16 Recipes for National Junk Food Day

Maybe every day is Junk Food Day for ya, but according to our food holiday calendar, July 21 is the official holiday. We're not saying you should consume more salts, fats, and sugars today, but if you decide to, here are 16 recipes for homemade twists on the junky classics, like tater tots, Kit Kat bars, and beef jerky.

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7 Mac and Cheese Recipes We Love for National Macaroni Day

July's biggest holiday might be the Fourth, but that doesn't mean that it's not worth celebrating every holiday July has to offer—like July 7th, or National Macaroni Day. Here's a roundup of seven of our favorite mac and cheeses to make at home.

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Happy National Doughnut Day! 8 Recipes to Celebrate

How could we miss National Doughnut Day? Of course we wouldn't. The holiday is celebrated on the first Friday of June, a tradition created by the Salvation Army in 1938 to honor women who served doughnuts to soldiers returning home from World War I. While we've been known to celebrate doughnuts on many other days of the year, we have an extra special excuse today to channel our inner Homer Simpsons today. Here's a collection of our favorites: New Orleans beignets, cider doughnuts, and more.

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10 Grilled Cheese Recipes We Love

April is Grilled Cheese month, and since we're already more than halfway through the month, there's really no time to waste. Grab that loaf and block of cheese, and start melting! Not that you can't celebrate every other day of the year. Here are ten of our favorite takes on the cheese-plus-bread glory.

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Happy National Animal Cracker Day

Today is the most official day to celebrate the Animal Cracker, those somewhere-between-cookies-and-crackers shaped like lions, tigers, and bears (oh my!) and of course, hippos. We want to know: which part do you eat first? The head? Legs? Tail? Elephant trunk or camel hump when applicable?

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Happy Foods-on-a-Stick Day!

Today is a special day for stick-food lovers. Thanks to SE:Talk, we learned that it's Something on a Stick Day. What qualifies as a stick-food? Corn dogs, yakitori, kebabs, pie pops, fondue, and really anything else that's stabbable with a stick.

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