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Good Morning Peeps enjoy our wonderful community on this Wednesday Spring Day. 😎🎈

NATIONAL NATIVE HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY

On March 20th, National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day brings many groups across the United States together to increase education and provide support in communities nationwide.

NATIONAL RAVIOLI DAY

March 20th celebrates a fun-filled and versatile pasta. National Ravioli Day is a food holiday for pasta lovers! So pick your favorite filling and sauce and cook up a meal everyone will love!

Ravioli are a traditional Italian-filled pasta. Pasta makers fill two layers of thin egg pasta dough with various ingredients. Imagine a small meatball tucked, snug inside two cozy layers of delicious dough. That’s what ravioli is. Some of the fillings include, cheese, meat, vegetables and seasonings. They also usually serve the ravioli in either a broth or with a pasta sauce.

While ravioli often serves as the main course, it can also be a side dish or appetizer. Many popular recipes bake or deep fry the ravioli. The dish also quickly becomes a dessert with chocolate added to the pasta or cream cheese stuffing and a caramel sauce!

Ravioli can be homemade or purchased fresh or frozen in grocery stores. In the United States, Chef Boyardee popularized canned ravioli. This ravioli is filled with beef or processed cheese and served in a tomato, tomato-meat, or tomato-cheese sauce.

But what about toasted ravioli? Where does this delicious creation come from? Well, we turn to St. Louis, Missouri, for the answer. In the 1940s at Oldani’s, a cook accidentally dropped a ravioli into the fryer. And what a delicious accident this ravioli became! The crisp ravioli earned a place on the menu. Or so the story goes. If so, we think it is a tasty one.

National Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) Day recognizes the thousands of SBDCs across the country!

@sheba2011

I am home and it’s early morning. I had a hair appointment this morning and while driving I was behind a van. A very interesting van. On the back there was printing that stated they take people in wheelchairs and with scooters to doctor appointments, theater, parties, etc.. Unfortunately, since i was in the driver’s seat, I was unable to take note of the name of the business. However, it did give me food for thought. At least I know that there are businesses out there getting the disabled out and about. Definitely will do some research today and will also check to see if there are others in New England. I mentioned this to hubby and he was all smiles. Would be nice to give him a treat on the lanai, or a trip to the Farmer’s Market or Costco Nice to know there are ways. to get him up and about. I will do the research and will make a list for the Rehab as well in case there are others in this situation.

Hope you had a nice day. It’s cold tonight. A/C is off. Wearing layers of clothing.