May National Food days

Wondering what cooking activities that are available in May? Click on the days below to find recipes to use for each national food day. As well as ideas for cooking in May.

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National Food Days in May

Click on the days below to find recipes and cooking ideas to use for each national food day. (to see this table on a mobile device turn your device to landscape mode.)

1. Chocolate Parfaits	2. Truffles	3. Raspberry Tart	4.  Orange Juice	5. Cinco de Mayo Chocolate Custard Hoagie	6. Beverage	7.
8. Coconut Cream Pie Empanada Have a Coke Day	9. Butterscotch Brownie	10. Shrimp	11. Eat What you Want Day	12. Nutty Fudge	13. Apple Pie Fruit Cocktail	14. Buttermilk Biscuit
15. Chocolate Chips	16.	17. Cherry Cobbler	18. Cheese Souffle	19.  Devil's Food Cake	20. Quiche Pick Strawberries	21. Strawberries & Cream
22.  Vanilla Pudding	23. Taffy	24.	25. Brown Bag it Day	26.  Blueberry Cheesecake Cherry Dessert	27. Grape Popsicle	28. Brisket Hamburgers
29.	30. Macaroon	31.

More Cooking Ideas in May

National Salad Month- see our best salad recipes
Beef Month- try this Greek Steak Salad
Barbecue Month- try this barbecue beef recipe
Hamburger Month- See our hamburger recipes
Strawberry Month- See our strawberry recipes
Eggs- learn different methods to cook eggs
Asparagus- asparagus recipes and facts
Chocolate Custard-
Salsa- homemade salsa recipe
Raisin week is 1st week of May- try this raisin experiment
Herb week is 1st week - learn about growing herbs
Frozen yogurt week is 4th week- homemade frozen yogurt recipe

Coconut Cream Pie

Ingredients

• 2/3 Cup sugar
• 1/3 Cup cornstarch
• 2 Tablespoons flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 3 Cups milk
• 1 Tablespoon butter
• 2 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1 ¼ Cups shredded coconut
• baked 9 in pie crust, cooled

Directions
In saucepan, stir sugar, cornstarch, flour and salt together. Stir in eggs until mixture is well blended. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with whisk, until boils. Continue boiling and stirring one minute. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Stir in coconut until blended; pour into baked pie crust. Cover with plastic wrap. Chill 2 hours. Before serving top pie with whipped topping and sprinkle with toasted coconut.

Raspberry Tart

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