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September Goodies

 

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The October Meal Plan:

Confession: We have been using Blue Apron for six months and I canNOT sing their praises enough. It has breathed new life into my cooking like nobody’s business.  I’m linking to some of my favorite recipes from their cookbook, so the ones I’m linking to are ones I love!  I’ve sprinkled in some of my own (mostly SOUP!) and some from previous plans!  Happy cooking and happier eating!

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  • October 12 Monday—Spiced Meatballs & Squash
  • October 13 Tuesday—Crock Pot Pork Tacos
  • October 14 Wednesday—Italian Sub Soup
  • October 15 Thursday—Leftovers & pumpkin bread
  • October 16 Friday—Pasta Carbonara, Fruit Salad
  • October 17 Saturday—Homemade Pizza, Salad with Homemade Vinaigrette
  • October 18 Sunday—Turkey Breast in Crock Pot, Rhodes Rolls  (I just put the thawed turkey breast (bone in) in the crockpot overnight on low and let it cook until the next afternoon.  You can salt it or add a little stock but you really don’t need to do ANYthing.  Just cook it plain and it’ll be delicious the next day!  Do this on Saturday night for a Sunday meal!

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Week 5

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Download the Lenten Study here.

 

March Newsletter Goodies

April Meal Plan

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Download this printable here.

February Newsletter Goodies

March Meal Plan

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Welcome, friends!! I’m so thankful for you and hope these goodies make you smile!

January 2015 Newsletter Goodies

Get a downloadable copy of the printable here.

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I hope this menu helps you in your quest to feed the troops!   I don’t always cook them all and almost NEVER in this exact order, but it gives me a place to start.  Cooking for your family is one of the loving things you can do for them.  Some seasons are harder than others, so don’t beat yourself up.  Make one more homemade meal than you did last month.  Try to enjoy the process.  Wear a cute apron, drink a glass a wine, turn on some good music.  Cooking tasty food is such a great way to love your neighbor!

February Meal Plan

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December Newsletter Goodies

 

Get this printable by clicking here!

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January Meal Plan

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  • Jan  5—Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas
  • Jan 6—Homemade Pizza (Try our new flavor with pesto, spicy eye-talian sausage, feta, spinach and sun dried tomatoes—SO GOOD!)
  • Jan  7—Broiled Salmon, Salad with Lemon-Mint Vinaigrette, and Lemon Roasted Potatoes
  • Jan 8—Dutch Babies (these are DIVINE!), Quiche Lorraine, Homemade Petro’s for dinner using this chili
  •  Jan 9—Baked Potato Bar (Wrap large potatoes in aluminum foil, adding salt, pepper, and a pat of butter before you wrap them up.  Bake at 400 for 1 hour, 45 minutes.  Serve with leftover chili, chives (don’t forego the chives!!), cheddar cheese, bacon bits, sour cream, and butter.  I usually make a salad and bread to serve alongside.
  • Jan 10—Lemon and Garlic Roasted Chicken with Root Vegetables (will use leftover chicken for Thursday)
  • Jan 11—Italian Sloppy Joes served on italian bread

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November Newsletter Goodies

 

This is my November gift to you—a free download of my ebook on Hospitality.  I hope it inspires and encourages you this week as you gather with your people for Thanksgiving.  Mucho love to you!!

—-for the pdf download here

—-for the digital (epub) version download here.

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The pdf link will automatically open onto your computer’s browser.

To access the digital file, download the epub file to your computer’s desktop.  Open iTunes and click on the ‘Books’ tab.  Click and drag the epub version of the book into the ‘Books’ section of iTunes.  Plug your mobile device into your computer and sync the book with your device.

If you have trouble with this step, email me at ediewadsworth(at)mac(dot)com.  I can make a short tutorial if necessary!  Or, if you’re like me, go find your 12 year old and they’ll do it for you 🙂

 

A Litany of Thanksgiving by Bill Cwirla

P: Holy and most gracious Father in heaven, your mercies shower down upon us new each and every day, without any merit or worthiness on our part; and so we pause this day to render thanks and praise to You for the vast abundance of your gifts:

For Your holy Church and holy ministry, for the preaching of the good news of Jesus Christ, for the regenerating and renewing washing of Holy Baptism, for the Supper of our Savior’s body and blood, for His absolving words of forgiveness,
C: We give you thanks, O Lord.

P: For the Holy Spirit and your holy Word, for steadfast faith in Christ, for the full pardon for our sins, for the freedom of life in the kingdom of Your Son, for the promised inheritance of eternal life,
C: We give you thanks, O Lord.

P: For the gift of salvation; for Christ’s incarnation, His perfect obedience under the Law, His sacrificial suffering and death, His resurrection and ascension to the right hand of Majesty, and for His gracious reign over all things for our justification and eternal blessing,
C: We give you thanks, O Lord.

P: For the wondrous gifts of creation, for the beauty of earth and sky, mountains and sea, for rain and sunshine in their season, for the harvest of the land, for farmers who tend the soil; for seed to the sower, daily bread on our tables, for wine that gladdens our hearts, for meat and grain, and for all the lavish richness of your bounteous table,
C: We give you thanks, O Lord.

P: For our bodies and souls, eyes, ears, and all our members, our reason and our senses, and for continual provision and protection,
C: We give you thanks, O Lord.

P: For clothing and shoes, food and drink, house and home, husband, wife, children, land, animals and all the riches of your generous hand that support this body and life of ours,
C: We give you thanks, O Lord.

P: For defending us from all danger, guarding and protecting us from all evil, for the gifts of government, for the freedoms of worship and speech and assembly, for soldiers who bear the sword to defend us, for policemen, firemen, and emergency workers, for doctors and dentists, nurses and hygienists, for those who care for the poor, the dying, the aging, the homeless, the hurting and the helpless,
, C: We give you thanks, O Lord.

P: For home and family, for parents and children, for the company of friends and family, for congregation and community, and for all with whom we share the joys and sorrows of this life anticipating with joy the life that is to come,
C: We give you thanks, O Lord.

P: For artists and musicians, writers and poets, for craftsmen and builders, for those who shape wood and metal and fabric and clay, for the beauty of text and tune, color and light, and for all who adorn our lives with laughter, song, and beauty,
C: We give you thanks, O Lord.

P: For teachers and schools and all places of learning, for laborers and mechanics, for those who plan and those who build, for scientists and researchers, for engineers and architects,
C: We give you thanks, O Lord.

P: For every good and perfect gift which comes down from above, which You daily and richly provide us purely out of fatherly goodness and mercy without any merit or worthiness on our part,
C: We give you thanks, O Lord.

P: Thanksgiving, honor, praise, majesty, dominion, power and glory be to You, O Father, through your Son Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

October Newsletter Goodies

 

  • Here’s the link to the introduction for my book.  You can print it out if you’d like but please don’t copy or share on social media.  Thank you!
  • The printable for this month is one of my favorite quotes!

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Click here to download!  You can have this printed or print it yourself on card stock and then frame it OR use cute washi tape to hang it anywhere you want.

If you want a version with the cute border, just click here.

 

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The November Meal Plan:

 

  • Monday, November 3—Balsamic Pork Tenderloin , Cooked Apples, Roasted Brussel Sprouts (just drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper, roast at 400 for 40 min then drizzle with a little maple syrup!)
  • Tuesday, November 4—Quiche Lorraine and Farmer’s Salad  (For the salad, I use spinach, apples, and celery, then make an apple vinaigrette by cooking a few pieces of bacon, removing them and using the bacon fat (~2T), 1 T. dijon mustard, 3 T. apple cider vinegar, a splash of apple juice or apple cider, 1/2 cup olive oil, salt, pepper and 2 T. honey—this is my FAVORITE salad of all time in the history of ever. Sprinkle the salad with the bacon you just cooked and if you’re having it for lunch one day without the quiche, add a fried egg on top!)
  • Wednesday, November 5—Latin Beef Stew
  • Thursday, November 6—Leftovers, (Use beef or pork leftovers from yesterday to make simple beef tacos and serve with salad and cilantro lime vinaigrette)
  • Friday, November 7—Homemade Pizza (we made a new flavor this weekend with pesto, spicy eye-talian sausage, feta, spinach and sun dried tomatoes—SO GOOD!)
  • Saturday, November 8—Roasted Butternut Bisque with leftover pizza (a surprisingly awesome combination!) recipe to follow this week!
  • Sunday, November 9—Rocky Top Chili  (Make a full batch and use leftovers for baked potato bar tomorrow!)

Week 2

  • Monday, November 10—Baked Potato Bar (Wrap large potatoes in aluminum foil, adding salt, pepper, and a pat of butter before you wrap them up.  Bake at 400 for 1 hour, 45 minutes.  Serve with leftover chili, chives (don’t forego the chives!!), cheddar cheese, bacon bits, sour cream, and butter.  I usually make a salad and bread to serve alongside.
  • Tuesday, November 11—Pumpkin Chipotle Soup with barley and chicken
  • Wednesday, November 12—Skinny Italian Meatballs, served on pasta or italian bread
  • Thursday, November 13—Leftovers plus Salad of mixed baby greens, gorgonzola and pomegranate seeds
  • Friday, November 14—Crock Pot Chipotle Burritos (use the leftover chipotle from Tuesday!)
  • Saturday, November 15—Onion Bisque Soup with Cheese Toast Floaters (recipe coming!)
  • Sunday, November 16—Colossal Club Sandwiches and all the leftover soups from the week!

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Week 4 (Thanksgiving Week!)

  • Monday, November 24—Creamy Mushroom Soup 
  • Tuesday, November 25—Rotisserie Chicken salad with Homemade Caesar dressing
  • Wednesday, November 26—Shrimp Fried Rice (I like something totally un-Thanksgiving-like and this recipe is awesome!)
  • Thursday, November 27—(posted separately, later this month!)
  • Friday, November 28—Leek and Potato Soup, Turkey Pesto paninis (recipe coming!)
  • Saturday, November 29—Turkey salad  (I do a version of this recipe, adding interesting leftovers from Thanksgiving!)
  • Sunday, November 30th Take the day off and let somebody else worry about the food!!!

MY NEWSLETTER SPONSOR:

 

This newsletter  is generously sponsored by my YL. I am into natural choices for my family, and this is the main way I help boost our immune systems and alleviate lots of minor aches, pains, and injuries.  Read more about how we are using them everyday! My Young Living essential oils are also my newest business venture, and the oils are so well loved that they sponsor my blog!!! Thank you, friends!  Enroll by clicking here.

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September Newsletter Goodies

First I’ve got a printable bookmark that has a prayer I wrote for the home on it.  Then, there’s an October menu plan and below that, there’s some links to products I’m loving lately!  Save this link somewhere or save the email so you can get back to it when you need it.  Someone also had the great idea of starting a new board called October Cooking on Pinterest and pinning the recipes to your own board.  That way you have access to them without having to find this page again.  Hope you enjoy all the goodies!

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I created this prayer for the home for a talk I gave this year and I’m making it available as a printable bookmark.  Click here to download it as a pdf!  You could print it yourself on cardstock or send it the printer near you and even have if laminated.  Make plenty to share with friends!

Also, I hope you get some good ideas from this month’s online meal plan, even you if don’t cook them in order (I NEVER DO!) and even if you’ll only use a few of them!

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Week 3

  • October 13 Monday—Shrimp and Grits
  • October 14 Tuesday—Crock Pot Pork Tacos
  • October 15 Wednesday—Italian Sub Soup
  • October 16 Thursday—Leftovers
  • October 17 Friday—Pasta Carbonara, Fruit Salad
  • October 18 Saturday—Homemade Pizza, Salad with Homemade Vinaigrette
  • October 19 Sunday—Turkey Breast in Crock Pot, Rhodes Rolls  (I just put the thawed turkey breast (bone in) in the crockpot overnight on low and let it cook until the next afternoon.  You can salt it or add a little stock but you really don’t need to do ANYthing.  Just cook it plain and it’ll be delicious the next day!  Do this on Saturday night for a Sunday meal!

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Hair and Makeup and Fashion Goodies I’m Loving Right Now!

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Makeup  (used all these products for above makeup)

Hair (for short hair, I’m addicted to Whippy Cake’s hair videos!)

  • Big Sexy Play Dirty, spray wax (I’ve used this for years but now I must live and die by it!)
  • Spoil Me (new product to me on Whippy’s recommendation and  I could only find it on Amazon. GREAT stuff for restyling 2-4 day hair
  • Dry Shampoo, great for next day hair, been using it for a while
  • Shine spray, LOVE!
  • Volumizer for fine hair

Fashion

  • Palazzo pants are my new house pants.  LOVE THEM!!!
  • Floral Dresses, would be great with a vest or a long sweater and booties
  • Booties, I’m loving these!
  • Booties, I don’t have these but I LOVE THEM!  Some day!
  • Booties,  these are all SO cute and get great reviews.
  • Frye Boots, Hurry! Because some of these sizes are HALF OFF Right now!!

Read my post about Stitch Fix here for more fashion ideas!