Time for Holiday Cookbooks is Around the Corner

The holidays are just around the corner and this is also the busiest time of the year for cookbook printers. If you are looking to have your family cookbook printed in time for the holidays, the deadline to order your cookbook is Tuesday, November 30^th. Cookbooks are printed on a first come, first served basis, so the sooner you place your order, the better we all will be. We will still accept orders after the deadline, but you may need expedited shipping.

This looming deadline is also a great way to motivate your contributors to get moving. Use the Reminder Tool in your Editor Toolkit to send an email to all of your contributors and let them know it’s now or never.

Here is the text of an email Bill just sent to his family that you can use:

I want to thank everyone who has already contributed recipes for the Second Edition Donovan Cookbook. We are getting ready to go to print in time for Christmas so I need everyone to enter as many recipes as the can before our final deadline date of November 25^th.

Don’t be left out of what is sure to be a new family heirloom. Make sure your name is included in the list of contributors by logging in with the information below and adding a few more recipes to our already impressive collection.

After November 25^th the cookbook will be locked and no additional recipes will be accepted, so don’t delay – get online and enter them today.

Bill Rice
Editor
Donovan Family Cookbook, second edition

We have also launched a number of improvements for FamilyCookbookProject.com and CookbookFundraiser.com!

Be sure to check out:

• Under Photo tools new border styles and justification types
• Lines
• Drop shadows
• Photo album style corners
• Under Recipe Layouts, we've added free White Space Filler packages:
• Food Items
• Kitchen Items
• Four different familiar quotations!

These new tools make Family Cookbook Project the easiest way to create a personal cookbook on the Internet.
 

Featured recipe from the database

The Great Family Cookbook Project has a huge amount of public recipes in the system thanks to you! If you need a fun recipe idea that's not in your own cookbook, go to our home page and use the search function to see what's available - lots of good eats!

Here is a recipe we tried recently:

This recipe for Fantastic Lasagna, by Heather Ayres, is from Our Family Cookbook. Search for more great recipes here from over 250,000 in our family cookbooks!

Fantastic Lasagna Recipe

Contributor: Heather Ayres Category: Main Courses: Seafood, Poultry, Pasta and Casseroles Ethnicity (if any): Italian Ingredients: 1 lb. ground beef (can also use ground turkey or ground chicken) 3 c. spaghetti sauce of your choice 1 8oz. can of tomato sauce 3 c. ricotta cheese 1 egg slightly beaten 1/2 tsp. dried basil leaves 1/2 tsp. dried oregano leaves 1 pkg. oven ready lasagna noodles 16 ozs. (4 c.) shredded mozzarella 1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. pepper Directions: Heat oven to 375ºF. Cook meat in skillet and drain fat. Put in a bowl and add spaghetti sauce and tomato sauce. Set aside. In another bowl stir together ricotta cheese, egg, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper. In a 13x9x2 in. baking dish place 3/4 c. meat and sauce mixture. Cover the bottom and lay 3 pieces lasagna strips over sauce. Leave space from sides and each other as they will tend to expand slightly when cooked. Spread 3/4 c. ricotta cheese mixture over noodles. Then spread 3/4 c. sauce mixture over that. Sprinkle 1 c. mozzarella cheese over meat mixture. Repeat layering 1-2 more times. On the top of last layer sprinkle remaining cheese and Parmesan on top. Cover with foil and bake for 30 min. After 30 min. remove the foil and bake 10-15 more minutes. Let stand 5 min. before serving. Number Of Servings: Small squares 12 or large squares 6 Preparation Time: 35 min.

Editors Ideas - how to keep your contributors motivated

The holidays are here. Remember, it may take a full 3 weeks to get your cookbooks at this time of year - so start today! When you do get together in the coming weeks, bring a printed recipe or two from your cookbook and hand them out. Let folks know that you plan to print the book in November or December - and get all their email addresses so you can add them to your book. Have fun!

Famous Quotations

Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb,
you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?
--Julia Child

I went to a restaurant that serves ‘breakfast at any time’.
So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.
--Steven Wright