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It’s Family Reunion and Summer Planning Time!

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June seems to be one of the busiest months for families. It also is the gateway to summer family reunions, picnics and vacations.

Planning Ahead
If you are using your family cookbooks as part of a celebration, either a family reunion, Mother’s Day gift, Christmas gift, wedding favor, or other specific event, it is important that you plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to have your cookbooks printed and shipped for the event.

Family Cookbooks uses the latest in high speed digital printing to produce your family heirlooms. Generally it takes 2-3 weeks to get the files ready for the presses, print, bind and package to ship directly to you. However, during our busiest seasons – right before Mother’s Day and Christmas – it can take much longer.

Another thing to consider is shipping. We use UPS and USPS to ship our family cookbooks all over the USA and Canada. Shipping can take an additional week to have your cookbooks reach you.

Since personalized family cookbooks can make such great Christmas gifts, editors rush to get their print orders submitted in November in order to receive them in time for Christmas time gift giving. Normally, we have a November 30th deadline for delivery in time for Christmas. Save yourself (and us) the danger of not having your cookbooks ready and submit your holiday cookbook orders in October and beat the November rush.

When setting your deadline for recipe contributions, leave enough time for you to review all of the recipes and finalize formatting before you can submit your order for printing. In just 2-3 weeks, your cookbooks should be in your hands!

Wedding Season!

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There is no better way to get wedding guests involved prior to the event than asking them to contribute recipes for a wedding cookbook. Once the recipes are preserved online, they can be shared with other family members by email, individual printed recipes or provide a valuable lasting gift for attendees at the wedding reception.

“I just received our box of ‘Jake and Julia’s Friends and Family Cookbooks’ today! They turned out fabulous! I am so pleased, and so excited to give it to them at their wedding! Thanks so much for the wonderful website! This was just what we wanted, and we received such a great response from our family members who contributed.”
–Rita Flatz, Jake and Julia’s Friends and Family Cookbooks

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Holiday Cookbook Printing Deadlines

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Christmas CookiesThe holidays are right around the corner and family cookbooks make a great gift for family and friends – and it is the busiest time for Family Cookbook Project in terms of printing cookbooks for families.

If you plan to have your cookbooks printed by us and received by Christmas, the deadline to order and make payment is Monday, November 30th. There will be an extended deadline, but expedited shipping will be required. Let us know if we can help!

If you need your family cookbook for Hanukkah, the print deadline is Monday, November 16th.

So get your contributors to submit their final recipes and start reviewing everything to get your cookbook ready to print before the holiday deadline to have a wonderful family heirloom to share for generations.

April Showers Bring May Flowers – and Mothers’ Day Cookbooks!

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This is a great time of year. It’s rainy, it’s sunny, it’s warm, it’s cold. We are all getting excited for new growth and fun get-togethers outside.

Mothers’ Day Deadline

Mother’s Day is coming quickly – May 10th – and it also is one of the best times to have your family cookbook published. If you are planning on having your cookbook ready for Mothers’ Day, you’ll need to get your print orders in by Wednesday April 22nd in order to receive them on time for gifts.

Wedding season is coming, too! How about a family & friends cookbook for a shower or bridal party gift?
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Getting Ready for Family Reunions

If your family has an annual family reunion in the summer, now is the time to get people contributing to your family cookbook. A cookbook is a great way to get family members excited about getting together – and what family reunion did not feature mountains of mouth watering food and family recipes!
If you don’t want to get people contributing before-hand, use the event to collect email address and get family members eager to contribute their best recipes.

Tricks and Treats for Your Cookbook

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Fall Pumpkins

It’s Halloween time! Remember to add fun
tricks and treats to your cookbook!

As we prepare for the holiday season, many family cookbook editors are working to finalize their projects in order to give as gifts this year. Cookbooks must be submitted for printing before the deadline of Friday, November 1st to receive your cookbooks by Thanksgiving. Saturday, November 30th is the deadline to guarantee delivery without expedited shipping before the Christmas holiday.

So now is the time to contact all of your contributors with your reminder tool and tell them to enter their recipes now before it is too late. We recommend using a recipe submission deadline of October 15th in order to give you time to review the recipes, make sure all of the extra spaces are removed and words are spelled correctly, and still have time to place your order before the printing deadline.

Family cookbooks make wonderful gifts for family and friends alike. The effort you put into your cookbook now will pay off for your entire family for years to come.

Great Cookbook Accessories!

Need a nice cookbook holder for the kitchen? How about a really nice 3-ring binder for when you print on your own? Check out our Cookbook Accessories Shop and see all the fun things we have!
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Featured Recipe from the Database

The Great Family Cookbook Project has over 500,000 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!

This recipe for Halloween Party Punch, by Micki Clark, is from The Clark Family Cookbook, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. Give this recipe a try and if you do, be sure to rate it on our site!

Halloween Party Punch Recipe

Contributor: Micki Clark
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Category: Appetizers & Beverages
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Ingredients:
1 3oz. pkg orange gelatin
2 c. boiling water
1 6oz can orange juice concentrate
1 46 oz. can unsweetened pineapple juice
1 qrt. ginger ale

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Directions:
Dissolve gelatin in boiling water.

Mix orange juice with three cans of water and add to gelatin mixture.

Add pineapple juice and chill.

Add ginger ale just before serving. Makes 30 1/2 cup servings
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What They Are Saying

“I’m so excited! I’ve always wanted to put our family recipes into a cookbook and I finally did it! We’ll be giving them out at the rehearsal dinner. I used the site to create our “Recipes from the Heart” and just sent it to the printer today. This website was so easy to use and the support you get is fabulous. I encourage any of you that want to record your family recipes for our future generations, please try them out… Seriousy, an awesome website. (can you tell how happy I am that it’s done?)”
–Terry Mozer, Recipes from the Heart

“I have never written a testimonial for a computer program so this will be my first! I can’t say enough how wonderful this program is, and how easy it is to use. I started with what I thought was going to be a “small” project. Once I got started, I found it so easy to use, that I expanded the project to include my whole family, including four generations and over 700 recipes. The book is truly wonderful and I appreciate the ease of the program, and the wonderful support from you when I needed to have a question answered. Thanks to this program, our generations of favorite family recipes are in print forever. I will recommend it to everyone. Thanks again for your wonderful program.”
–Rosella Alfermann, FROM GRANDMA TO MOM TO ME

Read more great testimonials here!
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It’s the Dog Days of Summer!

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“Behind Every Recipe You Love
is a Story You Want to Share!”

It’s August – the Dog Days of Summer!
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It’s August. It’s hot! But fall and the holidays are going to come quicker than you think. You still have plenty of time to get your cookbook ready for Thanksgiving get-togethers. Just remember, it will take us 2-3 weeks to print and get your cookbooks to you. So plan to finish up by the first few days of November. That’s just 10 weeks away.

Right now is the perfect time to get everyone involved – and print your book for the holidays!

Add to the Story

Our feeling at Family Cookbook is “Behind every recipe you love is a story you want to share!” And we have added an awesome new feature to your cookbook! Every recipe has always offered a personal notes/comments field for a contributor when they add it to the cookbook – so they can tell their story about the recipe.

New! We have added an “Add to the Story” button on all recipes – so any contributor you have can add their own comments and stories to someone’s recipe. As editor, you can even have these stories added to the printed cookbook!

Check it out on any of your recipes!

Get Our App for Your Phone!

Get the Family Cookbook Recipes App for iPhone and Android! You don’t always have to have a printed cookbook to use your recipes – you can always access them from the web on any PC, Mac or iPad with a nice larger screen. But what about your phone? Well, we have an app for that! Here are links to get the one for your phone:

iPhone App here
Android App here

Great Cookbook Accessories!

Need a nice cookbook holder for the kitchen? How about a really nice 3-ring binder for when you print on your own? Check out our Cookbook Accessories Shop and see all the fun things we have!

Start Your Own Cookbook!

If you had this email forwarded and would like to create your own cookbook, start by clicking this link – have fun!

Bill Rice and Chip Lowell
Publishers
Family Cookbook Project
Cookbook Blog
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Featured Recipe from the Database
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The Great Family Cookbook Project has over 500,000 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!

This recipe for BBQ Chicken Pizza with Cauliflower Crust, by Kelcey Heman, is from The O’Neil Family Cookbook Project, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. Give this recipe a try and if you do, be sure to rate it on our site!
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BBQ Chicken Pizza with Cauliflower Crust

Contributor: Kelcey Heman
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Category: Main Courses
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Ingredients:
1 head of cauliflower
3 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
½ cup grated Parmesan
1 egg
1 teaspoon oregano
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup barbeque sauce
¾ red onion sliced
½ cup red sauce
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Directions:
1. Break cauliflower into small florets and place pieces in food processor. Blend until it looks like snow.
2. Heat in microwave for 5 minutes on HIGH. Let cauliflower cool.
3. While the cauliflower is cooling, sauté chicken in skillet with a bit of olive oil, just until cooked.
4. Mix chicken with 1/2 cup of barbeque sauce. Set aside.
5. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
6. Then strain using a fine strainer or kitchen cloth, squeeze all of the water out of the cauliflower.
7. Mix drained cauliflower, 1 ½ cup of mozzarella cheese, Parmesan, egg,
and seasonings.
8. Press mixture onto baking sheet in ¼ in layer. Bake for 12 minutes
9. Take out crust and spread red sauce on top. Cover with chicken, red onion, and cheese (in that order).
10. Drizzle the rest of the BBQ sauce on top of the pizza.
11. Bake the pizza again for maximum 8­-10 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.

Welcome to Our Cookbook Forum!

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The forum area of FamilyCookbookProject.com and CookbookFundraiser.com is for your use!  Share ideas, food, and help others with their cookbook projects.  We’ll be moving our blog here shortly, too, so all our messaging can be in just one spot.

Enter the forums by clicking the menu up top, or click here

One thing to note:  our forums can have folks from all over, not just current cookbook users.  So, you need to create a user account to post and comment on the forum or blog.

Have fun!

Holiday Recipe Book and Cookbook Printing

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Happy November 2nd!
(well, it’s a not a holiday, but have fun anyway!)

As we prepare for the holiday season, many family cookbook editors are working to finalize their projects in order to give as gifts this year. Cookbooks must be submitted for printing by Saturday, November 30th to guarantee delivery without expedited shipping before the Christmas holiday.

So now is the time to contact all of your contributors with your reminder tool and tell them to enter their recipes now before it is too late. We recommend using a recipe submission deadline of November 15th in order to give you time to review the recipes, make sure all of the extra spaces are removed and words are spelled correctly, and still have time to place your order before the printing deadline.

Family cookbooks make wonderful gifts for family and friends alike. The effort you put into your cookbook now will pay off for your entire family for years to come.

Get Our iPhone or Android App
Announcing our new App for iPhone and Android! You don’t always have to have a printed cookbook to use your recipes – you can always access them from the web on any PC, Mac or iPad with a nice larger screen. But what about your phone? Well, now we have an app for that! Here are links to get the one for your phone:
iPhone App here    Android App here

Check out our Cookbook Accessories Shop
Need a great extra to go along with your cookbooks – like a nice cookbook stand? Check out our Accessories Shop powered by Amazon!


Summer Cooking – Hot and Delicious!

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We hope you’re doing well, cooking yummy things and keeping cool.

It’s August 2013. It’s hot! But fall and the holidays are going to come quicker than you think. You still have plenty of time to get your cookbook ready for Thanksgiving get-togethers. Just remember, it will take us 2-3 weeks to print and get your cookbooks to you. So plan to finish up by the first few days of November. That’s just 13 weeks away.

Right now is the perfect time to get everyone involved – and print your book for the holidays!

Great Cookbook Accessories!
Need a nice cookbook holder for the kitchen? How about a really nice 3-ring binder for when you print on your own? Check out our Cookbook Accessories Shop and see all the fun things we have!

-Chip Lowell and Bill Rice
Family Cookbook Co-Publishers

Featured recipe from the database

The Great Family Cookbook Project has surpassed 500,000 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 for a fun summer party:

This recipe for Party Punch, by Shannon Gilliland, is from The Nash Family Cookbook. Search for more great recipes here from over 350,000 in our family cookbooks!

Party Punch Recipe

Contributor:    Shannon Gilliland

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Category:

Appetizers & Beverages
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Ingredients:

3 Cups Orange Juice
2 Cups Pineapple Juice
2 Cups Sugar
1 Quart Lemonade
1 Quart Water
1 Quart Ginger Ale
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Directions:

Mix all ingredients together and cool.
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Number Of Servings:    24

Have a great end to Summer!

Chip Lowell is Co-Publisher of the Great Family Cookbook Project, a website that helps families and individuals collect and share food memories. Follow us on Facebook and Pinterest!

Family Reunion Activity Planning Time

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It’s 2013 Family Reunion and Summer party time!

If your family has an annual family reunion in the summer, now is the time to get people contributing to your family cookbook. A cookbook is a great way to get family members excited about getting together – and what family reunion doesn’t feature mountains of mouth watering food and family recipes!

Just a note: make sure to allow 2-3 weeks for printing and delivery. If you have a tight time crunch, let us know and we’ll see what we can do to help!

Featured recipe from the database

The Great Family Cookbook Project has surpassed 400,000 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 recipe search function to see what’s available – lots of good eats!

Here is a recipe we tried recently for a fun appetizer:

Sizzlin’ Party Mix Recipe

Contributor: Shelley Cummins

Category: Appetizers & Beverages

Ingredients:

Wheat Chex Cereal
Corn Chex Cereal
Butter
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish (any variety)
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Pretzels (or other pretzels)
Cajun Spices (any brand) or Spicy Seasoning Salt
Worcestershire Sauce
Peanuts
Cashews (optional), etc.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350º

In large, deep oven roaster, melt 1 stick of butter (the butter will melt quickly).

Once the butter is melted, add several tablespoons of Worcestershire and several tablespoons of Cajun or Spicy Seasoning Salt right into the melted butter.

Stir butter mixture to combine seasonings and Worcestershire.

Add in about 1/2 box of each type of cereal.

Add pretzels, goldfish and peanuts/cashews.

Stir to coat evenly.

Cook in oven for about :30 minutes, but continue to stir mixture every few minutes so that the coating is evenly distributed.

When coating is very dry on all of the cereal and other ingredients, take out of the oven (about :30 minutes). Line containers with a paper towel, then store party mix in containers or Holiday tins.

Editors Ideas – how to keep your contributors motivated

Remember – summer reunions are coming before we know it. When you do get together in the coming months, bring a printed recipe or two from your cookbook and hand them out. Let folks know that you plan to print the book in June or July – and get all their email addresses so you can add them to your book. Have fun!

Make Some Green with Your Cookbook – Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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If you are creating a fundraising cookbook at CookbookFundraiser.com, you already know that cookbooks can make your favorite cause some green!  But, you can also have your family cookbook sold on Amazon.com and profit from sharing all of your favorite recipes! All it takes is an ISBN number and bar code added before printing and you can get it listed on Amazon. You set up an account and sell directly to your customers. Simply add our Sellers Package for only $137 when you place your printing order.  You can also use our free ecommerce site at OurCookbooks.com to list your book and sell your cookbook, too.  Make money for yourself – or even help a charity or friend in need.

“Received the Callahan Family Cookbook today! It looks wonderful! I am so pleased with the results! Can’t wait to share it with the family! You were just wonderful to work with and I am so appreciative of all the help you provided in this project! I will be recommending you to all of my friends as they have been waiting for the results! Top notch operation!”
–Sandi Hoffman, The Callahan Family Cookbook

“We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons.”–Alfred E. Newman

“When I go to a restaurant, I always ask for a chicken and an egg, to see which comes first.”
–Unknown

St. Patrick’s Day is coming March 17th.  Is there a Pot o’ Yummy Cookbooks at the end of your rainbow?  Check out the upcoming dates to ensure delivery!


Mother’s Day is coming quickly – May 12th – and it also is one of the best times to have your family cookbook published. Family cookbooks make a great Mother’s Day gift both for the mothers in our lives and even from a mother to her children.

Wedding season is coming, too!  How about a family & friends cookbook for a shower or bridal party gift?

Summer and family reunion time is just 3 short months from now. Remember, it may take a full 3 weeks to get your cookbooks at that time of year – so start today! Let folks know that you plan to print the book in the Summer – and get all their email addresses so you can add them to your book. Have fun!

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:

Corned Beef Sandwiches with Mustard Dressing
This recipe for Corned Beef Sandwiches with Mustard Dressing, by Edna Owen, is from Edna’s Clippings, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com.

Search for more great recipes here from over 400,000 in our family cookbooks!

Ingredients:

8 large slices rye bread
Prepared mustard
hinly sliced cooked corn beef
Thin slices cheddar cheese
Mustard dressing
Pimiento strips (optional)

Directions:

Spread bread with mustard, then cover with corned beef and overlapping cheese slices. Spread with dressing to within 1/2″ of edges. Put under broiler until dressing is bubbly and cheese is melted. Garnish with pimiento strips, if desired.

Mustard Dressing
Mix thoroughly 1 c mayonnaise, 3 tbsp prepared mustard, 1 tbsp prepared horseradish, 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce, 1/2 c well-drained pickle relish and a dash of hot pepper sauce.

Enjoy! 

Whether your creating a cookbook with our cookbook software at FamilyCookbookProject.com or a fund raising project at CookbookFundraiser.com we make it easy and fun!