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Meal Planning Made Simple. What’s On Your Dinner Menu?

By on August 3, 2011 in Making Dinner

Sesame Baked Chicken.  That’s what on the dinner menu tonight for subscribers to The Organized Cook; where family meal planning is made simple.

Sesame Baked Chicken from The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System

Reincarnate The Leftover

What’s even better about this dinner is the leftovers.  What we’ll do tonight while cooking this dinner is make twice as much rice as we’ll need and a few extra chicken thighs.  We’ll store them separately in containers in the refrigerator.

Then, later on in the week when we’re in a pinch for time….

Chinese Chicken Salad from The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System

Chinese Chicken Salad from The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System

Need help planning and organizing your family dinners for the week?  Let The Organized Cook do it for you.

The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System

 

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Lemonade Stand: Family Summer Bucket List #3

By on August 2, 2011 in Busy Mom Living The Dream

News from our Family Summer Bucket List:  Have a lemonade stand.

And, not just any lemonade stand.

With fresh-squeezed lemonade sweetened with agave nectar, lemon gumballs, pink lemonade cupcakes and popsicles, plus a great last-minute idea on what to do with all those empty lemon peels, this was a day to remember.

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

the girls got to invite a friend over for a lemonade stand play date

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

fresh squeezed lemonade sweetened with agave nectar

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

empty lemon peels- they're so pretty I couldn't just toss them

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

after dragging our italian ice machine out with an extension cord and some lemon berry-flavored jello water, we had snow cones

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

lemonade snow cone, anyone?

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

Pink Lemonade Mini Cupcakes- use white cake mix and substitute water with pink lemonade

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

iced with lemon frosting and pink sugar sprinkles

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

lemonade gumballs from HomeGoods

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

pink lemonade popsicles

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

all the cute lemonade stand supplies came from the dollar bins at Target

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

 

Have A Lemonade Stand

What you will need:

Lemonade:

  1. fresh lemons
  2. agave nectar
  3. ice & waterLemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

Cupcakes:

  1. white cake mix
  2. pink lemonade mix
  3. lemon frosting
  4. pink sugar sprinkles

Popsicles:

  1. pink lemonade (made from mix above)
  2. popsicle sticks or toothpicks with popsicle mold or ice-cube mold

Snow Cones:

  1. ice
  2. lemon berry-flavored jello to make jello water
  3. snow cone or italian ice machine

Free Lemonade Stand Printables from Toni Spilsbury:

Lemonade Stand by Toni Spilsbury, The Organized Cook

 

 

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Manic Monday Giveaway: The Organized Cook Coobook Is Finally Here!

By on August 1, 2011 in Giveaways and Promotions

We have a winner of this week’s giveaway of a signed copy of The Organized Cook cookbook now before it hits bookstores on September 13th, 2011.  Thank you Darla Woods for entering our giveaway both on Facebook and here on my website- congratulations!

Not a winner?  You can still get my book online now for $16.99 and stay tuned for upcoming August specials for discounts on purchases of two or more books and the opportunity to have books purchased for gifts personally signed to your gift recipient.  Order now!

 

This past week has been a whirlwind of events due to the long-awaited release of my first book, “The Organized Cook”.  What a long and stormy road it can be to publish a book, especially if you’ve never traveled the path before.

The Organized Cook Cookbook

To celebrate it’s arrival, this week’s Manic Monday Giveaway winner will be among the first to receive a copy before it hits bookstores.

I’ll make is simple: just visit our Facebook page and leave a comment, or leave a comment below- if you do both, that’s two entries into the giveaway.The Organized Cook Cookbook

Get Your Copy of The Organized Cook Cookbook Before The Bookstores!

We have a limited number of pre-released copies of The Organized Cook Cookbook available now for only $16.99.  If you want to be the first of your friends to own a copy, you can order now directly from our website.  And, the first 100 copies sold will be signed by Toni Spilsbury, The Organized Cook.  Order Now!

 

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