Our June winner is Ellen F. from Pleasanton, California:

Hi, there. I just bought your 30 Day Gourmet Freezer cookbook and have really been enjoying it. I love that you show all the different yields so I can try out a recipe before doing a major batch of something.

A good friend's mother took a fall recently. In her late eighties, this had quite an effect on her ability to comfortably prepare dinner for herself and her husband. I was about to spend half a day cooking up some chicken dishes to have on hand for my freezer, so I included a few extras for her. When we went to visit, we brought her chicken burritos, a chicken pot pie, chicken cacciatore, coq au vin, a broccoli quiche, a quart of homemade vegetable soup and a bag full of frozen homemade French toast for their breakfasts. She was overjoyed and kept saying "No one has ever done this for me before!" Her son and I agreed she probably enjoyed all that prepared food far more than any other gift he could have brought her! She got another batch at Christmas with a bit more variety since I had time to plan ahead. I made a variety of burritos, some sliced beef and gravy, and slow roasted chicken cut into serving pieces and flash frozen. Now she's had some further health problems and I just offered to do another cooking session for her.