Our winner this month is Eryn. Eryn talks about how
the 30 Day Gourmet manual inspired her to start
freezer cooking. This inspiration lead her to cook
with a group of people from her church every month
with the help of the Advantage Cooking Software.
I just read your
newsletter and I was hit with the sudden desire
to write and tell you how much 30 Day Gourmet
has meant to me lately.
I have done several bouts
of OAMC, but never got into a routine. We have
4 children under the age of 6, (and number 5 on
the way), we own a small business, and we are
very active in our church. I love to cook, but
I hate throwing stuff in a pot and calling it
dinner. (My family isn't very fond of that
either!) I knew that for the sake of money, and
the sake of my sanity I had to discipline myself
and just start doing it...but I still wouldn't
do it. Then...
I found your book, (used,
on the internet) so I purchased it on a whim.
Then I checked out your website. Hmmm... the
wheels started turning. Behold, I came across
the free 30 day trial for the advantage cooking
software... Ding. Ding Ding Ding I swear my
husband saw smoke billowing out of my head. So
I downloaded the FREE trial. I mean really, who
can say no to free?
That was all it took. I
still will not discipline myself to do it. So,
I enlisted ladies at my church. I decided that
I would do it if other people were counting on
me. So now, at the beginning of the month I put
out "menus" of about 6 recipes to choose from.
Each person can pick up to 2 of each recipe.
And they MUST have their choices into me 1 1/2
weeks before the scheduled cooking date. I do
the shopping, and deliver some ingredients to
some ladies to do prep work, and do some
myself. Then on the set day, we gather to read
our bibles, pray, and cook, cook, cook! No one
really gets a whole months worth of food, but we
have a lovely day that is so well organized
thanks to the Advantage cooking software.
Everyone has loved the
recipes, and now we are looking forward to
having to divide the groups because there is so
much interest!
I just had to say thank
you. I never would have gotten myself going,
and now not only am I completely blessed by
having meals that I can serve my family, (and
enjoy because no one is complaining) but other
women that I love and care about are being
blessed as well.
Oh, and we have decided to
make extra meals to keep for our meal ministry
(we typically do a weeks worth of dinners when a
baby is born, someone has surgery etc.) So now
we will be able to help out even more when those
hard times in life come up.
Thank you so much,
Eryn
Thanks for the sharing this great story with us!
So, how do you
make 30 Day Gourmet work for you? How do you use it
to help you deal with a challenge in your life? How
do you use it to help others? Do you have a funny
cooking story to share? Email me at
carol@30daygourmet.com or post your story on
the
Cook's Corner message board to be entered
in our contest.
