Here's what's cooking...

Most of you already know that I've been immensely blessed to be a part of a recipe blog called Mennonite Girls Can Cook. Lovella Shellenberg started it back in June 2008 and I was invited to be a part of it in July that same year.


The 10 gals who contribute to the blog are as follows:
back row, L to R: Judy, Marg, Lovella
centre row, L to R: Julie, Betty Anneliese, Bev (that's me)
front row, centre to L: Ellen, Kathy Charlotte

These gals have become my very good friends through the blog and through our daily chat via the internet. We not only share our recipes with our readers but we share our everyday lives, our joys and our prayer concerns with each other. I can't describe the love and support I receive from these dear friends.

The MGCC blog has taken off and as of this month we are getting around 3600 hits per day totalling more than a million since we started. It's been alot of fun sharing recipes and we appreciate each person who follows our blog.

We've had some of our readers ask if we were going to do a cookbook.

Well the news is out (check today's post on the MGCC blog) that the cookbook is in editing right now.

We'd dreamed of doing a cookbook based on the blog but agreed that it would only happen if a publisher came to us. This happened earlier this year and since then we have been busy - cooking, tasting and tweaking; then cooking again. Then we had to take pictures of what we cooked and often our families and friends had to wait until the perfect photo had been taken. And then there was the recording and writing and rewriting. Now the manuscript is in the hands of the editors.

Although several of us knew each other prior to the blog, we did not all meet together in person until last month and that was because we had a cookbook contract to sign. We spent 3 wonderful days together doing what women friends do - eat. laugh, cry and talk.

The picture above shows us all toasting the signing of the cookbook contract.

So that's what's been cooking around here and we think it's reason to celebrate!!
The cookbook is due out in May and you can read the news release and pre-order a cookbook by going to the Mennonite Herald Press website at: http://store.mpn.net/productdetails.cfm?PC=1624 Any proceeds realized from the cookbook will go to an MCC project dedicated to feeding hungry children.