Welcome to Our New Hosts
Glad2bemommy ~ Born in September 2007
CadenJames062503 ~ Born in September 2007
Hostess with the Mostess
RandiRed
Thank you for being such a supportive host for your board members and for taking the time to check in with us on the Community Leaders Forum!
*If you would like to nominate someone to be Host of the month, please submit to Chelly, who you would like to nominate and why. Don't forget to leave your name as well, so we can give proper credit. You may only submit one nomination per month. Should we have more than 1 nomination per month, we will choose one. If your person is not chosen, we will keep the nomination for the following month. We are also entitled to nominate one person per month.
** Keep up the great work ladies!!
Points and Prizes
If you don't know what I am talking about you can check it out here (
http://pointsandprizes.com/). Our hosts receive points for their newsletter check ins, so please include your P&P username when you reply to this thread.
Events and Holidays
Month:
Bingo Month
Write a Friend Month
Daily Events:
1 World Aids Awareness Day
2 Eat a Red Apple Day
2 National Pie Day
3 National Roof over Your Head Day
3 National Fritters Day
4 Santas' List Day
4 Wear Brown Shoes Day
5 Bathtub Party Day
5 Repeal Day
6 St. Nicholas Day
6 Mitten Tree Day
6 Put on your own Shoes Day
7 International Civil Aviation Day
7 Letter Writing Day
7 Pearl Harbor Day
7 National Cotton Candy Day
8 National Brownie Day
8 Take it in the Ear Day
9 Christmas Card Day
9 International Children's Day
9 National Pastry Day
10 Human Rights Day
11 National Noodle Ring Day
12 National Ding-a-Ling Day
12 Poinsettia Day
13 Ice Cream Day
13 Violin Day
14 National Bouillabaisse Day
15 Bill of Rights Day
15 National Lemon Cupcake Day
16 National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
17 National Maple Syrup Day
18 Bake Cookies Day
18 National Roast Suckling Pig Day
19 Look for an Evergreen Day
19 Oatmeal Muffin Day
20 Eid-Ul-Adha - date varies
21 Forefather's Day
20 Go Caroling Day
21 Humbug Day
21 National Flashlight Day
21 Look on the Bright Side Day
22 National Date Nut Bread Day
23 Roots Day
24 National Egg Nog Day
25 Christmas Day
25 National Pumpkin Pie Day for recipes
26 Boxing Day
27 Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day
27 National Fruitcake Day
28 Card Playing Day
28 National Chocolate Day
29 Pepper Pot Day
30 National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
31 Make Up Your Mind Day
31 New Year's Eve
31 Unlucky Day
**If you have birthdays, anniversaries or other events you would like listed please let Chelly know by the 25th of the Month for inclusion in the following months newsletter!
There was no recipe of the month winner for November, but we have a Christmas Recipe compliments of Rachael Ray Recipes:
Christmas Pasta
Serves 4
Ingredients
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
1/4 pound pancetta, thick-cut, chopped into small bits
1/2 pound bulk hot Italian sausage
1 pound combined ground beef, pork and veal
1 medium carrot, peeled and finely chopped
1 rib celery, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup good quality dry red wine
1 cup prepared beef stock, packaged in a box container or canned
2 cans chunky style crushed tomatoes (32 ounces each)
A handful of flat leaf parsley leaves, chopped
1/4 teaspoon allspice or cinnamon (a couple of pinches)
Coarse salt and black pepper
2 pounds penne rigate, cooked to al dente
Grated Pecorino Romano cheese, as an accompaniment
Fresh, crusty bread, for mopping
PreparationHeat a deep pot over medium-high heat. Add oil, garlic, bay leaf and pancetta bits and brown for one minute. Add meats and brown and crumble them for five minutes.
Chop carrot, celery and onions near the stove and add to the pot as you work. Cook vegetables with meat for five minutes and add wine. Cook for one minute; add stock and tomatoes to the pot.
Stir in parsley, allspice or cinnamon and season sauce with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring sauce to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and cook 10-15 minutes minimum before serving. Reheated sauce only improves.
Toss pasta (cook only as much pasta as you need at the time: half a pound for every three people) with a couple of ladles of sauce to coat, then top bowl with extra sauce. Top pasta with lots of cheese and pass bread at the table.
The sauce will cover up to two pounds of pasta.
If you would like to earn 1000 P&P points, just dig out that winning recipe and submit it for the next contest at Cooking Smart's Recipe Contest (
http://talk.sheknows.com/forumdisplay.php?f=760) and you too could have your winning entry posted all over the forums in all the newsletters along with all those lovely points.
Also, don't forget to take a look at Cooking Smart. They have tons of boards and lots of recipes for you to check out. So have a look around (
http://talk.sheknows.com/forumdisplay.php?f=607)
Questions and Comments
**Remember - all you have to do is send me a question about anything, and we'll answer it in our next newsletter!
JAB's Admin Team
CD ~ Chelly~
joshiesmommy@earthlink.net
ACD ~ heavensabove~
raymae_16@hotmail.com
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