Your Ideas and Suggestions

[Maurine Stettler]

Done! Used this for the July 2011 challenge. Thanks for the suggestion, Marnie...

Originally Posted by marnie

I'd love to see a starter kit from your "Berry Bliss" kit. I love the colors, the flowers, and the cute little bird!

[kcarlsen]

Hi Maurine,
Ok this one has been on my mind. How about a theme of anything & everything CHOCOLATE! That could be reallllly fun & yummy!
-kcarlsen (Katrina Carlsen)

[makeyesup]

Katrina,

You've nailed just what I think is the best idea. Can never get enough Chocolate recipes, they are my downfall. Think Maurine knows that.

Originally Posted by kcarlsen

Hi Maurine,
Ok this one has been on my mind. How about a theme of anything & everything CHOCOLATE! That could be reallllly fun & yummy!
-kcarlsen (Katrina Carlsen)

[kcarlsen]

My downfall too... but that's not going to stop me :-)

[Maurine Stettler]

You ladies are funny! I'm totally cool with doing chocolate again. That was actually the very first challenge I did -- but our participant group was MUCH smaller then. I'd love to see what everyone comes up with the 2nd time around. Won't be in August for sure, but I've got it on my list...

[marnie]

Oh yeah, c-h-o-c-o-l-a-t-e!!!

[bcalberti]

if you're talking chocolate - I would have to advocate for my favorite treat - cheesecake recipes.

[Maurine Stettler]

Done -- August 2011. Thanks for posting this idea!

Originally Posted by anita_d

i'd love to see preserving the bounty recipes - canning (water bath or pressure), freezing, drying - i.e., jams, jellys, pickles, chuntneys, relishes, sauces, etc. etc.

[Maurine Stettler]

Done-- well, at least the "canning" part -- August 2011. Thanks for all your great ideas!

Originally Posted by kcarlsen

Oh yes, so many great ideas! I too like the idea of dishes from other countries; tie that with family recipes going back to the "old" country (where ever that may be).
Canning recipes would be great too! Like Pickles, Jams, Tomatoes, Salsas and others too!
Can't forget the Desserts. "Life is uncertain, eat dessert first!"

Maybe make a kit that has canning supplies; canning jars; jams, pickles etc. Might also be cute with some gingham style??
Whatever you come up with will be cute!

[craftmomma]

How about freezer meals--things that can be cooked in bulk ahead of time and pulled out for a quick meal on busy nights.

[marnie]

Since Christmas will be here before we know it, what about "gift jars," you know, recipes in a jar. You decorate a pint/or quart jar lid, put the dry ingredients in the jar, add a cute tag with the recipe directions (recipient adds the "wet" ingredients)...you can also do the same thing with small jelly jars if you want to make homemade jelly for the jars, add some yummy crackers, or if your friend owns a bread machine add a prepackaged bread mix ...depending upon how elaborate you want to go...get a cute wooden basket for all of it, add a small bread board, a decorative knife, nice coffee cup, etc...

Just an idea.

[momsmarts]

How about recipes that use Thanksgiving leftovers?

[Maurine Stettler]

Will do this in November 2011 ~ thanks for the suggestion!

Originally Posted by momsmarts

How about recipes that use Thanksgiving leftovers?

[Maurine Stettler]

Done in December 2011...

Originally Posted by marnie

Since Christmas will be here before we know it, what about "gift jars," you know, recipes in a jar. You decorate a pint/or quart jar lid, put the dry ingredients in the jar, add a cute tag with the recipe directions (recipient adds the "wet" ingredients)...you can also do the same thing with small jelly jars if you want to make homemade jelly for the jars, add some yummy crackers, or if your friend owns a bread machine add a prepackaged bread mix ...depending upon how elaborate you want to go...get a cute wooden basket for all of it, add a small bread board, a decorative knife, nice coffee cup, etc...

Just an idea.

[njacobson]

So once I started thinking about it I had lots and lots of ideas. Here's what I've come up with.

I like the breakfast food idea and think your Hodge Podge color palette would work well.

And I was thinking we should do a month of chocolate recipes with your Neapolitan Mint color palette. I see that's been requested too. Mm, I have to perfect Mint Cheesecake Brownie recipe to share.

I think you've done soups before but maybe we could do it again with a winter pallete.

I'd also like to do breads and rolls.

And a kids' favorites done in elementary colors or back to school color would be fun.

Game-time snacks like for rivalry game or Super Bowl or March Madness parties.

Drinks like smoothies, juices, cocoas, and ciders.

[Maurine Stettler]

Lots of great ideas -- guess we'll have to keep this going for quite a few months to come! : )

Originally Posted by njacobson

So once I started thinking about it I had lots and lots of ideas. Here's what I've come up with.

I like the breakfast food idea and think your Hodge Podge color palette would work well.

And I was thinking we should do a month of chocolate recipes with your Neapolitan Mint color palette. I see that's been requested too. Mm, I have to perfect Mint Cheesecake Brownie recipe to share.

I think you've done soups before but maybe we could do it again with a winter pallete.

I'd also like to do breads and rolls.

And a kids' favorites done in elementary colors or back to school color would be fun.

Game-time snacks like for rivalry game or Super Bowl or March Madness parties.

Drinks like smoothies, juices, cocoas, and ciders.

[Maurine Stettler]

Done in January 2012 -- well, at least the breakfast part! Thanks for the ideas!

Originally Posted by Doris C

Here's my suggestions:
One Dish Wonders
Salads
Coffee or Tea?
Semi Homemade
What's For Breakfast?

[Maurine Stettler]

Done in January 2012 -- thanks for the suggestion!

Originally Posted by jennyj

I'm really loving Breakfast foods lately...sounds like a good category...if you haven't done that one yet.

[Maurine Stettler]

Doing the breakfast suggestion for January 2012. The HodgePodge colors would have been great -- hopefully you'll like what I used instead...

Originally Posted by njacobson

So once I started thinking about it I had lots and lots of ideas. Here's what I've come up with.

I like the breakfast food idea and think your Hodge Podge color palette would work well.

And I was thinking we should do a month of chocolate recipes with your Neapolitan Mint color palette. I see that's been requested too. Mm, I have to perfect Mint Cheesecake Brownie recipe to share.

I think you've done soups before but maybe we could do it again with a winter pallete.

I'd also like to do breads and rolls.

And a kids' favorites done in elementary colors or back to school color would be fun.

Game-time snacks like for rivalry game or Super Bowl or March Madness parties.

Drinks like smoothies, juices, cocoas, and ciders.

[griest]

I would love to see a superbowl/tailgaiting/the big game type challenge with all the wings, dips, etc. that usually go along with this! Yummy!