Shopping List for Oct Prep

Below you'll find the link to a Google doc shopping list for the week of October 13. It covers the ingredients for the first two make ahead-meals for November. Don't forget to check the list of basic kitchen staples found here. You'll need some of these for Tuesday's recipes.

On Tuesday, I'll post how to make and freeze these meals for the busy days of PiBoIdMo. If you like, you can buy double the ingredients. You can make two batches: one to freeze for November, and one to eat now. If you do, you'll have to add the dairy items to your shopping list. I normally don't add the dairy to the soup until the day we eat it.

The numbers in [] indicate which day the food will be used. That way, if you have eliminated any items from the Master Menu, you'll be able to cross those groceries off the list.

Shopping Prep, Oct 13

Shopping List

Week of Oct. 13

Note: The numbers in [brackets] correspond to the dates on the meal planning calendar.

Canned Goods

5 cups chicken broth [3]

Produce

2 onions [3,5]

2 carrots [3]

2 heads of fresh broccoli (4 cups) [3]

garlic [3]

Meats

1.5 lbs Hamburger [5] (to make an extra meatloaf, buy 3 lbs)

*Only buy the dairy items if you are making some soup for now and another batch to freeze. Do not double.

Dairy

1 cup half and half [3]

1 cup shredded Gouda cheese [3]

1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese [3]

Day 3 Broccoli soup from Happy Money Saver

Day 5 My grandmother's basic meatloaf 

If you missed it, Here's
How To Starve During PiBoIdMo
How Not To Starve During PiBoIdMo

Make sense? Have questions? Contact me.

KidLitArt: Back From the Brink

Fans of Kidlitart and picture book creators, arise!  All is not lost.
Bonnie Adamson and Wendy Martin are taking a well-deserved working break.  But KidLitChats will continue on Twitter on Thursday nights, thanks to Lisa Thompson, a fellow SkADaMoer, who has accepted the temporary, unofficial mantle of keeper of the KidLitArt.

Thanks to Bonnie, Wendy,
Lisa, and Greg Matusic
for your dedication.

Illustrators/writers everywhere will be encouraging each other through a 6-month schedule from idea to submission.  Join the fun . . .work.  Did I say "fun"? Keep updated at Lisa's blog, my dog-eared sketchbook.  And don't forget to review all the valuable material on the original KidlitArt site.

If you're unofficially signed up, your first goal is to pick your project idea by January 13th.

Tweet Lisa by January 7 or check-in on her blog!

Picture Book Month

November has been declared Picture Book Month.   Dianne de Las Casas, along with Elizabeth Dulemba, Katie Davis, Tara Lazar, and Wendy Martin, have worked tirelessly to promote the health and well-being of the picture book.  Check out the why's and how's of picture book creation, dissect a picture book, borrow a stack from the library, or just read one to your favorite person.  Any way you celebrate, you can't lose when you dive into the pages of a picture book.

Read * Share * Celebrate!

Logo art by Joyce Wan

Here are a few more links to get you started:

Buy picture books.

Attend a workshop.

Network.

Read books on picture books.