A to Z Recipes Newsletter

Good morning and welcome to your Sunday edition of A to Z Recipes Newsletter.

I mentioned in the last issue that I was going to be taking some time away from publishing. Certainly those of you who work full time and have children at home can appreciate the time and effort it takes to do both. Regarding A to Z, I have been able to streamline things a bit; an issue only takes a few hours to post, but the work leading up to posting (editing recipes, finding things of interest to publish, etc.) is very time consuming. And I don't do as well as I'd like at anything nowadays. So, I need to spend some time with my family, and maybe do nothing for a couple of hours. At work, we've lost another full-time employee, which means working more hours over the next month or two. Rather than provide a newsletter that is below par, I'll take a break. I haven't taken a break like this since I started doing A to Z many years ago so I'm overdue. If I become bored senseless, or find something I think you can't live without, I might just drop you a quickie. You might even find a recipe or two tucked into an email.

Even though I may not be posting newsletters for a little while, your recipes for daily issues are still needed, as well as the current Monthly Theme topic: "Lighten Up" (recipes that contain less fat and calories, and are more heart healthy). That Monthly Theme issue will be posted on February 10th (deadline is the end of this month). I will be checking my inboxes daily and hope to have some recipes to post when I resume the issues. I will also drop in on the QT Forum as often as possible. Feel free to peek in for the latest recipes and friendly chat.

This may be the last issue for a little while but it is certainly long on great recipes. Who knows? Maybe I'll get time to actually cook some of these while I am away from you here. Since we're accepting recipe reviews now, maybe I'll cook and share some with you when I return. My thanks to the following who helped with today's terrific issue on "Promised Recipes". Some long-lost submitters joined in, and you'll see some new ones. Welcome to all.

Treva, Knoxville, TN
Mary S., Nashville, TN
Roslyn, IL
Jim, WA State
Patricia, Charlevoix, MI
Shirley, WA State
Mary H., Montreal, Canada
Sharon W., Battle Ground, IN
Jessica, Corfu, Greece
Kim, Round Rock, TX
Larry Holmes, Ontario, Canada
Leasa, IA
Larry, Spring Hill, TN
Lou, FL
Linda H., Rosharon, TX
Pat, Minden, NV
Nancy F., Sacramento, CA

While I prefer a newsletter that is one click away, I'm going for second best by offering it to you in two clicks. You may view Wednesday's issue on the web site with one more click or you can cut and paste this in your address line: http://www.a2zrecipes.net/01062008.html.

Today's A to Z Recipes Newsletter

We'll see you here again in February for the next theme issue (if not sooner), God willing.

Maggie