The Homegrown Gourmet Cooks For Everyone!

FINALLY...after a year and a half; the first cookbook is done and printed and ready to go! "The homegrown Gourmet Cooks for the Vegan" will be ready in about six weeks...just in time for Earth Day, 09 (May 2nd). Copies of "The Homegrown Gourmet Cooks for Everyone" will be available in Dr. Matt Herba's office at 158 Tuskawilla Road, Suite 1308, Winter Springs, FL 32708 or you can call and reserve a copy at 407-327-9000. I will be dropping off books there first thing in the morning (March 15th).

For the out of town friends; please contact me through my email jill@thehomegrowngourmet.com or you may call my cell. For those who need my cell phone number; drop me an email and I'll provide it for you in a more private forum.

The cost of the book is $15.99 plus shipping and handling ($3.99)

For Get Green Organics members; the cookbook will NOT be listed on the GGO website at this time. You will need to purchase directly from me. There WILL be a new book exclusively for GGO very shortly (within the next 6 weeks). The book will feature recipes created with foods available from the Co-op. You guys all know how wonderful our raw goat milk cheeses and Amish butter are so you can just imagine the YUMMY things that can be made from them! The book is due out by May 2nd as well and will be called, "The Get Green Organics Table" by S. Jill Anderson/The Homegrown Gourmet. That book WILL be available through the co-op order window.

I am very excited to finally be doing what I love to do! I hope everyone enjoys the recipes and gives me lots of feedback. If you have requests of old favorites that you would like adapted to a healthier way of cooking; please email them to me and I will see what I can do with them.

Please accept my apologies for letting the blog fall by the wayside for the last few weeks. It has been bedlam getting that book off the ground. Now it starts ALL OVER AGAIN! I look forward to some commentary and discussions from all my friends. You tell ME what you want to know about organic cooking and I'll do my best to help you out.

Until next time...have a healthy and happy week!

EARTH DAY.........May 2nd, 2009 @ Lake Eola Park, Orlando FL.
Taste of Oviedo..... ???????????? (the jury is still out on whether of not I'm going so I'll let you
know once I make a decision)

check out the latest article on http://www.ezine.com/ "The Incredible Hulk Smoothie"

Jill Anderson
The Homegrown Gourmet
Executive Chef, Get Green Organics

Thanks!

Hey, I'd just like to give a shout out to all my friends who have been reading my blog posts and emailing me! This is something I've always wanted to do and you guys are great. Please feel free to post your comments here so all the readers can enjoy them!

I have a couple of exciting events on the radar! This Friday, Feb. 27th, I'll be speaking and answering questions at the Winter Springs Rotary Club meeting! I am really looking forward to that.

Coming up in Mid-March, you'll be able to visit us at The Homegrown Gourmet's booth at the Winter Springs Mardi-Gras. I will post the exact dates when I get all the info. I will also be donating an appetizer to the dignitaries lounge....GOTTA LOVE THE ADVERTISING THERE!

I am considering doing a booth at the Taste of Oviedo in April but the jury is still out on that one.

It looks as though we didn't take enough of a beating at Central Florida Veg Fest back in October! We have decided to do a booth at the Orlando Earth Expo in April. It will be another joint effort between Get Green Organics Inc. (for which I am executive/consulting chef) and my own company, The Homegrown Gourmet! The rules are the same...all Vegan food. I've got a little time to work on a brand new Spring Menu for this festival. Turnout is expected to be around 20,000 (twice the amount of Veg Fest!). Yes...I know what I'm going to be asked...there WILL be The Homegrown Gourmet's now FAMOUS Vegan Cupcakes! I have a brand new one to introduce....Key Lime! Yes...we WILL have our equally famous "crack tea" (so named because people can't seem to stop drinking it!). I know we'll work our behinds off...as usual but it's all good! Hopefully, by then I WILL be bringing hard copies of my Vegan cookbook! "The Homegrown Gourmet Cooks For The Vegan"

Also on the radar screen is taping two podcasts tomorrow. I will post the URL and times when I get them! I'll be featuring one simple, quick and nutritious recipe in each podcast.

We DOOOOO have our sights on a local cable network cooking show! We've already been in contact with a producer (whom I have worked with in the past on other projects) and he feels it would be a huge success! Now I just need to find SPONSORS!

Right now, I'm a little crazy with plans and publishing and writing scripts for the new youtube series, which we SHOULD be filming next weekend...hopefully. I will need to film six episodes in two days so there is a lot of planning going into that. We are getting better at it though!

I have NOT forgotten about the new article on hydrogenated oils! My fingers are SMOKIN' right now because I have SO many things to type! Look for the new article either by the end of this week or beginning of next week.

Remember, there are several ways you can contact me and I love to get your questions and comments!

Use the blog!
Email me at jill@thehomegrowngourmet.com
Visit my website at www.thehomegrowngourmet.com
Contact me through www.getgreenorganics.com
Call me at 407-610-9513

Until next time....Health and Happiness to all!