{"product_id":"feeding-a-crowd-without-losing-your-mind","title":"Honey, We've Got People to Feed E-book","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Most Wonderful (and Exhausting) Time of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI love the holidays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI love the decorations, the excitement, the traditions, the food, the family, and the absolute chaos that comes with having a house full of people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut do you know what I don’t love?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpending $600 at the grocery store, cooking for three days, cleaning the kitchen fourteen times, and finally sitting down to eat when everyone else is already asking what’s for dessert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’ve ever cooked Thanksgiving dinner while someone stood directly behind you asking when the rolls would be ready, this book is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’ve ever planned a beautiful Christmas dinner only to realize you forgot to take the ham out of the refrigerator, this book is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if you’ve ever locked yourself in the PANTRY for five minutes of peace while the rest of the family argued over who ate the last deviled egg, welcome. You’re my kind of people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m a mom of 12  kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat means I’ve spent a whole lot of years feeding a whole lot of mouths. I’ve cooked holiday meals for crowds, stretched grocery budgets, made too much food, made not enough food, forgotten ingredients, burned things, and learned a few tricks along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere’s what I’ve figured out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou do not have to exhaust yourself to give your family a wonderful holiday.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead that again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomewhere along the way, we started acting like the success of Thanksgiving depends on whether we make seven side dishes from scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr that Christmas isn’t magical unless Mom has been awake since 4 a.m. making homemade cinnamon rolls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListen, if homemade cinnamon rolls are your thing, go right ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut if they’re not? Buy the cinnamon rolls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody is going to call the Christmas police.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe holidays are supposed to be about being together. Not about one person spending the entire day cooking, cleaning, serving, and missing everything happening in the living room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, we’re going to talk about how to feed a crowd without spending a fortune, losing your patience, or missing your own holiday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe’re going to make menus that actually work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe’re going to plan ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe’re going to use shortcuts without feeling guilty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe’re going to talk about feeding picky eaters, managing leftovers, and making enough food for the unexpected people who always seem to show up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd we’re going to figure out how to get everybody fed while still having time to enjoy the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause after raising 12 kids, here’s one thing I know for sure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour family might forget what side dishes you served in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey might not remember whether the mashed potatoes were homemade or instant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut they’ll remember sitting around the table laughing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey’ll remember the traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey’ll remember the noise, the stories, and the feeling of being home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd they will absolutely remember the year somebody dropped the entire pumpkin pie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo pour yourself a cup of coffee, grab a notebook, and let’s get these holidays under control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe’ve got a crowd to feed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd we’re not losing our minds doing it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Wendiplus12\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WendiPlus12","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923563807005,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0279\/1758\/2409\/files\/0A3A5490-9A42-4014-B153-EC7209773EF6.png?v=1793569487","url":"https:\/\/wendiplus12.com\/products\/feeding-a-crowd-without-losing-your-mind","provider":"WendiPlus12","version":"1.0","type":"link"}