My Monthly Mingle

Yes, I have finally decided on hosting a monthly event with varying themes (thanks to Cate of Sweetnicks for her help and advice on this!)

I love entertaining and with this virtual mingle I'd like to invite you over to my place for a bit of fun, story telling and hopefully a lot of laughter.

The theme and deadline to my "Monthly Mingle" will be announced on the same weekend of the round-up (normally the first weekend of the following month). This deadline is only the specific date the actual theme ends on and the date you should send me your entry by. It is not the date you must post your entry on your blogs.

This mingle should be fun and flexible. So, don't stress yourself! If you are cooking up something in your kitchen and think this could be an entry to the actual theme, then send it over.

Here’s how it works:

1. Create a dish that fits the respective theme as described in each announcement
2. Post about it on your blog during the relevant deadline (entries must be in English, please).
3. Your creation must exclusively be prepared for the current Monthly Mingle theme and cannot be submitted to any other blog event.
4. You must provide a link to this post and/or the announcement post and send the details to me or the guest host (see below).

Once you’ve posted your dish, please fill the form below to send me your entries.

I will do the round-up on the first weekend after the deadline. If I should be traveling, ill or have limited time, I will find a substitute who will be kind enough to host the event or inform you of a delay.

I hope I have thought of everything. I know I am the typical fretting hostess, but enough of all the fretting and let's get on to the party!

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The Previous Mingles:

1. Football's Coming Home.
2. Big On Barbecue.
3. Beat The Heat.
4. Holiday Cuisine.
5. Take Two.
6. Give Thanks.
7. Sweet Love
8. Savory Cakes
9. Arabian Nights
10. Spring is in the Air
11. Big Birthday Bang
12. Scream For Ice Cream
13. Earth Food
14. Liquid Dreams
15. Traditional Feasts
16. Drop In & Decorate
17. Comfort Food
18. One-Dish Dinners
19. Spring Fruit Sensations
20. Bollywood Cooking
21. Appetizers & Hors d'oeuvres
22. Mango Mania
23. Grill it!
24. Fruit & Chocolate
25. Sensational Sides
26. Coffee and Tea
27. Low-Sugar Treats
28. World of Spiced Cookies
29. Healthy Family Dinners
30. Carribean Cooking
31. Kids' Lunches
32. Spring Cakes

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Monthly Mingle Guest-Host Calendars
This is the Monthly Mingle event calendar for all the guest-hosts hosting the Monthly Mingle. Keep track of the MM and make sure you never miss it ;-).

If you are interesting in hosting the Monthly Mingle in one of the open months, please drop me an email at: blogmeeta[AT]gmail[DOT]com. Look forward to hearing from you!

Calendar 2009

Month	Guest Host/Location	Theme	Roundup
January	Michelle What's Cooking Blog	Healthy Family Dinners	Healthy Family Dinners Roundup
February	Meeta What's For Lunch, Honey?	Caribbean Cooking	Carribean Cooking Roundup
March	Srivalli  Cooking 4 All Seasons	Kid's Lunches	Kids' Lunches Roundup
April	Meeta What's For Lunch, Honey?	Spring Cakes	Spring cakes Roundup
May	Nags Edible Garden	Ravishing Rice
June	Jenny All Things Edible	Mexican Fiesta
July	Hillary Chew On That	To be announced
August	Bee & Jai Jugalbandi	To be announced
September	Aparna  My Diverse Kitchen	To be announced
October	Meeta What's For Lunch, Honey?	To be announced
November	Sunshinemom Tongueticklers	To be announced
December	Meeta What's For Lunch, Honey?	To be announced

Calendar 2008

Month	Guest Host/Location	Theme	Roundup
February	Meeta What's For Lunch, Honey?	One-Dish Dinners	One-Dish Dinners Roundup
March	Abby Eat The Right Stuff	Spring Fruit Sensations	Spring Fruit Sensations Roundup
April	Meeta What's For Lunch, Honey?	Bollywood Cooking	Bollywood Cooking Roundup
May	Mansi Fun and Food	Appetizers & Hors D'oeuvres	Appetizers & Hors d'oeuvres Roundup
June	Meeta What's For Lunch, Honey?	Mango Mania	Mango Mania Roundup
July	Sig Live To Eat	Grill It!	Grill It Roundup
August	Meeta What's For Lunch, Honey?	Fruit & Chocolate	Fruit & Chocolate Roundup
September	Ruth Ruth's Kitchen Experiments	Sensational Sides	Sensational Sides Roundup
October	Meeta What's For Lunch, Honey?	Tea & Coffee	Coffee & Tea Roundup
November	The DT Team The Daily Tiffin	Low-Sugar Treats	Low-Sugar Treats Roundup
December	Meeta What's For Lunch, Honey?	World of Spice Cookies	Spiced Cookies

For our guest hosts I have also created a Google calendar, which you can use to your advantage for reminders etc. Once we have set up the dates I will add your event to the Google calendar and send you an invite to sign up for it.