Lindsey Shantz, Customer Service Specialist

	Lindsey comes alive when she can combine her loves of writing, cooking, photography, and family. She and her husband, Tim, own Corner Woods farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. She adores a good cookbook and creates them for her own family. In addition to being a Customer Service Specialist for TakeThemAMeal.com and PerfectPotluck.com, she is mom to two beautiful children.
Recent Blog Entries By Lindsey Shantz: How to Care Well for Widowed Friends How-To: DIY Homemade Hot, Wintry Drinks 5 Delightful Kitchen Gifts for the Holidays Thanksgiving Recipe for a Small Gathering 5 Ways to Lighten Your Friend's Load Single-Serve Food Ideas for Safer Gatherings Hope for the Caregiver 4 Garden-Fresh Recipes for Summer My Kind of Summer Fun Family Recipes to Make Outside Tips to Take a Meal on Short Notice What to Cook in Quarantine: Our Most Requested Recipes Tips to Take A Meal Safely Coordinator Guide: When Plans Change We Can Help How To Provide Meaningful Support Our Top 10 Etiquette Guidelines for Taking a Meal How-To: DIY Homemade Hot, Wintry Drinks Our 10 Favorite Gifts of 2019 How GriefShare Can Help During the Holidays (and year-round) Send Love in the Form of Cookie Dough + Recipe Grieving, Gratefulness and Grace Tips for a Successful Meal Swap with Friends 6 Unusual Ways to Help From a Distance Fresh Strawberry Recipes You'll Love Piece of Cake: Easy Planning for Baby & Bridal Showers How to Plan an A+ Teacher Appreciation Week Deliver a Good Morning with Homemade Granola 7 Powerful Ways to Simplify Your Church Meal Ministry Our 7 Favorite Gifts of 2018 5 Favorite Fall Recipes 12 Perfect Potluck Themes to Share with Friends 5 Ways to Help During a Natural Disaster 3 Blue Ribbon Chicken Recipes 5 Ideas to Brighten a Family's Summer The Most Important Tip for Your Outdoor Party Shoofly Pie from a Prized Shenandoah Valley Collection of Recipes Tis the Season for Asparagus and Family Memories Caring for Yourself as you Care for Others Hummingbird Cake, a true Southern classic Breakfast Pizza (plus tips to involve kids in the kitchen)

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Adina & Maureen

Welcome! We're thrilled you stopped by. Our own joys and sorrows have taught us that a well-timed meal delivered by a friend is one of the best gifts imaginable. In this space, we share our favorite recipes to take to friends, meal-taking tips, and other ways to care for those who are dear to you.

Helpful Posts

• Top 13 Ministry Meals
• Meaningful Items in a Difficult Time
• 10 Tips for Taking Meals to Friends with Cancer
• Top 10 Freezer Meals to Take to Others
• When Taking Meals Isn't Your Thing
• 10 Easy Meal Ideas

Recent Posts...

• Meaningful Ways to Give Flowers  (5/4/2021)
• Our Engraved Spoons are Now Available!  (4/29/2021)
• Ways to Help Before a Hospital Stay  (4/20/2021)
• An Inside Look at TakeThemAMeal.com  (4/13/2021)
• Taking Healthy, Budget-Friendly Meals  (4/6/2021)
• The Art of the 'Happy'  (3/30/2021)
• Don't Forget the Pets!  (3/23/2021)

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