December Newsletter Ideas for Food Bloggers

December Newsletter Ideas for Food Bloggers

December is a busy month for food content creators and the last big push in Q4. There’s no shortage of email newsletter ideas for food bloggers and food content creators. People are looking for entertaining ideas, last minute tips and recipes, homemade gifts, ideas to keep kids busy and more!

There’s more than enough ideas to keep you busy with food inspired newsletter content for December. I think we could easily send out an email a day in December and still have lots of ideas left over.

But, if you’re struggling with ideas for your food newsletter or you’ve just got too many things on your mind to brainstorm content for your newsletter audience, I’ve got a wealth of suggestions for you.

Note that this year, Christmas and Hanukkah are in alignment.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2026

Hanukkah: evening of December 4th to the evening of December 12th

Christmas Eve: December 24th

Christmas Day: December 25th

Boxing Day and/or St. Stephens Day: December 26th is a statutory holiday in many countries outside of the US. It’s a popular day for shopping, televised sports and hosting open houses and drop-in gatherings.

Kwanzaa: December 26-January 1st

New Year’s Eve: December 31st

New Year’s Day: January 1st

ENTERTAINING

  • open houses, cocktail parties, dessert tables and buffets, brunches (another great buffet opportunity), Christmas dinner, skating parties, holiday light viewing walks and rides, New Year’s eve…
  • think about appetizers, desserts, drinks, items that can be made ahead of time (breakfast bakes and casseroles are very popular this year!)
  • entertaining on a budget
  • entertaining for different sized groups – from 3-4 people to big groups
  • recipes for festive drinks that can be made in large batches for a crowd (alcoholic and non-alcoholic options)

GIFTS FROM YOUR KITCHEN

  • recipes for spice mixes, hot cocoa mixes, soup mixes, cookie or pancake dry mixes (you can layer all of these in pretty glass jars)
  • cookie and bar swap or platter recipes
  • recipes for candied nuts, jams and jellies, chocolates and candies
  • tutorials on how to put together an attractive cookie or bar platter
  • templates to make your own gift tags or tutorials on how to decorate and wrap the jars of spice mix, hot cocoa etc.

KID FRIENDLY CONTENT

Lots of parents will have littles at home over the holidays and will be looking for things to keep them busy…

  • recipes kids can help with
  • cookie and bar decorating
  • homemade gifts from the kitchen kids can help with (assembling spice mixes, dry ingredients for soups or baking mixes, etc)

LEFTOVERS

  • recipes that use up leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables
  • create a “leftovers” charcuterie board or turn leftover appies into a fun dinner night.
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CONFIDENCE BOOSTER EMAIL

Ok this one is a bit different but hear me out. You could send an email to your list that has nothing to do with food. Everyone is stressed this time of year for a wide range of reasons.

Send an email reminding them they’ve got this! Offer up…

  • some relaxation or meditation techniques (going for a walk, some easy stretching, a relaxing activity that uses their hands like knitting or colouring, using a meditation app)
  • ways to cut corners while still having a fabulous holiday
  • sure fire, easy recipes that are impossible to screw up
  • how to combat loneliness – not everyone has family around at Christmas
  • ideas for giving back
  • something that reminds them it’s ok… it doesn’t have to be perfect!
  • some funny memes can also go a long way!

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDES

You can now share Amazon affiliate links in your emails (with proper disclosure) and, you can share a link to your Amazon affiliate shop (if you have one) or to blog posts that contain amazon affiliate links.

Don’t forget other affiliate programs you may belong to – share their links in your emails as well.

Last minute gift ideas and stocking stuffers are great gift guides to share in December.

NEW YEAR’S EVE

Plan to start dripping out your New Year’s even content just after Christmas. I strongly recommend having this content prepped and scheduled in advance. The week between Christmas and New Year’s seems to exist in an alternate reality where we lose track of dates and time. If you’re anything like me, you probably spend a lot of it in your PJs!

You don’t want to feel pressure to do some work but there is a limited time to get New Year’s content out so prepping and scheduling is the way to go!

SEASONAL FOODS

The next few months are a bit rough when it comes to seasonal foods but here’s what to look for:

  • root vegetables and squash
  • citrus fruits
  • pomegranates
  • kiwi
  • cranberries
  • winter greens (kale, cabbage, brussels sprouts, collard greens etc)

TAILOR YOUR DECEMBER NEWSLETTER CONTENT FOR YOUR EMAIL AUDIENCE

As always, these are ideas to help you brainstorm. Adapt them to fit your audience and your niche, which you know better than anyone else.

Remember that your email audience may be different from the audience that finds you through search.

Focus on what your newsletter subscribers respond to. If you have the data available in your newsletter marketing platform, look at which content they responded to this time last year. Then create newsletter content that’s a good fit. If your audience is mainly young singles, skip the kid content!

Now’s the time to get started. Plan out your December newsletter calendar and batch write your emails. Schedule them and you’re good to go!

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November Newsletter Ideas for Food Bloggers

November Newsletter Ideas for Food Bloggers

November brings us into the heart of Q4 and there is an wealth of email newsletter possibilities for food bloggers and food content creators as people are not only looking for Thanksgiving ideas but they’re also starting to prep for Christmas and other December holidays.

As I’ve mentioned in previous newsletter idea posts, a lot of food content creators up their email send frequency as we get into Q4 – especially if their audience is focused on baking or entertaining. It’s a great way to give your traffic an additional boost through the season where RPMs tend to be at their highest.

This month, don’t forget Black Friday/Cyber Monday!

If you have products – digital or physical – plan your promotions and the emails and social media content to go with them now!  Get it done and scheduled to make your life easier.

SEASONAL HOLIDAYS & IMPORTANT DATES:

Diwali: November 6-10 (main festivities on November 8, 2026)
Grey Cup (Canada): Nov 15 (2026)
American Thanksgiving: November 26 (2026)
Black Friday: November 27 (2026)
Cyber Monday: November 30 (2026)

AMERICAN THANKSGIVING:

  • Turkey: all things turkey – how to cook one, how to brine it, smoke it, air fry it, slow cook it, defrost it, stuff it, or cook it in the instant pot. Don’t forget leftovers for the week after Thanksgiving
  • Side Dishes: turkey’s great, but for many, it’s all about the side dishes. If you’re a niche blogger, dive in here with dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, keto-friendly etc
  • Dessert:  all things pumpkin and a lot of pie!
  • Turkey Alternatives: turkey isn’t for everyone. Vegans, vegetarians and small families are looking for other options
  • Friendsgiving: If you’ve got Chandler Bings in your life, you know what I’m talking about!
  • Leftovers: anything that helps use up leftovers and avoid food waste
  • Entertaining & Decor Ideas: y’all… pumpkin centerpieces are so flipping popular this year! Centrepieces, tableware and decor, cocktail presentation, appetizers, DIY tutorials etc

If you’re not American, you can start moving into Christmas and/or Hanukkah content. A lot content this time of year can double for Thanksgiving and the holidays: appetizers, sides, cocktails, baking etc.

SPORTS:

Thanksgiving is a big football holiday.  Pull out your game day recipes: snacks, dips, wings, finger foods, chili – all the favourites!

Canadian Grey Cup is also an underserved niche online – if you have a reasonably sized Canadian audience, this is another one to make note of.

**Don’t forget to add in vegetarian and vegan options as well as some alcohol-free beverages – all of these are continuing to grow in popularity and it’s rare to host a gathering these days that doesn’t include meat and alcohol-free guests!

COOKIES, BARS, CANDY AND FOOD GIFTS

There are things that everyone starts planning for early and they include:

  • their annual cookie platters
  • cookie swaps (bars are often included in these)
  • homemade gifts from the kitchen: candy, jarred baking and beverage mixes, jams, jellies and more
  • holiday baking: fruit cakes, bars, pies and other seasonal items that can be baked ahead of time

Start dripping out recipe content for these in November. I’d start the first week!

You can also do related email content:

  • how to host or plan a cookie swap
  • how to create a cookie platter to gift
  • how to create your own labels for jams and jellies or boxed candies
  • how to package food for gifting (or shipping!)
  • baking pantry checklists
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HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING

People start planning early! They are pinning content so make sure to include some easy “pin now” button in your emails for recipes they might like to save for later.

  • party prep
  • party ideas
  • decor
  • appetizers
  • cocktails
  • open houses and buffets

Think of ways you can put a spin on these for your audience:

  • budget-friendly
  • vegan or vegetarian
  • non-alcoholic
  • prep and make ahead
  • hosting gifts

NOVEMBER SEASONAL PRODUCE:

  • all the squashes!
  • root veggies: carrots, beets, potatoes, turnips, parsnips etc
  • kale and other hearty greens like swiss chard
  • Brussels sprouts
  • cranberries
  • pomegranates
  • citrus season begins
  • cabbage
  • apples and pears

TAILOR YOUR NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER CONTENT FOR YOUR EMAIL AUDIENCE

As always, these are ideas to help you brainstorm. Adapt them to fit your audience and your niche, which you know better than anyone else.

Remember that your email audience may be different from the audience that finds you through search.

Focus on what your newsletter subscribers respond to. If you have the data available in your newsletter marketing platform, look at which content they responded to this time last year. Then create newsletter content that’s a good fit. If your audience doesn’t care about sports, skip the sports content!

Now’s the time to get started. Plan out your November newsletter calendar and batch write your emails. Schedule them and you’re good to go!

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October Newsletter Ideas For Food Bloggers

October Newsletter Ideas For Food Bloggers

October is just the start of the busy holiday season. Work ahead with these October email newsletter ideas for food bloggers and food content creators.

October is when things really start to get busy for food bloggers and content creators and you will have no shortage of content ideas.

A lot of food content creators up their send email send frequency as we get into Q4 – especially if their audience is focused on baking or entertaining. This isn’t necessary – especially if you’re already emailing multiple times a week – but it is a great way to give your traffic an additional boost through the season where RPMs tend to be at their highest.

But, you’ll definitely want to plan for this. As we’ve talked about before, repurpose your older content in your emails – the more of it you have, the less work you’ll have to do! Work as far ahead as you’re able to – it will be less work in December!

SEASONAL HOLIDAYS

Canadian Thanksgiving: October 12th (2026)
Halloween: October 31st
Diwali: Nov 6-10 with the main festivities on November 8 (2026)

  • Canadian Thanksgiving is a huge food holiday so even if you’re an American content creator, it’s worth making mention of it – perhaps you could put together a mini guide of links to your most popular Thanksgiving content and pop it in one of your emails.
  • Halloween – more down below (it deserves it’s own section!)
  • Diwali runs from November 6-10th (2026) with the main festivities happening on November 8th. Mid October is a great time to start trickling out content if this is a good fit for you.
  • If you have digital products (ebooks, shopping lists, menu planners etc,) around preparing for any of the remaining holidays in the year  – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, or New Years now is the time to be actively promoting them to your list every week for the remainder of the year.

HALLOWEEN

Halloween content is becoming almost as big as Christmas and people are looking for a lot of fun ideas and activities – and they’re planning in advance! Halloween planning seems to happen earlier and earlier every year. I think you can safely start promoting your Halloween content in early October – earlier if your audience is looking for it!

This is a great time to flex your creative muscles with spooky content:

  • Pumpkin: It’s all things pumpkin from now until… well… the end of the year really! Don’t just focus on sweets. Remember savory applications, beverages and using up all the remains of the pumpkin to avoid waste and jack’o’lantern ideas
  • Party foods: the spookier, creepier and more fun, the better: Halloween charcuterie boards, anything with eyeballs in it (pasta, punch, brownies), ghoulish cocktails – let your imagination go to town, and fun baked goods that look like monsters and scary creatures!
  • Halloween with kids: this is a great time to get kids in the kitchen and people are looking for tutorials and easy, fun recipes kids will want to help with.
  • School treats: cupcakes, bars, cookies, alternatives to sweets, nut-free – if you can make them spooky that’s even better
  • Entertaining menus: horror movie night, pre-trick or treating fuel, trick or treating after parties, fireworks block parties, adults only costume parties, party goody bags, budget friendly ideas
  • Cakes: more and more Halloween cakes are showing up as showstoppers for a party
  • Leftover candy recipes… so much candy… 🤣

SPORTS

It’s tailgate season! Sports are in overdrive in the fall: hockey, college football, NFL, CFL, World Series baseball… that all adds up to a lot of game day weekends!

Pull out your game day recipes: snacks, dips, wings, finger foods, chili – all the favourites!

Canadians, don’t forget Grey Cup is in November – I know from my own food blogging days that a lot of people search specifically for Grey Cup recipe ideas and it’s an under-served niche.

**Don’t forget to add in vegetarian and vegan options as well as some alcohol-free beverages – all of these are continuing to grow in popularity and it’s rare to host a gathering these days that doesn’t include meat and alochol-free guests!

PIE SEASON

Some may not agree but I think pie season is the best season!

Apple, pear, pumpkin, pecan, sweet potato, mince… and don’t forget the savoury ones! There’s also tarts, galettes, lattice tops… can you tell I love pie?

With pie comes pastry so pull out your pastry tutorials and videos and includes those in your emails too.

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COMFORT FOOD

It’s full on comfort food season and comfort food email content always does well, regardless of your food niche.

  • casseroles
  • soups
  • hearty pasta dishes
  • roast dinners
  • breads, buns and biscuits
  • potato dishes
  • anything with melted, bubbly cheese

Think of ways you can put a spin on these for your audience:

  • budget-friendly
  • diet specific: gluten-free, dairy-free, keto, etc
  • meal planning and prepping, batch cooking
  • meat-free
  • easy, weeknight friendly, under 30 minutes, etc.

SEASONAL PRODUCE

Almost all the typical North American summer produce is finished by October and we’re heading into the season of root vegetables, squash, hardy greens and alliums (onions, garlic, leeks etc)

  • apples, crab apples, quince
  • pears
  • cranberries
  • pomegranates
  • carrots, parsnips, turnips, beets
  • winter squash, pumpkins
  • potatoes and sweet potatoes
  • Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower
  • leeks, onions, fresh garlic
  • kale, Swiss chard, cabbage

TAILOR YOUR OCTOBER NEWSLETTER CONTENT FOR YOUR EMAIL AUDIENCE

How you proceed with your emails for October will depend on your audience. You know them better than anyone else. Remember that your email audience may be different from the audience that finds you through search.

Focus on what your newsletter subscribers respond to. If you have the data available in your newsletter marketing platform, look at which content they responded to last fall. Then create newsletter content that’s a good fit. If your audience doesn’t care about sports, skip the sports content!

Now’s the time to get started. Plan out your October newsletter calendar and batch write your emails. Schedule them and you’re good to go!

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September Newsletter Ideas for Food Bloggers

September Newsletter Ideas for Food Bloggers

As we enter September, email newsletter content ideas are plentiful for food bloggers and food content creators. The hard part will be narrowing down your content for the next few months!

For most food bloggers and food content creators, September is the kick off to the busiest season of the year!

There’s no shortage of things to write about over the coming months. This is the time of year where food plays a crucial roll and everyone has a lot to do!

How can you start to make things easier for your most engaged audience members?

MAKE AN EMAIL CONTENT PLAN

There are so many ideas for email content over the next 4-5 months that it can be almost overwhelming. My best suggestion is to take a few moments to sit down and craft out a content plan to get you through early January. It will help alleviate some of the stress! If you need help, check out this post on planning out your email content (Step 4 is particularly helpful for this time of year.)

If you’ve been neglecting your newsletter subscribers, now is the time to show them some love. You want them to be interested and full of anticipation for how you’re going to help them get through the next four months as they head back to school or work, look forward to Thanksgiving and Halloween and start to plan their holiday season.

FOCUS ON YOUR EMAIL AUDIENCE

Remember that this list of ideas is meant to help kickstart your brainstorming. Choose topics that are obviously a good fit for your audience. But don’t shy away from other, less obvious, topics. Instead, look to see if there’s a way you can adapt them to fit your audience

For example: lunchbox ideas.These don’t just have to apply to school lunches. Adults head back to work after vacation. Budgets are still a little stressed this year so maybe more adults are brown bagging it or meal prepping to avoid waste. They need lunches too. Maybe they work from home and get too absorbed in their work to be bothered with lunch so meal prepping is ideal for them.

Your audience might be looking for budget friendly hacks or maybe they’re vegan, or don’t eat dairy or they follow a keto diet. Take the lunchbox idea and adapt it to fit your content and audience.

SEASONAL HOLIDAYS

Here are some holidays and significant content themes for September; for 2026, Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) runs from Sept 11-13, it’s officially PSL season and, of course, the kids are back in school! Looking to the future, Canadian Thanksgiving is October 12th

  • Back to School is always huge in September and remember that Labour Day is late this year so all kids will be back in class by September 8th. Read more on Back to School ideas below
  • Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown on Friday, September 11 and runs till sundown on Sunday, September 13th – there are multiple foods associated with this holiday and you will want to start sharing content in late September
  • pumpkin everything is going to be everywhere for the next 3-4 months – pace yourselves! 🤣 (and make sure to recycle your old pumpkin content in your emails!)
  • Canadians, start trickling out your Thanksgiving content in late September – people plan menus well in advance when they are hosting and entertaining.
  • Americans, don’t neglect your Canadian readers – Canadian Thanksgiving is second only to Christmas in terms of food prep and consumption (this is also where segmenting your email list by country can be super helpful!)
  • If you have digital products around preparing for Canadian Thanksgiving (ebooks, shopping lists, menu planners etc,) now is the time to be actively promoting them to your list every week in September. REMEMBER: you can also promote them again for US Thanksgiving!
  • If you have digital products for Halloween (ebooks, project plans, party planning etc), start promoting to your list weekly in mid-late September.
  • Apples! September is apple season: cakes, pies, galettes and tarts – but don’t forget savoury apple ideas as well!
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BACK TO SCHOOL

Back to school is such a big topic it deserves it’s own section!

  • lunchbox ideas:
    • snacks
    • mains
    • treats
    • hot and cold foods (and how to store them)
    • food safety
    • sustainable packaging
    • bento boxes
    • cookies, muffins, bars
    • alternatives to pre-packaged food
    • allergen-free or friendly
    • make ahead/meal prepped
    • budget friendly
  • lunches for adults
  • breakfasts:
    • grab-n-go
    • quick and easy
    • overnight prep
  • weeknight dinners:
    • one pot or sheet pan
    • under 30 minutes
    • under 20 minutes
    • meal prep
    • freezer friendly
    • pantry planning, kid approved, Instant Pot, Air Fryer, slow cooker
  • snacks:
    • after school munchies
    • high energy fuel for sports or after school activities
    • snacks for studying, focus and concentration
    • easy snacks
    • diy snack packs or refrigerator snack drawers
    • energy and granola bars and balls
    • classic lunchbox and cookie jar cookies
  • food tips for surviving in a dorm or shared accommodation

COMFORT FOOD

September (and even early October) weather can be a mixed bag but odds are good that there will still be a lot of hot days ahead. Pay attention to weather across the continent and not just where you live before you get too carried away with comfort food.

Having said that, the days are shorter and the nights will be starting to cool off so start to sneak in some lighter comfort foods. Soups, lighter pasta and potato dishes are all good options for September.

SEASONAL PRODUCE:

There’s a little bit of everything available in September!

  • apples
  • pears
  • plums
  • blackberries
  • figs
  • grapes
  • cranberries
  • pomegranates (late Sept)
  • most other summer fruits are still available but are at the very tail end of their season
  • carrots
  • corn
  • summer squash, cucumbers, zucchini
  • green beans
  • tomatoes
  • eggplant
  • peppers
  • winter squash, pumpkins, parsnips, Brussels sprouts, celery and sweet potatoes (the Thanksgiving foods!) all start to appear in mid to late September depending on geography

OTHER SEPTEMBER FOOD CONTENT IDEAS

  • holiday budget planning – this year, more then ever, people will be budget focused this upcoming holiday season. September is a great time to start talking and writing about how to plan for the holidays on a budget – including pantry planning, entertaining, cookie and bar swaps etc.

Now’s the time to get started. Plan out your September newsletter calendar and batch write your emails. Schedule them and you’re good to go!

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August Newsletter Ideas for Food Bloggers

August Newsletter Ideas for Food Bloggers

For food bloggers and food content creators, August email newsletters can be a little challenging. Not because of a lack of content but because we’re bridging two very different seasons.

August is an awkward month for food content emails. We’re in the heart of summer vacation and the hottest weather of the year but at the same time, back-to-school is right around the corner. In many parts of the US and eastern Canada, kids go back to school as early as mid August.

So… some people are looking for back to school content and others aren’t even opening their emails as they soak up their last few days of freedom.

Much of July’s content suggestions, particularly canning and preserving, outdoor entertaining and cool kitchen ideas are still relevant for August (get the full July list here).

LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL INSPIRATION? Check out this list of August food holidays and observances for even more content ideas for email and social media posts.

SEASONAL HOLIDAYS:

Labour Day (the first Monday in September), other civic holiday long weekends

  • one last kick at the can for summer – this is a popular weekend for having friends over and entertaining outdoors. For many people this is their second New Year’s Eve as school and regular work routines resume after the weekend and summer unofficially comes to a close

SEASONAL FOOD & CONTENT:

It’s stone fruit season!

  • blackberries with raspberries and blueberries at the tail end of production
  • stone fruits: apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums
  • pears and grapes in some areas (September for others)
  • while many fruits are at the tail end of their summer production, most are still available in August with cranberries, apples and rhubarb being the exceptions.
  • almost all vegetables. Squash is just coming in, potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, corn and carrots are all flourishing. It’s actually easier to list the veggies that aren’t available yet! Asparagus has long since finished and pumpkins, red and yellow onions and Brussels sprouts are still a month away.
  • canning and preserving are at their height (see July for more suggestions)
  • keeping the kitchen cool is still a priority (see July for more suggestions)
  • road trip and outdoor entertaining content is still relevant (see July for more suggestions)

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BACK TO SCHOOL:

Depending on where you live, kids go back to school in late August or after Labour day weekend in September. University and college kids mostly go back after Labour day. Start dripping out content in late August but keep this list handy as you plan September as well. Here are a few to get you started:

  • lunch box ideas
    • allergy friendly (peanut-free in particular!)
    • eco-friendly packaging ideas
    • budget friendly (10 lunchbox ideas that cost less than $X)
    • hot lunch ideas (and how to keep them hot)
    • lunch box sweets and homemade treats
    • making lunch box veggies exciting
  • after school snacks
    • quick and easy
    • fuel for sports or activities
    • quell the pre-dinner munchies
  • grab-n-go breakfasts
  • easy breakfasts ready in 10 minutes or less
  • budget friendly cooking tips for college kids
  • dorm friendly meal ideas or dorm friendly foods
  • cooking basics for kids on their own for the first time
  • weeknight dinners
    • 30-45 minutes or less
    • one pot meals
    • 10 ingredients or less
  • meal prep and batch cooking
  • foods that fuel study sessions or help with mental focus
  • how to avoid the morning breakfast/lunchbox prep crunch
  • tips on getting your kitchen and pantry organized for meal prep and back to school.

As always, these are suggestions – adapt them to fit your niche and your audience.

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July Newsletter Content Ideas for Food Bloggers

July Newsletter Content Ideas for Food Bloggers

There are so many delicious options to write about in your July email newsletters! If you’re a food bloggers or food content creator, the hard part will be narrowing down those options. So let’s get writing!

July is another bumper month for content. Many of the ideas I shared in June cross over into July (and I’ll recap a few here but for the full list check out June Newsletter Ideas for Food Bloggers)

SEASONAL HOLIDAYS:

Canada Day (July 1) and Independence Day (US – July 4)

  • grilling recipes, potlucks, BBQs, picnics, outdoor movie nights, dinners at the beach etc.
  • red and white food (Canada Day) or red, white and blue food (July 4): make the most of seasonal strawberries, cherries and blueberries
  • Canada Day or July 4 menu ideas for a grilling night, potlucks, appetizers etc

SEASONAL FOOD:

Summer produce is in full swing!

  • tail end of strawberry season in many places
  • raspberries, blueberries, gooseberries, Saskatoon berries, haskap berries
  • stone fruits: cherries and apricots with peaches arriving in late July in some areas
  • melons
  • veggies: peas, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, salad greens, zucchini, radishes, swiss chard, corn, new potatoes
  • canning, preserving and freezing – don’t forget jams and jellies!
  • pie
  • summer cocktails, mocktails and other iced drinks
  • grilling recipes
  • seafood
  • frozen desserts (popsicles, ice cream, gelato)
  • no-bake desserts
  • potluck and picnic dishes
  • homemade BBQ sauces, spice rubs and marinades
  • air fryers and instant pots as ways to cook and keep the kitchen cool
  • dishes best served cold

KEEP THE KITCHEN COOL:

Nobody wants to turn on an oven in July or August – unless it’s an outdoor pizza oven! Think make ahead meals, dishes best served cold or household appliances that don’t generate much heat:

  • potato and pasta salads
  • cold proteins (cook in the morning and serve in the evening): cold chicken, ham
  • fresh fruit and veggies with light, bright dressings
  • no-bake desserts
  • Instant Pot, Air Fryer, slow cooker and BBQ or propane grill recipes

** Note that in many areas as wildfire season is in full swing, any kind of outdoor flame may be banned

CANNING AND PRESERVING:

Gardens, farmer’s markets and farm gate sales are now in full on production mode with entire flats of fresh fruit and produce available for sale. And that means it’s canning, preserving and freezing season!

  • basic equipment
  • different types of preserving
  • basic safety precautions and preserving techniques
  • jams and jellies (unique flavour ideas are big right now!)
  • salsas, pickles, pasta sauces

ROAD TRIPS & ENTERTAINING:

There are still opportunities to focus on outdoor cooking and entertaining. But don’t just focus on grilling! This time of year people are cooking on portable camp stoves, charcoal BBQs, over campfires, in RVs, on the beach or at their Air BnB.  And they’re eating while moving!

Also think about pool parties, outdoor movie nights, picnics, impromptu neighbourhood get-togethers, sports tournaments – anywhere people are gathering, they’ll want food and cold drinks.

BACK TO SCHOOL:

This one is a little wild for me as back to school here is always after Labour Day in September but, a lot of areas go back as early as August. I’ll have more ideas for this next month but have it on your radar and start planning your BTS content for all your platforms.

This is just a smattering of ideas – take them and run with them. Shape them to fit your niche and content. The hardest part about June and July is narrowing it down to a few topics.

Now’s the time to get started. Plan out your June newsletter calendar and batch write your emails. Schedule them and you’re good to go!

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