One of my biggest dreams is to spend my life as a self-taught cook, making up recipes that I would then put into a series of cookbooks (think “Kaiser’s Krazy Kitchen” and “Kaiser’s Kabobs”) that would net me a tidy profit. Here’s the thing – I actually cook. I don’t have a personal chef, or a team of nannies, or an eight-month book tour, or a reality show, or eight kids. So does anyone buy that Kate Gosselin actually cooks? Cooks for herself, or her kids? But that hasn’t stopped her from releasing her first cookbook, due in October. She’s calling it – get this – Love Is in the Mix: Making Meals into Memories. Because I guess the cookbook title Bitterness and Brownies: How to Profit from the Worst Experiences Ever was taken. And of course, pictures of her family will be included. This woman is gross:

Kate Gosselin has plenty on her plate, but that isn’t stopping her from publishing a new cookbook. Her third book, Love Is in the Mix: Making Meals into Memories, is due to hit stores Oct. 13, 2009, according to Amazon.com.

The Jon & Kate Plus 8 star is already the author of Multiple Bles8ings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets and the recently released Eight Little Faces, for which she has recently traveled the nation to promote.

“Fans … won’t want to miss this inside look at one of America’s most famous close-knit families,” the back cover states.

In addition to offering nutritious recipes and tips on eating organically, Love Is in the Mix promises to teach readers “how to craft family traditions that create happy memories” and “how to feed a large family on a budget.” The book will include family photos and anecdotes about her twins and sextuplets.

According to the site, Kate will also offer insight into handling picky eaters, making lunchtime fun, planning meals for vacations, and making ordinary days “extra special.”

Although excerpts from the book have not yet been released, commenters have already begun slamming the star’s previously released recipes and claim she stole them “from product boxes and magazine articles.”

One person wrote that her recipe for the cereal treat Monkey Munch — which was mentioned on the TLC show — is the same as one on the Chex brand website and calls it “plagiarism.”

Other commenters were shocked that the woman who once said that “real cooks don’t need recipes” was qualified to write a cookbook. They wrote on Amazon.com that on the show, Kate does little to “no cooking, no meals, just snacks — crackers, yogurt, grapes, cukes and peppers in pita. The woman can’t cook.”

Still, with Kate’s previous two books reaching the New York Times Best Seller list, the book’s publishers are likely expecting similar success with Love Is in the Mix. In addition to her income from book sales, the newest issue of US Weekly on newsstands today, reports that the Gosselins — who live in a $1.1 million house — earn approximately $50,000 to $75,000 per show.

[From US Weekly]

According to financial analysis by Star Magazine, Kate Gosselin makes over $3 million a year, with $75,000 a show, $3000 per speaking engagement, $150 per person for meet-and-greet tea parties, amongst other money-making schemes. I guess my point is, how much money does this woman need? With all that’s going on, why not cancel the cookbook? At this point, Kate is only staying in her marriage for the assets – it’s not even a question anymore.

Kate Gosselin is shown at a book signing on 4/14/09. Credit: PRPhotos