My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): February OAMC

Saturday, February 5, 2011

February OAMC

Well we are done! Started at 10 a.m. and it is just now 6 pm. took some time off for lunch and we are just getting done. Today we prepared the following: Sweet Mustard Glazed Salmon (had to go get some printer ink today for the printer, so double checked the salmon and they had some..so picked it up...YEA!!!!!); chili cheese bake; cashew chicken; penne in cream sauce with sausage; creamy chicken enchiladas; sour cream chicken; oven ready souper burgers. I have made earlier, Italian bread; Texas sheet cake. I still need to make 2 more of each of those and also 3 classic crumb cake; lemon bread; homemade baked beans; four corners refried beans; pumpkin chocolate chip loaf; and frozen lemon pie. Those don't take long at all, so I will work on them this week. But at least the main dishes are done. I also made spaghetti sauce mix to share with each of the kids....6 batches for each.

We were not terribly organized this month, so we have all vowed to be better organized. I will attach pictures soon. I didn't take a picture of the end results as Brooke had already left with hers and in order to make room for the food, I had mine put in the freezer already! So all in all I think we did pretty good today. We added a few other dishes and Ivy made a different version of chicken enchiladas than the rest of us did....

Pictures will follow soon. along with recipes

I'm ready for a foot soak and a massage! I'm pooped!!!!!!!!

2 comments:

Sondra K.February 5, 2011 at 7:04 PM
Deb, this is awesome. Even if I don't do it all, the recipes and prep instructions are awesome! You will give me more ideas! Thanks so much for posting!
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DebFebruary 5, 2011 at 8:42 PM
Thanks for visiting! come back often. Pictures from today will be posted soon! If you have any questions, please give me a shout!
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Introduction

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by deciding what to prepare for a meal? I know I have. Many times. Especially our evening meal when our three children were growing up. Then one day I stumbled across a program called "Once A Month Cooking" (OAMC) and thought I'd give it a try. It was a lifesaver and I loved it. I did it for years, from the time my youngest was in preschool until he was in the 8th grade. I don't remember why I quit, just that I did. When I was doing the OAMC back then I prepared a lot of full, complete meals and froze them, entree, side, and dessert. The only thing I had to actually prepare for the meal was the vegetable or the potatoes. For those of you not familiar with the OAMC program, I will try to explain it to you here. This blog is to try to help you see what it takes, how to do itm give you ideas and how much fun you can actually have. OAMC is the ultimate do-ahead dinner preparation technique. The secret of the OAMC technique is that you cook all your dinner main dishes for a month (or two weeks or even a week) in one day, freeze them, and enjoy eating tasty food, every night without the hassle of lengthy meal preparation. In this blog, I will try to provide the menu we use, shopping lists and recipes. You do not have to have organizational skills, nor do you have to be a good cook to successfully accomplish OAMC. What you need to expect and plan to is: Take a longer-than usual shopping trip, preferably the day or night before your cooking day. Spend the bulk of your month's food budget on this shopping trip (saving money over the course of the month) Cook with a partner or two or three, like I do, for maximum fun and efficiency. Cook half a day for a two week cycle, a full day for a month cycle. Love the freedom and possibilities this will bring to mealtimes. Enjoy family building times around the table and like us, the time we cook together. Take the stress out of having company for dinner I suggest for the first few time you do the OAMC to try to do the two week cycle. Then when you get the feel of the "system" advance on the full month if that is what you want and have room for the food. Also in this blog I will frequently give you suggestions of what to serve with a certain recipe. Please feel free to email me with any suggestions and question syou might have. Even leave a comment here on the blog.