My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): March 25, 2011

Friday, March 25, 2011

March 25, 2011

Well, tomorrow is supposed to be our cooking day. But due to the fact that we butchered last weekend and our freezers are full, we have postponed it. I will be making some breakfast casseroles to serve at our Family Day Brunch at church on Sunday. Actually I have a couple in my freezer already, so I will be making some to replace them. The ones I'll make tomorrow won't be as large though. I think too, I'll make the crab cakes. It is a new recipe and I want to try them to see how we like them.

I've had 3 requests this week to teach seminars and/or do freezer cooking for others as a business. I've been thinking of this, but these requests really got the wheels turning, so I'm going to pursue it! I know a man that is a consultant for starting up new businesses and I'm going to chat with him about it and get his opinion and see what all I'd need to do. Ohh did I mention that he is my brother! LOL.

What did ya all think of the butchering pictures that I posted on here? I tried not to get too gruesome with them. Some people just can't handle that kind of stuff. I'm so thankful that we do that and that we are capable and have the equipment and man power. I really wish we lived on a farm to have farm fresh eggs and butcher chickens and pigs and cows. I've always wanted to be as self sufficient as possible and live off what we can raise. We could get butter from the milk from the cows...and buttermilk. I could so easily be Amish...or an old pioneer from the old days....if I didn't have to give up my computer and TV. I'd love to walk around in Victorian garb.....but people would realize how much of a weirdo I am! hehe

Well I'm going to go make up some bread and some breadcrumbs. Then start in on the meatballs and crab cakes tomorrow. YUMMMM I'll let you know.

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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.