My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): March OAMC Menu

Sunday, March 6, 2011

March OAMC Menu

Okay...after a day of cooking and laundry and dishes....I am sitting down, before our class at church....to post our cooking menu for the Month of March. Here it is! I'll try to post the recipes too.

Big Batch Cheeseburger Bake
Homemade Baked Beans
Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies
Honey Baked Pork Chops
Incredible Crab Cakes
Cherry Crisp
Salisbury Patties
Hot Soft Pretzels
Orange Almond Shortbread Slices
Meatballs
Broccoli Rice Casserole
Peach Pie
Beef Stroganoff
Apricot glazed Chicken Tenders
marvelous Mashed Potatoes.
Heartland Brownies
Speedy overnight casserole
Bacon Cheese New Potatoes
English toffee
Oven Ready Souper Burgers
Twice Baked Potatoes
Peanut Butter Monster Cookies

Well looking at this it looks rather ambitious, but I assure you, it is but it is well worth it.

I will do my calendar and show you how I make out my daily menu.

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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.