My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): Our Dinner today 03/13/2011

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Our Dinner today 03/13/2011

Well today I prepared our St. Patrick's Day feast! I made Corned Beef and Cabbage and mashed potatoes and hot rolls and cheesecake. I was not able to find the salt peter to make the Corned beef from "scratch" so we purchased 2 already prepared corned beef.

Last night before going to bed I made the dough for the dinner rolls and put it in the refrigerator! So this morning when I got up, I peeled the potatoes and placed them in a pan of water. So when I would get home from church I could start them to boiling! I put both the corned beef briskets and the cabbage and a little onion, in the slow cooker.

I also made out the dinner rolls and put them to rise! Ready to be placed in the oven to bake when we returned from church.

Then I made the cheesecake. I will post the recipe at the end of this post.

When I returned from church, I turned the burner on under the potatoes and got them to cooking! and I placed the rolls in the preheated oven. I then took the briskets out of the slow cooker and let them sit for a bit. When the rolls were done (arghhhhh they got a little too done...why is it when I really want something to turn out nice to show if off something goes wrong! and when it is just for dh and I it is perfect!) I took them out and spread butter on top and separated them to cool and served in a bread cloth lined basket. I then sliced the briskets and placed the cabbage in a serving dish! The potatoes were done and ready to be mashed with lots of sour cream and lots and lots of butter. Then we were ready to enjoy.

My 6 year old granddaughter ate 3 large slices, stating that she loved that meat.."grandma you make good meat!" Awww music to my ears. Levi ate about 1/2 of the brisket himself.

After dinner was dessert...and it was so very delicious!!!!

Rolls...a little too brown

Mashed Potatoes

Cabbage and Onions

Corned Beef Brisket

Cheesecake

Okay...now for the recipe for the cheese cake. It is absolutely delish!!!!! Levi ate 3 big pieces.

Creamy Cheesecake

Graham cracker crust (of course I made my own..even crushed the crackers myself)

16 oz cream cheese

1 pound powdered sugar

1 T vanilla

2 cups heavy cream

Combine the cream cheese and the powdered sugar and beat until thoroughly combined. In a separate bowl, beat the cream with a hand mixer until it turns into whipped cream.

Add the vanilla and the whipped cream to the cheese and beat gently until just combined. You don't want to deflate the cream.

Spread mixture into a graham cracker crust.

Freeze for an hour, before slicing and topping with fresh fruit.

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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.