My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): May Post

Sunday, May 15, 2011

May Post

I have been so occupied that I haven't been able to post anything here. Our daughter has been in South Africa since the end of April...and we have had her two daughters! We know now why parents were made to be young! This has been so exhausting! But we have had some fun too. I haven't really had much time to do much cooking or baking!

I did though one day make a casserole that I had made when my kids were little. I had everything on hand and when I saw the hot dogs in my fridge, I remembered that recipe. It is called "Penny Supper"

6 hot dogs sliced into "pennies"
4 cups cooked potatoes, diced
3 T onion, chopped
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 tsp mustard
1 can cream of mushroom soup
salt and pepper to taste

combine the hot dogs, potatoes, onion, and butter. Place in a baking dish.

Mix together the remaining ingredients and gently fold into the hot dog mixture. Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

So simple, and so good. I made a batch of biscuits to go with it, and served a side salad and we also did a veggie such an easy quick supper. WOW did the granddaughters love it too.

This was my weekend to make muffins for church. I will post those recipes later this week. I made 4 different kinds....banana/chocolate chip; peach muffins; raspberry muffins, and blueberry muffins.

will post more later this week. Nighty night!!!

1 comment:

cobbler apronsMay 18, 2011 at 1:53 AM
its like a simple cooking instruction.
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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.