My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): July 14, 2011 Muffins

Thursday, July 14, 2011

July 14, 2011 Muffins

Well those of you that have followed me for a bit, know that once a month I bake muffins for our social time at church. This weekend is that time. I used this quiet time this evening to get my "muffin menu" decided on. I think I've got a good variety chosen. Here they are: Apple Cinnamon Muffins; Sour Cream Chocolate Muffins; Homemade Amish Pumpkin Muffins; PB & J Muffins. The PB & J ones has my mouth watering! Been a long time since I made them. I forgot all about them.

I will post recipes along with pictures of the muffins. I'm hoping to start them tomorrow evening, that way I won't have so many to do on Saturday and I get my much neglected laundry done too. I'm hoping to get our bedding laundered and hung on the clothesline. I just love the smell and feel of linens after being hung on the clothesline all day. The smell is wonderful. So clean and crisp.

From the looks of things, my garden will produce fairly well this year....as long as the white hard stuff doesn't come down. I have a couple of tomatoes on my plant and there is a jalapeno ready to be picked. Lots of blossoms on the cucumbers and zucchini and peppers. The okra plant is coming along...one died (may it RIP) Oops..need to go check the water on the beans. Well the water was fine, but I didn't get my entire garden watered, so hopefully it won't fry tomorrow before it gets a drink tomorrow night! I was planning on going to an auction on Saturday to try to buy some crocks for my "pickling". My dear sweet husband says no...dangerous for us to go to sales...spend too much money, but I'm in bad need of some good crocks!

Tomorrow night I need to "feed" my bread starter too. This will be my first batch out of this starter...first time in a very long time that I've made bread from a starter...so I will let you know how it goes. Now...what to do with bread if it is a failure! Maybe breadcrumbs! If it works....it is a very easy starter and I will share the recipe if anyone would be interested.

Until later my dear friends. Be blessed.

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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.