My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): New Years Resolution

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

New Years Resolution

Hello! How were your holidays? Mine was extraordinary! I had the best Holiday Season in a very long time! I was pretty busy, hence the lack of posting on here. I did do quite a bit of cooking and baking! but was too busy to post or take pictures :-( I resolve to do much better this year!

This past weekend I took our Christmas decorations down and put them away! I'm always so sad to do that, but I just don't have the room in my home to store my "everyday"items while I've got my seasonal stuff out. Might be a good thing as I'd probably leave my Christmas decorations up year round!

Our church gave out food blessing baskets to some that are needing some help. I made up 9 pints of spaghetti sauce mix and 9 pints of Hot chocolate mix. Christmas eve we went to my husband's sister's house for our potluck. She prepares 2 types of soups and everyone else brings the goodies. I made Hot sausage WonTon cups! Then for Christmas Day since my husband worked the day shift, we had our Christmas, Christmas night! So we had beef stew AND potato soup! I also made our family fudge. All the kids and the grandkids were here! That was sooooooooooo much fun! Our daughter that lives 30 minutes away, decided to spend the night, her and the grandson!!! This grandma was in heaven. She stayed with is through Tuesday evening!

on the 30th, I began taking the decorations down, so I cleaned too. I have a cabinet that was my mother in laws that I absolutely treasure! I was at a loss as to how to "decorate" the top. on the left side I have antigue jars that I have flour, sugar, popcorn, etc in.

Blank spot on the right. So this is what I came up with.

So...what do you think?

I had my husband install 2 bulletin boards in our bedroom right above my jewelry armoir....I have too many necklaces and bracelets for my armoir, so placing them on the bulletin board I will see what I have, at a glance!

Well I'm going to close this out! I resolve to post once a week on here. I'd really like to post daily, but I'll shoot for once a week for now and of I can do it daily, that'll be a bonus! I'm also resolving to be better about taking photos of my "projects"

So here is to a better 2012!!!!

Until next time

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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.