My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): June 7, 2011

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

June 7, 2011

Our BBQ on Saturday was a huge success! Roy had such a good time and enjoyed seeing everyone! THAT was our goal...for him to enjoy himself The night was for and about him. We had so much meat to eat! We smoked a brisket, pork loin, baby back ribs, beef short ribs. Then I also made baked beans (using dry beans, so took all night Friday and all day Saturday) and our jalapeno poppers...4 dozen!!!. We also served brats! I made a "brat hot tub" and boy were the brats good! so so good!

Boy was I exhausted at the end of the night! everything was brought into the house. The perishables were put away and then I went to bed and crashed!

Sunday after church, Amber and the girls came over and ate leftovers. Roy and I were still trying to recover from the party! so we just lounged around. Roy left for work before 4 pm...amber and the girls left to do some of their stuff. I decided to try to start the dishes. Times like that is when I wish I had a dishwasher! I just ran the water and started washing. I washed, rinsed, dried and put away! With the dishes done and the kitchen cleaned up I was exhausted.

Today, Tuesday, June 7th, is Roy's actual birthday. We had the kids come over for "Fries" I made "Elvis" fries; cheese fries, Nacho fries; and "Charley's" Fries.

Elvis fries - Fries with white gravy
Cheese fries - Fries with different cheeses
Nacho fries - fries with nacho fixings
Charley's Fries -Fries with cheese, ranch dressing, bacon bits, sour cream.

We laughed and talked. Now everyone is gone, house is quiet. I'm getting sleepy. I want to get up in the morning early enough to hang our white clothes on the clothesline! before going to work.

Okay...for the brat hot tub

in a grill safe pan (i used an aluminum foil disposable heave duty pan) melt 3 tablespoons of butter...when the butter is melted, add an entire onion that is sliced into thin slices. Add 2 to 3 cans of beer and let it simmer on the grill.

Cook brats on grill...when they are at desired doneness, place in pan with butter and onions and beer. Let them simmer slowly. Yummmmm

This weekend will be my weekend to bake muffins for church, so now I need to be making my list of what kind to make. I usually try to make 3 or 4 different kind....so far the most popular is banana/chocolate chip! I'll post my list and recipes AND I'll try to get pictures too! sorry, not very good at taking pictures. I'll try to get better.

later

No comments:

Post a Comment

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.