My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): July 2, 2011

Saturday, July 2, 2011

July 2, 2011

This week has been so hectic. #1 We became grandparents for the 4th time on Monday. An adorable baby girl!!!! Kaisley Nicole Wassemiller weighing in at 8 lbs 4 oz. Our son, Levi, is her daddy! she is so adorable. I'm so happy to have her in our family. Mommy, Daddy and baby are doing great!

#2 got in about 8 hours overtime at work, because we have had some extra cases come up!

#3 had a 7 year old granddaughter's birthday on Thursday. Rilynn I cannot believe you are 7 already! What a beautiful young lady you have grown into and sweet!!!! you are so sweet and thoughtful and grandma and grandpa love you bigger than the universe.

Today we worked in our yard. Getting a shade put up over our patio. Roy is working on that. I'm pulling weeds, watering the garden, transplanting flowers, catching up on laundry, drying dill. I fixed us some burritos for dinner. I've hung out some laundry on the clothes line too. I haven't done laundry for a couple of weeks, so it has really piled up! Now I need to wash bedding and towels and my laundry will be done. That'll be done tomorrow, hopefully!

I'm thinking of making some sour dough starter for some bread! I love to make bread, in case you couldn't tell. I wish I could eat it, but it just won't go down, so I like making it for others. I will share the recipe for it all later.

We are off to the farm shortly, to pick up the shade and to see his brothers and sister. We will be having a 4th of July BBQ like usual. This year we are going to serve burgers and brats. Also Homemade Ice Cream! Several different flavors.

Well, we are off for now. More later.

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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.