My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): August 27,2011

Saturday, August 27, 2011

August 27,2011

Sorry, I know it has been awhile since I posted. Things have been crazy here. Between dealing with my husband being ill and having 2 subsequent surgeries and the beginning of canning season and working a full time job AND the local fair going AND the start of school AND our church activities.

We have our brunch at Church tomorrow as it is family Sunday. I made breakfast burritos AND a breakfast casserole AND a breakfast pizza. Tomorrow also the kids will be here for dinner along with my mother. So, I put a ham in the oven.

I picked green beans...2 buckets full! Roy wants green bean soup! Have to admit it does definitely sound good! So...tomorrow.....green bean soup will be on the stove cooking. YUMMY stuff. That is a soup I learned to make from my mother-in-law. Green bean soup, homemade biscuits, homemade preserves, and homemade from scratch butterscotch pudding for dessert! Best comfort food in the world! So tomorrow I will share the "directions" with you. Has some good stuff in it. hehehe Lots of butter, cream, broth.    See why I had a weight problem for all those years?!?!

Today I made my breakfast brunch foods. Breakfast burritos which will be smothered with sausage gravy; and also a breakfast casserole. Then I canned 5 qts of meat. Then I canned 5 qts of green beans. I made the sweet pickle brine for my sweet pickles that are "soaking". The I picked more beans and snapped them preparing them for the green bean soup. The thing that took the longest was the browning of the sausage for the breakfast foods.   6 pounds of sausage takes a long time!

Well it is late, so I will close for this time. I'm planning on posting the recipes and directions tomorrow.   AND I'll try to post pictures too.

Until then.

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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.