My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): Fun weekend

Monday, September 5, 2011

Fun weekend

This was an amazing weekend for me! I feel so selfish saying that, but it was! Saturday morning we got up and left! we just took off, got in the van and just starting driving! We headed south. By lunch time we were in Dodge City. Hubby and I both enjoy history so this was something we would enjoy.

the bottom pictures are of a town that has a fence that is made up of whirly gigs. Thought that was so cool,

Then Sunday of course there was church and then we had Amber and family and my mother join us for lunch here. Lunch was pork roast, potatoes and carrots and gravy. I also picked beans and my mother and I snapped beans as we had a fun conversation .

Today...well at 9 a.m. Amber and Rilynn and Baleigh and I went horseback riding. A lady that Amber works with offered to have us come out and ride. It was so much fun. Baleigh loved the donkey and led "Sweet pea" around all morning.

Rilynn rode Emma for awhile. When Emma did the "shake" Rilynn lost it. She cried and was so scared and wanted to get off. So...then it was grandma's turn. Grandma rode Emma. Her stirrups were a little too short, so I just rode around without my feet in the stirrups. :)

Now it was grandmas turn...

Stirrups were too short for me, but I made due. I sure loved it...It has been over 30 years since I rode a horse, but it was so fun. I doubt that I could have done it 127 lbs ago!!!

Then after the horse back riding, we came home and canned. Canned beans...5 qts. Canned pickles 9 qts, salsa 2 qts, 25 pints of jalapeno jelly. This was all for Amber. She is learning how to do canning.

So by the time that was all done, this grandma was pooped. I still had laundry to do.

so...with the trip, church, lunch, and horseback riding and spending the day with 2 granddaughters and eldest daughter...I had a fantastic 3 day weekend. If only my other 2 kids and grandkids could have joined us, then my weekend would have been perfect in every way!

Oh yes...almost forgot! I made ham salad sandwich spread. Levi...come get your share!!!!!! Had baked a ham last weekend and made green bean soup and what was leftover, used to make ham salad spread! Yummmmm

Okay...all for now. 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.