My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): October 16, 2011

Sunday, October 16, 2011

October 16, 2011

Time sure has a way of getting away from a person! I cannot believe it is the middle of October already! AND it has been over a week since I last posted. Boy am I a terrible blogger.

Well I did it! I have planned a Once A Month Cooking session with our church! Some ladies from the church have expressed an interest! I've made up the menu. I tried to vary the types of food in the ethnicity and the types of proteins! This month only concentrating on the main dishes. Later months we will try to add sides and desserts...and maybe even breads! I've got a ton of ideas to add more interest and to help instruct and growth and fellowship!

Here is the menu for this month:

Too Good Pork Chops; Oven Ready Souper burgers; Chicken Alfredo; Honey Lime chicken; Elegant Chicken in Marinade; Rainy Day Chicken with Rice; Marinated Flank Steak; Penne in Cream Sauce with Sausage; Hungry Man's Manicotti; Sour Cream Enchiladas; King Ranch Casserole; Chicken & Broccoli Lo Mein; Chicken Tetrazzini; Parmesan Steaks; Cashew Chicken; Meat loaf; Pepper Steak; Chicken Noodle Soup; Winter Pot Roast; Meal on the Run Pork Loin; Magnificent Casserole; Pizza Stromboli; Cranberry chuck Roast on the Grill; Burritos; Chicken Nuggets. Whew!

For our meal for the cooking day, I'm considering providing a freezer meal of pizza and pumpkin pie cake!

If you are interested in taking part in the cooking...give me a shout and I'll get a menu to you. I really truly hope to see you at our class!

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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.