My Once A Month Cooking (OAMC): November 20, 2011

Sunday, November 20, 2011

November 20, 2011

Okay..I've been horrible about updating my blog. I pledge I will TRY to do better. Just been busy here. I will try to do it much better.

Today, was a first for me! I did a Once A Month Cooking presentation and I loved it! I was so nervous...my knees were knocking so loudly I'm sure you could hear them at your house! But I was excited to do the presentation too! They were receptive and I think fairly excited about it. If you ladies are reading this...please know that I really did enjoy it and I hope you learned something, as that was goal! Thank you for having me!

I baked 2 doz cookies yesterday and HUGE pot of chili. Friday I cooked Chicken chicken soup, made 2 loaves of Bread, jelly and a pineapple pie in the oven!

For lunch today we had the chili AND chicken noodle soup and cornbread! soooo yummy, but I didn't eat any cornbread...I don't like it, but I can't eat it anyway!

Thanksgiving is coming up this week, and I will be making Zweiback rolls and pumpkin pie, butterscotch pudding (from scratch, not the boxed stuff!) and a crustless pumpkin pie. Will try to post pictures, but will for sure post some of the recipes.

Also will post a picture of my freezers! full!!!!

More later on!

2 comments:

AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 7:24 AM
Deb, thanks SO much for presenting the other day! You did a great job and I'm excited :) I've got my menu planned and worksheets filled out and soon the fun will begin (I'll take today (Sunday) off :) ) ~Amanda M.
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AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 3:45 PM
Deb, It's Amanda again. I'm making your Heartland brownies (we'll see if any get frozen). However I don't see any baking soda/powder in there? Do you need 1/2 t. or so of one or the other for leavening? Love the site. Just talked to some of the girls today and we are planning to start a swap in January :)
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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.