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13 Great Resources for Once a Month Cooking
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Its summertime, and we all want a vacation whether or not we can take one this year. Take a vacation from cooking, by using one day a month or even one day a week to lighten the load in the kitchen. Grab your husband, your best friend, or even your older kids and get to work!
Saving Dinner has amazing recipes, with all of the recipes, great tips on how to store your meals and shopping lists. I’ve used Leanne’s menu’s in the past and highly recommend them. Leanne also has the Working Woman’s Cookbook that has great recipes that can be put in the freezer.
The Once a Week Mom is a great free resource. She makes a monthly menu that you can use when you want to get everything out of the way. Great for when you are expecting or will be out of town and Dad and the Kids will be hanging out at the house.
This great book for Artesian Bread in 5 minutes. is great for making a batch of dough that keeps in the fridge for up to 10 days, I know its not for the freezer, but fresh bread daily is a big plus and must have for this list. We use it for pizza crust around here, and the kids love it! The website had some very cool ideas for the basic recipe found in the cookbook too.
Maybe you want to cook on Sunday, so that you have the rest of the week free, and its too overwhelming to cook all day for the entire month. That’s when you get those menus and shopping list delivered straight to your Inbox weekly with Once A Week Cooking.
The Hillbilly Housewife is where I first started thinking about freezer meals, and being more frugal with my cooking, I know that she will help you in both regards also.
Still wondering how you will store all of those meals? Tammy has some great tips.
If you are doing a lot of meals, or just a few these Tips for Assembling Freezer Meals are some of the best I’ve read, other than the ones from my first resource.
This tip list has links to what to do with that leftover ham during the holidays, chicken meals, hamburger meals and so on. Great for when you run into great sales while out shopping!
A great idea for a baby shower! Why not add the elderly, someone just back from surgery, families that have recently had a loss, and so many more that I could name.
Learn Once a Month Cooking in 7 Easy Steps from FrugalMom.net breaks everything down, and looks like a great master plan. What do you think?
Never done OAMC? Read the tips given from this lady after her first cooking session!
So you have all of these recipes for dinner, how about breakfast?! Recipe Zaar is my go-to for recipes anways, Check out over 450 OAMC Breakfast Recipes on the Zaar.
Speaking of Breakfast, this is HOT of the presses…well it was when I was writing this
Simple Bites has The Best Do-Ahead Breakfast Foods
How do you keep your freezer meals fresh? I answered this question earlier this week. Check out my answer.
Menu Plan Monday
For the next 2 weeks, I’ll be planning my menu around 1 or 2 people. My goal is to put some meals in the freezer for the summer. With some great finds at a local store, I’m now the new owner of a 14 cup Cuisinart food processor, a 4 cup Cuisinart food processor and a few J. A. Henckles knives! I got a great deal on them (under $50 one has a scratch, only 3 knives with the set, and I’m missing a couple blades), and I’m so excited!
I”ll definitely be at the farmers market this week looking for fresh tomatoes, I’m in a great need of salsa this week. Some things I will be doubling to freeze, other things I’ll only be using as a freezer meal, I’ll mark which ones are which.
Monday: Grilled Fajita Chicken ( I will keep about a cup of this out for my dinner, and freeze the excess )
Tuesday: Chicken Noodle Soup (I will be making stock this day to freeze, and keeping a little out for my soup)
Wednesday: Ribeye Steaks (DH may or may not be home this day, if not I’ll slice his steak for salads and freeze)
Thursday: Smoked Spiraled Sliced Ham (I’ll eat a few slices of this for lunches and maybe dinner, the rest will be divided and frozen)
Friday: Carribean Style Pork Chops (I will be making the marinade, and freezing the entire package)
Saturday: Stuffed Buffalo Chicken (I’ll double this recipe and have one for dinner with friends, and one for the freezer)
Sunday: Roast Chicken with Red Potatoes (I’ll be slicing and dicing the leftovers for sandwiches and salads)
I also plan on making cinnamon rolls and dinner rolls as soon as I find a good recipe.
This week is dedicated to packing your freezer with great family meals. I’ll be bringing you great tips throughout the week so don’t forget to subscribe. Do you have any recipes that you would like to share that are great for the freezer? Maybe you have a great mix to keep in the pantry for muffins? Add a comment below, or contact me using the contact form and I’ll be happy to add a link to your site in an upcoming post this week. I’ll also be sharing things on our Facebook Page.
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