Once a Month Cooking Links
I discovered Once a Month cooking before the beginning of last school year in 2001. With our busy schedule, I decided cooking meals ahead and freezing them would give me the ability to give my family healthy and home cooked meals without making them wait until 9:00 pm every night to eat them. LOL! So, I gave it a try.
I was thrilled to find so much information on the internet about cooking in bulk and freezing ahead. I started slowly by finding a few recipes that my family really liked and simply cooking a double batch of those recipes when I made them. I have almost always made up a weekly menu for our family so I continued with that. After I found recipes that my family liked, entered them into my menu plan, and made a list of needed ingredients, I was on my way! I was really surprised that I didn't spend a fortune the first time I went to the grocery store to do my "once a month shopping". In truth, I found I had saved about $200 for the month. WOW!
I set aside two days to do my cooking. One day for cooking meats, chopping vegetables, and grating cheese ect. One day for assembling my dishes. I was super tired at the end but it was truly worth all the effort when after homeschooling and then teaching piano lessons, I was able to serve my family a good, healthy, and hot meal without too much extra energy. You can do it too! I hope you will check out a few of the websites I have listed and give Once a Month Cooking a try with your family.
Organized Home Freezer Cooking Guide
One of my all time favorite sites because this site gives you the ability to print out your own Printable Freezer Inventory Form. You will find a getting started guide, sample game plan, even a tutorial for using cooking software. AWESOME! Get all your Once a Month Cooking questions answered here!
Frozen Assets: Cook for a day, Eat for a Month!
This is a very informational website with many Bulk cooking articles and links to other Once a Month Cooking websites.
The author even maintains a discussion forum for on-going discussion for people interested in cooking ahead for the freezer, be sure to check out the Frozen Assets Email Discussion Group -- the original email resource for freezer-meal cooks (and just about the friendliest group of people you'll find anywhere online!).
To join in the conversation, send an email containing any message to:frozen-assets-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Once a Month Cooking-
Two plans
A site with some wonderful recipes to try including a tasty Whole Wheat Bread recipe, Tamale Corn Casserole, Taco Baked Potatoes, The author has even included instructions on how to make your own Italian seasoning and Chili powder. I love that! Very clear step by step instructions on how to make the plan work for you.
Cookbook Review- Once a Month Cooking by Mimi Wilson & Mary Beth Lagerborg
This is one of the more popular books in the Busy Cooks' bookstore, teaching
a wonderful time-saving (and budget-stretching) technique. Even if you think
cooking for a whole month is not for you, you will enjoy the recipes for the
freezer. The authors explain the once-a-month cooking method in straightforward
manner that will kindle your enthusiasm to try this technique. Everything has
been anticipated and is fully documented, from the menu plans, recipes, shopping
lists, equipment lists and step-by-step plans for cooking day.
*Note- I purchased this book from Amazon.com for a very reasonable price. I found it worth the money though you can find most of the information from the book by visiting Once a Month Cooking websites.
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