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Once A Month Cooking, Part 1

July 7, 11:32 PMIndianapolis Stay-at-Home Moms ExaminerGretchen Jaynes
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Have you ever wished you could just pull a homecooked meal out of the freezer?  Then you may be ready to try Once A Month Cooking.

Once A Month Cooking could be described as cooking for one to two days a month and having enough meals to eat for a month.

 I.    Starting Out
A.     Check out some books from the library like:
1. OAMC by Mary-Beth Lagerborg and Mimi Wilson
2. The Freezer Cooking Manual from 30 Day Gourmet: A Month of Meals Made Easy  by Nanci Slagle         
3. Don't Panic - Dinner's in the Freezer: Great-Tasting Meals You Can Make Ahead  by Susie Martinez,  Vanda Howell, Bonnie Garcia
 
B.     Research online – great OAMC sites:
 
 
II. Doubling your meals
 
*If you are too intimidated to do an actual month of meals you can start out by just doubling some of your weekly meals.
 
A. Pick meals that your family likes. Pick meals that you can easily double like lasagna and various kinds of soups.
 
B. Then make an ongoing list of these meals and put it on the front of your freezer so you will always know what meals are in the freezer so you will be able to use them up. – Even better, make up a weekly menu plan and incorporate the freezer meals into that.

 

 This is Part 1 in a series.  There will be more to come this week.

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