OAMC

So I have a new project. It's called Once A Month Cooking. Basically, you spend one day cooking food for the entire month and freeze it. You plan meals for every day and take them out to thaw the night before. The recipes usually require you to just throw them in the oven or on the grill. Basically, it does away with the prep time of cooking. I am pretty excited to try this. One, I think it will save us from wasting food like I feel like we do sometimes by forcing us to only buy what we are preparing on cooking day. Plus, I am really bad about feeling like cooking sometimes after work. If all I have to do is throw something in the oven, it will save time and will be tons of less work. We will probably supplement some of the meals with salads or another type of steamed vegetable.

There are actually websites devoted to this type of cooking. The nice thing is that there are tons of recipes that have already been tried and are sure fire for being good for freezing.

So....Saturday is cooking day. I purchased some of the meat today at Dash's because they had some good sales (can we say chicken breast for $1.88/lb!!). I plan on getting the rest of the supplies tomorrow. The recipes are all pretty simple in terms of ingredients but are still pretty healthy. This means good meals at low costs. Below is the list of stuff that I will be making. I will be updating to let you know how the food turns out when we eat it.

1. King Ranch Chicken Caserole
2. Sloppy Joes
3. Wine and herb Chicken Marinade
4. Lemon Parsley Marinade
5. Chicken Enchiladas
6. Beef Stroganoff
7. Spaghetti and Meatballs
8. Meatloaf
9. Honey Baked Pork Chops
10. BBQ Pork Sandwiches
11. Stuffed Pork Chops
12. Grilled Fish
13. Blackened Chicken
14. Caribbean Jerk Chicken
15. Pizza Dough for homemade pizza