LOL...sure, I'll come to Missouri once a month
I always liked the idea of OAMC, but thought it would be too overwhelming and difficult to do with three kids under five. I checked some books out from the library (Frozen Assets, Frozen Assets; Lite and Easy and Once a Month Cooking) and just sat down and read through them. I took a couple of recipes from Frozen Assets, then adapted my own recipes that I know my family enjoys. I thought it might be easier and less stressful to break it up into a couple of days and it worked out perfectly. My DH is off Thurs/Fri so I started on Wednesday afternoon with my spaghetti sauce. After the kids went to bed, I did a bunch more recipes and DH helped with the cleanup. The next night I did the rest of the cooking. It was alot of work, but nothing in comparison to the time and effort that will be saved on a daily basis, especially with a baby who has no tolerance for 5:00 p.m. cooking...lol. We had tacos last night and all I had to do was cut up the lettuce and tomato! There were only four dishes to wash too
DH was leary of the idea, but he walked in toward the end of my first session and said that he was sold on the concept. He actually commented about how this will help us stay within our food budget and is so excited to have yummy food to take for lunch. No more 6:30 pm burger runs for us!!
If you do an internet search for OAMC, you should find lots of sites with recipes. I have just been browsing here and there when I have time, but the best advice that I've gotten so far is to not try too many new recipes. Just think about what your family already enjoys and double/triple/quadruple those recipes.
My first OAMC session
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