Get Real: Where to Begin with Real Food
A Get Real series guest post from Lisa of 100 Days of Real Food on the key factors when attacking your pantry and how to restock your pantry adequately.
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Get Started: Using a Side By Side Refrigerator for Once A Month Cooking
If you have ever wondered if you could use a side-by-side refrigerator for cooking Once A Month menus, your answer is here! Along with some helpful tips on how to do it.
Get Started: Using an Apartment Refrigerator Freezer for Once A Month Cooking
Ever wondered if you can cook a Once A Month Mom men using your apartment refrigerator freezer? This guest post from Modern Day Moms will prove that you can and outline how to succeed.
Top Ten Tuesday: Cooking with Kids
I personally love cooking with my kids, do you? Candi writes some great tips for involving kids in the kitchen and keeping them safe.
Why You Should Never Ask “What’s For Dinner?” Again
Have you ever had the “What’s for dinner?” conversation with your spouse? You know what I’m talking about. The one that goes a little something like this . . .
Hamburger Soup Recipe
This recipe was submitted by a Once A Month Mom reader and sounds perfect for these cold days that we have been having around here. Enjoy!
It’s the little things
Sometimes it is the little things in the kitchen that make a BIG difference! What do you do to create shortcuts in your kitchen?
Stuff The Freezer: Chuck Roast
When you think of making a roast, what is the first thing that comes to mind? It is probably a traditional pot roast with potatoes and carrots. I love that, but a roast is a very versatile meat that I think is often overlooked. Here are some great ways to use them when they are on sale.
Making The Most Of Meat
You don’t have to follow the Once A Month Mom every month (but that would be silly). If you are looking for a simple way to “take off” this month here are some great suggestions for utilizing on sale cuts of meat at your local grocer for quick and easy meals.
Adventures In Freezer Christmas Cookie Baking
A Once A Month Mom reader shares her latest adventure with freezing Christmas cookies for the holidays. And they look very yummy!
Hanukkah Recipes: Cinnamon Noodle Kugel and Latkes
Hanukkah is one of those holidays I am ashamed to admit I know little about. Today, Jennifer an OAMM reader, shares some of her families favorite Hanukkah recipes.
How to Make And Give Homemade Gifts this Holiday Season
Making your own Christmas gifts is always a great way to save money and put a little more heart into the season. Here is one readers suggestions for gifting from the heart.
Becky’s Pumpkin Muffins
Do you have some extra pumpkin around the house from your Thanksgiving festivities? This would be a great recipe for using some of that leftover pumpkin up while providing you with a great breakfast option.
Fall Vegetable Mashers: (4+ months)
One of the first foods I ever made for Shep was mashed sweet potatoes. He would finish two cubes and then bang on his tray for more! Below is the very simple recipe I made him, plus squash for a little Autumn-ness.
Sweet Fall Squash Soup (6+ months)
This is a good soup for babies who prefer fruits but really need to eat their vegetables. According to Gerry (the hubby), even with all the squash, the soup tastes a lot like applesauce. You can also use this recipe to make a savory soup . . .
Creamy Rice Pudding (4+ months)
There’s nothing like a creamy rice pudding on a chilly fall/winter morning. Your little one should love this treat.
Carrot Chicken Hash (8+ months)
A new recipe perfectly suited for your 8+ month old. This recipe calls for barely any seasoning, but the carrots are so sweet and rich, they provide more than ample flavor to yummy-up the bland chicken and pasta!
Less than perfect cooking once a month
If you aren’t quite ready for Once A Month Mom style cooking perhaps you could get a start doing a few things to help make dinner time easier at your house. Guest blogger Mary talks about how she has gotten her toes wet with bulk cooking.
OAMC with Angel Food Ministries
No matter what your food budget or your grocery means, there are lots of ways to do once a month cooking. You don’t have to buy your groceries through a traditional grocery store to make it work. Here is a reader that can tell you more about she is gotten creative on a tight budget.
This is how we swap it
Have you thought about doing a meal swap with friends or neighbors? A reader has started one and wants to share with you how she organizes and plans for a local meal swap with friends.
