DIET Summer 2011 OAMM Menu (OAMC, Freezer Cooking, Bulk Cooking, Power Cooking)
**As of September 12, 2011, all these documents (recipe cards and grocery list) have been updated to reflect needed changes to make them function correctly. Sorry about the inconvenience before now.
Summer is on the horizon! That means more time outside, grilling, salads, and colder meals. Not to mention all the fresh fruit and veggies that are available as sides. Since warm weather is coming soon, the menu for this month incorporates all of the above, including cold salads, no-cook meals, and a few options for grilling.
Honey Mustard Chicken
The option has been taken to do a Summer menu rather than a monthly menu for this section because of all of the seasonal fresh produce available to you throughout the summer months. However, rest assured that we will be bringing your weakly diet (healthy) recipes and ideas for mixing these meals up a bit into something new and exciting. Stay tuned for ways that we are going to challenge you to come up with recipes of your own as well!
Hope you enjoy the food and the outdoors!
I hope you enjoy these meals as much as our early readers/cooks have. If you are new and not sure how to get started, read here. And there are several other helpful links under the Helpful Hints/Resources section below to help you on your cooking journey. Good luck!
Menu
- Included below are the menu items that we will be preparing as part of our Once A Month Cooking (OAMC) BIG DAY. In the printable DIET Summer 2011 Recipe Cards (updated 9/12/11) the menu items are intended to feed one person for a month. You can insert the number of people are cooking for on the first tab to automatically make recipe adjustments to feed multiple people for a month. For more information on how the Diet OAMM Menu works, click here.
- View the printable DIET Summer 2011 Recipe Cards (updated 9/12/11).
- Having trouble using the Recipe Cards or the YELLOW BOX? See this post!
Chilled Spaghetti Salad
Chilled Spaghetti Salad
Breakfasts
Lunches
- Chilled Spaghetti Salad **
- Greek Spinach Orzo Salad **
- Sugar Snap Pea Salad **
- Chickpea (Garbanzo Bean) and Tomato Salad **
Dinners
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Summer Steak Kabobs
- Best Veggie Burgers I Have Ever Made **
- Grilled Salmon Teriyaki with Stir-Fried Asparagus and Shitaki Mushrooms
- Healthy and Kid Friendly Fish Sticks
- Grilled Summer Steak Kabobs **
- Pork Chops with Pineapple Salsa
- Printable DIET Summer 2011 Recipe Cards (updated 9/12/11)
**Indicates meals that require NO COOKING on your OAMC BIG DAY!
Grocery List
- Included in this spreadsheet you will find a listing of all the items you will need to complete your DIET Summer 2011 OAMC BIG DAY. For more instructions on how to use this, go here.
- DIET Summer 2011 OAMM Grocery List
Instructions
- These are the step-by-step instructions you will need to quickly and efficiently approach your OAMC BIG DAY!
- DIET Summer 2011 OAMM Instructions
Labels
Sample Label
These customized labels are designed specifically for the DIET Summer 2011 Once A Month Mom Menu. They contain the name of the dish, serving instructions for preparing the dish on your serving day, nutritional information AND Weight Watchers Points. They make preparation of the dishes hassle free and staying to your eating plan a cinch.
These labels are designed to be printed on Avery 8163
Facebook Fan Party:
OAMM Facebook Fan Page Party – May 15th 2011, 9:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST – We will be able to chat via video AND messaging during the event through FACEBOOK! How cool is that? You can also see other past recordings from that tab as well.
Instructions for viewing live-stream:
- Go to the Once A Month Mom Facebook Fan Page.
- Click on the “Stickam” Tab in the left side margin.
- Hit “view live recording” – If I am live streaming it will show you what is happening in progress. If I am not live streaming at the time, you will have the option to click through other videos that I have recorded in the past.
- Enjoy!
Test Cooks
Each month we have some wonderful volunteers who “test” out the menu prior to publication. They do an amazing job of helping to eliminate confusion and mistakes. They may not catch everything but they sure do catch A LOT! Here is a little bit about this month’s test cooks:
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Becky – I live in Tennessee near the Smokey Mountains. We moved here from Western New York almost 11 years ago. I am a Christian wife and Mom to 3 kids (14 yrs, 11 yrs, and 3 yrs). I homeschool my kids. I had Lap-Band surgery 2 years ago and have lost 75 pounds. My cooking focuses on being family friendly and frugal. My blog is Party of Five.
Helpful Hints/Resources
- Philosophy behind the Diet OAMM Menu
- Saving and Printing the DIET Menus Using Google Docs
- Creating Your Own OAMC Menu Series
- Preparing For A Successful OAMC Day
- Adapting The Menu for YOUR Family
- Making the Menu Healthier
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Shopping For Your Cooking Day
- Final Shopping Trip For Your OAMC Day
- Choosing The Right Containers
What do you think of DIET Summer 2011’s menu?
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Hi, I have a question about the chickpea and tomato salad. The recipe says to mix chickpeas with chopped onion and tomato and freeze. I always thought it was supposed to be a bad idea to freeze fresh tomatoes and then defrost unless you were going to use them in cooking. Don’t they loose texture and go mushy if you freeze them and then use them raw in a salad?
That can be true. If you prefer to omit them until your serving day you may do so. They will definitely have more of a mushy texture after they have been frozen.
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In the instructions it says “Prepare and place Upside Down Baked Oatmeal in oven. Bake at 350 for X minutes”… how many minutes is X???
I’m thinking that you may have a very early uncorrected version as that time is in the recipe cards now. It is 35-45 minutes.
I’m looking at the FINAL Diet Summer Recipe cards and can it be right that is requires 12 CUPS of zucchini for 1 serving?? Some of the other quantities look incorrect as well on the other recipes. Could you check these and update the file?
Yes, those amounts are correct. There are zucchini pancakes on the menu which use A LOT of zucchini. This menu was tested by several others so it is as accurate as we have feedback for.
I’m just confused about the amounts not matching… on the chopping list it says 6 cups of shredded zuchhini, but then on the recipe page it says you need 12 cups… when I change my yellow number to 2, to says 12 on one page and 24 on the other. Am I doing something wrong?
You are right that one was off and so was the formula. I need to take a deeper look at this menu to see what other mistakes we missed. I corrected this one but will take a better look tomorrow. Sorry, this was at the beginning of switching to the new layout and I’m not sure exactly what happened.
I can’t adjust the number on the sheet for the number of people to cook for (the yellow box)…Am I doing something wrong? I figured it would be like a regular excel type document. Please help!
This should help: http://onceamonthmom.com/all-menus-saving-printing-google-document-grocery-lists-recipe-cards-instructions/
Hi! I’m working on making the veggie burgers right now and I can’t figure out what I’m supposed to do with the carrots, rutabaga, and black beans. There are no mention of them that I can find other than in the ingredients. Help!
I had a few problems with this menu too. It told me I needed 20 cups of shallots for 4 people when I only needed 4cups and a few of the ingredients didn’t multiply but the grocery list was nuts. The veggie burgers don’t have leeks in the ingredients, but say to add them in the instructions, and have red peppers in the ingredients, but nowhere in the instructions. The snap pea recipe either has extraordinarily small portions or something is wrong because when I followed the directions with 4 people in the yellow box, there was only 2 cups of chicken and 3 cups of snap peas which surely can’t be expected to be 8 servings?
The measurements on the Pork Chops with Pineapple Salsa seem way off, as well as the others that people mentioned. When I look at the original recipe for 4 servings, the measurements don’t match to the downloaded recipe cards for 4 servings. Also, do the oatmeal bars really need 16 8×8 containers for 4 servings? That seems a bit much. It is a little discouraging that these recipes aren’t reviewed and corrected before publishing. I know a lot goes into linking everything together, but when you’re in the grocery store and kitchen trying to put these together and the measurements are off, it’s quite frustrating and I find myself second guessing the recipes.
My sincerest apologies to all of you that did this menu and had issues. I have checked all of your concerns as well as gone through this menu with a “fine tooth comb” to find additional errors. I believe that is now up to date and as accurate as possible.
It is always our mission to put out a well edited product and this menu must have found some cracks. I also apologize that it has taken me this long to rectify them.
Hi – just a quick observation: the instructions list still reads “x” minutes (instead of 35-45) for the time for baking the oatmeal.
Cheers,
Cate
The Upside Down Baked Oatmeal is wrong on # of pans needed. The original recipe calls for 1 8×8. When the recipe was doubled on the card it called for 4 8×8. So when I made it there seemed to be not enough fruit for the bottom and the bars were very thin. I’m glad I looked at the original recipe so I will make them correct next time!