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Instructions: September 2010 Menu (OAMC, Once A Month Cooking, Freezer Cooking)

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Please note that all recipes in this document have been altered (increased quantities) to meet the needs of TWO people participating in a OAMM Cooking Day. It is indicated on each recipe whether it has been doubled or quadrupled for your convenience. If you are just one person or would like to make less of a particular recipe, you will need to make the adjustments on your own to the recipe and to the grocery shopping list.

Instructions

  • Chicken, boneless – 10 pounds used – it can be frozen beforehand if handled properly (Chicken & Wild Rice Soup, Tostada Goop).
  • Ground Beef – 8 pounds and it can be frozen beforehand if handled properly but not recommended based on quality (Down Home Spaghetti Sauce, Down Home Meatballs, Down Home Lasagna, Kaylee’s Casserole).
  • Sausage, fully cooked links – 5.25 lbs used and it can be frozen beforehand if handled properly (Crockpot Pizza Soup, Sausage Ratatouille, Baked Pasta with Eggplant, Tomato, Sausage, Breakfast Wraps).
  • Sausage, ground – 4 lbs used and it can be frozen beforehand if handled properly but not recommended based on quality (Sausage Apple Egg Casserole, Down Home Spaghetti Sauce, Down Home Meatballs).
  • Note: You will need 4 slow cookers for this menu or 2 slow cookers and one 12 quart stock pot.

Thaw (in refrigerator)

  • 2 lbs of chicken
  • 2 lbs of ground beef
  • 5.25 lbs of smoked sausage links
  • 1 lbs of ground sausage

Night Before:

  • Place 6 pounds of ground beef and 1 lb of sausage into a slow cooker, add 1 cup of water and cook for approximately 8 hours on low or until meat is cooked through.
  • Place 10 lbs of boneless chicken into 2 slow cookers, add 1 cup of water to each and cook for approximately 8 hours on low or until chicken is cooked through.
  • Optional (but HIGHLY recommended) – chop up all vegetables, cook rice.

Day of:

Person
 What to Do
A Ingredients that need CHOPPED (**indicates usually okay for food processor)

  • In the indicated order for most efficiency
  1. Onions, Red – diced = 1 med (~1.5 cups)**
  2. Peppers, Green diced = 2 medium (~3 cups)
  3. Mushrooms, sliced = 2 lbs (~8 cups)**
  4. Sausage – sliced = 4.5 lbs**
  5. Pepperoni – quartered = (~2cups)
  6. Apples, diced = 6 med (~6 cups)
  7. Onions, Yellow diced = 12 med (~18 cups)**
  8. Garlic, minced (if not purchased that way) = 24 cloves**
  9. Basil = 1 bunch (~1.33 cups)
  10. Eggplant – diced = 6 med
  11. Roasted Red Peppers, strips = 14 oz
  12. Chicken, cooked & diced = 10lbs (~13.33 cups)**
  13. Tomatoes, Roma – diced = 8 med
  14. Sausage – diced = 12 oz**
  15. Peppers, Green sliced = 2 (~3 cups)**
  16. Zucchini, 1 inch pieces = 3 med (~4.5 cups)
  17. Onions, Yellow – quartered/chunks = 3 med (~2.5 cups)
  18. Italian Parsley, diced = 1 bunch
  19. Carrots, grated = 3 medium (~2 cups)**
  20. Carrots, sliced = 2 medium (~1 cups)**
  21. Green Onions, sliced = 1 bunches (~1 cups)
  22. Cucumbers, peeled, spears = 4 whole
  23. Eggplant – sliced = 2 med
B Start 2 slow cookers of Pizza Soup. Cook on HIGH for 6-8 hours.
B Prepare Apple Baked Oatmeal. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes.
A
Saute 6 cups of DICED onion in butter (2.25 cups sauteed). Set aside

  • 1.5 cups diced, raw = .75 cup sauteed (Down Home Spaghetti Sauce)
  • 1 cup diced, raw = .25 cup satueed (Breakfast Wraps)
A Start 2 slow cookers with ingredients for Down Home Spaghetti Sauce. Cook on Low for 3 hours.
B While Apple Baked Oatmeal is baking, mix and prepare Down Home Meatballs for oven.
B When Apple Baked Oatmeal are done baking, bake Down Home Meatballs for 15 minutes.
A Start 2 large stock pots of water boiling for pasta.
A Saute SLICED Sausage – 4.50 lbs

  • Sausage Ratatouille - 2 lbs
  • Baked Pasta with Eggplant, Tomato, Sausage - 1 lb 12 oz

Saute DICED Sausage – 12 oz

  • Breakfast Wraps - 12 oz
A Boil Pasta – 4 lbs

  • Kaylee’s Casserole – 2 lbs
  • Baked Pasta with Eggplant, Tomato, Sausage - 4lbs
B While Down Home Meatballs are baking, prepare Pizza Croissants for oven.
A Mix & Assemble:

  • Kaylee’s Casserole – 4 8×8 pans
  • Baked Pasta with Eggplant, Tomato, Sausage – 4 deep dish 8×8 pans
  • Breakfast Wraps – plastic wrap & 2 gallon freezer bags
B When the Down Home Meatballs are done baking, add them to each of the two slow cookers (do not allow to cool).
B Bake Pizza Croissants for 14-17 minutes.
A Prepare Chicken & Wild Rice Soup - 4 gallon freezer bags
B Mix & Assemble:

  • Sausage Apple Egg Casserole – 4 deep dish 8×8 pans
  • Sausage Ratatouille – 4 gallon freezer bags
  • California Sushi Wraps - plastic wrap & 2 gallon freezer bags
  • Tostada Goop – 4 gallon freezer bags
A Add pasta to Pizza Soup.
A Mix and prepare Eggplant Parmesan.
B Package (Set aside 12 cups Down Home Spaghetti Sauce for Down Home Lasagna:

  • Down Home Meatballs – 4 gallon freezer bags.
  • Down Home Spaghetti Sauce – 4 gallon freezer bags
  • Pizza Soup – 4 gallon freezer bags
A Mix & Assemble:

  • Down Home Lasagna – 4 deep dish 8×8 pans.
BOTH Kitchen Cleanup!
BOTH Congratulations you are DONE!!!!!

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    September 2, 2010 at 6:54 pm

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  3. Tammy says:
    September 16, 2010 at 10:32 pm

    Just one question. I have yet to do my first month of cooking. I just was curious your suggestion for the 16 – 8×8 pan needed for the recipes. Do you use foil pans? Or glass pans? Thanks!!! Tammy

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  4. Julie says:
    September 25, 2010 at 10:00 am

    My baby is due in 3 weeks and I found OAMM while looking for recipes to stock the freezer with meals. THANK YOU! Today is our big cooking day. I’ve been having some confusion about the sausage. The grocery list has fully cooked Italian sausage links, but the Instructions refer to smoked sausage. The instructions for the first day refer to slicing the sausage (#4 in the list of things to chop), but which sausage? I’m going through the recipes now and I’m sure I’ll figure it out. Just wanted to alert you. Thanks again!

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