Comments on: OAMC with only a refrigerator freezer

By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:15:18 +0000

You really do give me hope that I can do OAMC now! I’ve been wanting to do it for a long time now, but I didn’t think it possible with just my small fridge freezer. I can’t wait to get a friend or two on board to get this to be a monthly thing! I’ve recently become friends with a huge group of couponers, so I can’t wait to see what deals they can get me to combine with your recipes! I’ll be paying pennies per meal hopefully!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:11:58 +0000

I have used my fridge-freezer for OAMC and it has an ice-maker to boot. I was able to fit items fairly easily, well, it can get tight with an entire month, but you can maximize space. One bit of advice I would give for casseroles is to line your baking pans with saran wrap and foil. Then place your food inside that. Flash freeze the food in the pan, then you can easily lift the frozen casserole out, rewrap it and put in a ziplock bag if possible and put back in freezer. You can stack several of these “flat” casseroles together. When you are ready to cook, let it thaw slightly so that you can loosen the saran wrap/foil and place in the orig baking pan. This saves money on not having to buy aluminum baking pans and helps you maximize space in the freezer. It worked perfectly for me! The one downside is you do need to assemble the casseroles first so they have time to flash freeze.

By: Jessi

Jessi — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:39:19 +0000

I haven’t been following the exact menus lined out, but I’ve been doing once-a-month cooking the last few months….with just a side-by-side fridge/freezer at that. It can be really crazy, especially considering it feels nearly impossible to do full baking dish items. I actually try to do mostly things I can arrange in bags….or things that I can freeze flat, and then stack. I should be getting my deep freezer back soon (had one a few years ago, but a mouse chewed off the cord and it’s been stored ever since….I want it fixed!). I don’t know where I’ll put it, but it would make my life a million times easier, lol.

By: MJ @ Creative Madness

MJ @ Creative Madness — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:24:41 +0000

My father and brother are engineers, so when I started considering hubby positions, there was no other option. I grew up with men as engineers, I had to marry one. lol

By: Ev

Ev — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:01:07 +0000

I love it! Good job on the description. We have far more room but my engineering minded hubby does a lot of the same things.

By: Ruth @ Bookish Ruth

Ruth @ Bookish Ruth — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:41:38 +0000

Great job, MJ! (Your freezer is much better organized than mine is!)

By: DeAna Boren

DeAna Boren — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:29:05 +0000

I’d still have just the refrigerator/freezer for my own OAMC, but friends of ours were moving out West and they sold us their stand-alone freezer for $50. Now I can REALLY stock up!

By: MJ @ Creative Madness

MJ @ Creative Madness — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:00:48 +0000

Hopefully, when my little girl gets here, I’ll be able to get him to reconsider too. Hope this bit of my experience helps!

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:23:16 +0000

love it! this gives me hope with my lack of a stand alone freezer as well. my husband hasn’t said no to one, we just haven’t purchased it yet, but i think we might need it when i start doing meals for my infant too;)