September 2010 OAMM Menu (OAMC, Once A Month Cooking, Freezer Cooking)
We are back into the swing of things now! Most kids are back-to-school or about to be very soon. In freezer cooking world that means time to get back to routines, crazy dinner time and cooler weather recipes!
I am excited to share with you this new menu. Like last months, I utilized Vanderbilt Wife to help me edit things and make them better (you can hire to edit too) and enlisted some OAMM Readers to do a test run of the menu. Thank you to Candice and Kristina for your efforts. Hopefully we have ironed out most if not all of the “bugs” in the menu. Take a look for yourself though.
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. For frequently asked questions visit here. And there are several other helpful links under the Helpful Hints/Resources section below to help you on your cooking journey. Good luck!
Podcast
- Listen in the orange player at the top of this post…
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 September 2010 Recipe Cards the menu items are listed as single, double, or quadruple depending on how much we need to make on the BIG DAY. The recipes linked below are ONLY for the single batch, to see the amounts we are making on the OAMC BIG DAY you will need to visit the printable September 2010 Recipe Cards.
Breakfasts
Lunches
Dinners
**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 September 2010 OAMC BIG DAY. For more instructions on how to use this, go here.
- September 2010 OAMM Grocery List
Instructions
- These are the step-by-step instructions you will need to quickly and efficiently approach your OAMC BIG DAY!
- September 2010 OAMM Instructions
Labels
These customized labels are designed specifically for the September 2010 Once A Month Mom Menu. They contain not only the name of the dish but also the serving instructions for preparing the dish on your serving day. They make preparation of the dishes hassle free.
These labels are designed to be printed on Avery 8163
Facebook Fan Party:
- OAMM Facebook Fan Page Party – September 2010 – September 16th, 9:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST – share stories about your cooking, ask questions, clarify the menu, and meet other OAMM cooks!
Helpful Hints/Resources
- Creating Your Own OAMC Menu Series
- How To Navigate the OAMM Menu
- 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 the September 2010’s menu?
If you are feeling abundantly blessed and generous feel free to donate. :) But don’t feel guilty if you aren’t able. And don’t forget you can always go back and use September 2009‘s menus if you are looking for something different!
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Everything is tomato based except the tostada based.
I am sorry I meant that everything is tomato based except tostada goop stuff
Yes, this menu is heavy on tomato based products, maybe more so than any other recipe. But tomatoes are ready in the garden and on sale on the grocery shelves so it made sense.
Great month. I love how you include the recipe cards. Happy September!
I look forward to the 1st every month to get the new menu. Unfortunately, I can’t make anything on the dinner side of this menu work for us. Every item (including the tostada goop) has cooked tomatoes in it and we have an allergy. Not a lot of variety this month.
Sorry to hear that. You can always go back to September 2009′s menu for an in-season menu that might work better for your family.
So glad you reminded me of that! :) I was sitting here like a kid on Christmas morning who only got socks. Chicken Marsala and Beef Stroganoff are some of our favorites.
He he he. I’m so sorry to have disappointed you with this menu. It just goes to show that there is a wide variety of tastes and preferences on this blog! I am so happy that I have past menus to point readers too! Have fun with that one, it was one of the most popular in 2009.
We’ll have to try the 2009 one you suggested also- we are a no-tomato family as well.
Thank you all for your information and comments Regards ….
I’m not exactly sure with this recipe but I’ve done cucumbers and pickles and they were perfectly fine.
I really liked the idea of following the seasons. My tomatoes were very late this year and now I have new ideas about what I will do with them. Thank you!
Just made the baked oatmeal for breakfast today and it was terrific! I’m planning to freeze the extra pieces and see how they thaw. Thanks for the great recipe.
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what is the best way to reheat the apple baked oatmeal?
There are reheat directions on the “printable September 2010 recipe cards” doc.
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I am new to your site here, I found you through Bargain Briana, but I’m excited to see something like this out in the world. I wish I had known this existed 2 years ago (about then was when my husband took a job that paid only once a month & I was no longer working, I had to drastically change the way I shopped and cooked!) I have been shopping for everything we need for the month, preparing and seperating ingredients for all the meals, but never cooking in advance. I was always proud of shopping for our family of 3 including a toddler with a huge appetite on about $150/month, but now to see that I may be able to save time too is amazing! I can’t wait to go back and see all your recipes/menus :) Thanks for such a great service!
Welcome! I hope you find a menu you enjoy.
I actually went through that last few menus you put up and picked out recipes my family will eat and added in some recipes we love and made my own menu and grocery list. I just need to do the instructions and labels :) I’m totally loving this!
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Wow, I can’t believe how thorough this meal plan is! And for free! Have you thought about doing a month specifically for those really lean months when we need to budget super wisely? I see February 2010 has some $5 dinners. Maybe even create a menu in line with the Hunger Challenge (https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5420/content_item/hungerchallenge).
I do each month’s menu seasonally for the best overall savings, but I do see a great point with your suggestion. It is just that it takes a lot of time to come up with each month’s menu so there isn’t a lot of spare time for creative new menus. Although I do have several I am working on and hope to get out soon. I will add this idea to my list.
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Hi, I have been watching your site for a while and have decided to start OMC. I wanted to make sure that on the recipe cards it says double does the shopping list reflect those doubles or quad?
Yes, the grocery list and recipe ingredients reflects the listed quantities needed! All math already done for you.
I’m starting out slower and just doubling up batches of the same dinner a couple times a week and freezing the extra. So last night I made Kaylee’s Casserole – it was a big hit! Tonight I’m making Tosdada Goop, because honestly, with a name like that I couldn’t wait to try it!
I have a question for you though! I slow-cooked 6 breasts in a slow cooker with 1 c. water. Is the “broth” able to be saved and used for something else? How do I do it? Could I use it for the chicken and wild rice soup this month? I’ve never used homemade broth before!
I’ll check back here, or you can email me at scrmbld@hotmail.com
Thank you for all your hard work and putting together these delicious recipes!!
Yes, most certainly use that extra “juice” as chicken broth in a recipe. It is perfect. Just skim off the fat!
hi im new to this so slightly confused. i understand that the menu and grocery list match quantities for 2 families of 4 (so 8 people),right? so if i buy whats on the list and make the menu myself (no partner), each meal serves 8 or do i have to split the list and menu in half since im flyin solo?
thanks so much!!!
You will want to do the menu as is in the case of cooking for a family of 8.
Hi, I tried OAMC for the first time last month and it was great, I love the idea of the Sushi wraps you have planned for the Sept menu, I was really curious how the Nori and cucumbers are going to freeze, has someone done this before, I am nervous to try it.
Sometimes recipes are an experiment. :) I’m anxious to see the result. I actually froze cucumbers as pickles and they did really well.
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Cooking this menu today! Wish me luck; it’s my first one.
Good luck! I can’t wait to hear all about it!
Finished September last night and everything looks so good! I took a long break from OAM but had to come back to rescue my budget! This month is my first time doing it all by myself. Thanks again for your menu planning!
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I made the September menu as my first foray into OAMC. My cooking partner bailed after we did all the shopping but it was worth it, sore back and all, to do the cooking in advance. My husband and I just finished our last meal this week, so time to start again with the October menu (a month behind!) We enjoyed the chicken wild rice soup and the eggplant sausage bake the best. We used the tostada goop on top of homemade baked tortilla chips; what else would you recommend doing with it? Thanks for being so organized!
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20 years ago as a working mom I started out doing cooking for 7 days. I then decided hm.. maybe 14 days would be no more time consuming, and before I knew it I was doing it once a month for 30 days. I was feeding hubby and 4 kids at the time. We all helped and it usually took about 7-8 hrs including cool down and freezing time depending on what we were doing. If you have enough main dishes all the meal needs is a salad or side dish. The key to having these meals turn out excellent is starting the soups, sauces or main dishes with a roux of wonderful seasoning. Build the flavor in the roux and the rest of your dishes are half done. I was a cook that put all ingredients in the pot at once, and wondered why everything tasted the same all of the time. My parents-in-law came from Italy and had an Italian restaurant for 27 years and everything started with a roux and was wonderful.I can now make spagetti sauce, chicken tortilla soup, potato soup, braised chicken and many other dishes from the same beginning roux by just adding the rest of the individual ingredients for each recipe. I have learned how to adapt most any recipe depending if it needs to be gluten free, dairy free, meat free etc. There are so many more things available today for those that have allergies to a particular food. Remember to let the food be the star of the roux and keep it simple. My favorite is to saute 1/4-1/2C chopped garlic, 3/4C celery, 3/4C onion, and 3/4 tsp pepper in 1 Tb of EVOO and 3/4 C of chicken broth. Then add the skinned chicken (6-7 pieces), 2 C water and 1 C of chicken broth. Simmer covered until thickened usually about 45 min. Do not let the mixture stick. This amount would be enough for the base of about 3 main dishes.