• Included in this spreadsheet you will find a listing of all the items you will need to complete your September 2010 Once A Month (OAMC) Mom BIG DAY. You can make a copy of this list and customize it for yourself and your family or use it as is. For more instructions on how to use this, go here.
• Printable September 2010 Grocery List

Here is what was on the September Dinner menu:

• Freezer Beef Stew**
• Deconstructed Broccoli and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts
• Ultimate Beef Stroganoff**
• Baked Ziti
• Mexican Cornbread Casserole
• Chicken Marsala
• Chicken & Chilies Casserole
• Parmesan-Paprika Pork Chops

On the September Dinner menu was:

• Corn Dog Muffins
• Black Beans & Brown Rice**
• White Chicken Chili
• Carole’s Chili

On the September Breakfast menu was:

• Apple Streusel Muffins
• Silver Dollar Pear Pancakes
• Breakfast Eggwiches

Folks, this is a crazy week for me. I can’t say there is going to be much in the way of cooking around here. More like heating up at best. We just have so many things going on in the evenings. I have vowed to take it easy during the days though so I don’t get too over-exhausted. Here is what I think our plan is for the week.

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Menu Plan Monday

Monday – Chicken Parmigiana, garlic bread, vegetable

Tuesday – I’m at Amy Tobin class in Cincinnati – WOOT! I will eat there, hubby will eat leftovers.

Wednesday – Girls night at Disney on Ice in Cincinnati – Hubby on own

Thursday – Lemon Chicken with Veggies (August Menu), bruschetta

Friday – King Ranch Chicken (August Menu), vegetable, bread

Saturday -Lunch – Baked Rigatoni

Dinner – Pork Tenderloin in Slow cooker, mashed potatoes, green beans

Sunday – Lunch – Leftovers

Dinner – Dinner with FORGE families – taking

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1. A young mom in our house church is friends with a woman who is now a grandma to triplets! Her son and daughter-in-law had been trying for some time to get pregnant and were very excited to learn that they were, and having triplets. As you can imagine, this has been a tremendous undertaking. Grandma goes at least once a week to help with weekly tasks and cooking. Their church family has brought them a steady stream of meals over the last 4 months but those meals are starting to wane. Mom is also breastfeeding all three! WOW (I am in awe) which means that she is eating A LOT. So meals are of great help. I was asked if there was a way that we could provide meals to their family, freezer meals being great, over the next few months.

This is where you can come in! If you live in the Dayton, Ohio area and would like to donate some freezer meals to this family, please email me so that I might put you in touch with the coordinator of this effort. If you are in the Columbus, Ohio area (where the family is residing) and would like to donate meals, please also email me so that we might figure out a coordination effort for those in that area.

2. Through another family at church I found out that there was a mom who was staying with her baby in the ICU at Children’s Medical Center in Cincinnati. The baby was born at 28 weeks and is experiencing quite a few complications. Their prognosis for he baby was that she would need to be at Children’s in Cincinnati for approximately 4-6 months (it has been at least 2 already). Mom had a job back home and has 3 other children. Dad and the kids are at home in Virginia during the week but come on the weekends when they can. Can you even imagine trying to coordinate all that?

I have sent some meals to Cincinnati Ronald McDonald House for the mom on at least one occasion. I was going to ask those of you that live in the Cincinnati, Ohio area if you would be interested in doing the same. However, this particular family has been sort of quarantined to the babies room so as not to bring in any infection. If you are interested in taking meals to them if they are able to leave the babies room in the future, please email me and I will keep you posted.

Also, I have heard that there are many families that could use meals like this at the Ronald McDonald House. They do provide meals but they are usually limited and not all 3 meals each day. Having some meals in the freezer that can easily be heated up in the oven or microwave would likely be welcome. Please check with your local Ronald McDonald House before just dropping food off though.

Other ideas of who might really appreciate a meal:

• A mom who just had a baby
• Single parents
• Grand parents
• Older folks who don’t enjoy/have the ability to cook for themselves
• A friend that is moving
• A friend that is super busy
• A friend that is going through a rough time right now
• A friend that is sick – not just really sick – maybe just even a cold

Do you know of a need that you would like to share with readers? Please feel free to list it below with contact information.

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Originally this was going to be an “easy” week for me but it has quickly filled up with things to do during the day. Good things, but things. So I am happy that I have lots of freezer meals so I don’t have to worry about dinner.

Menu Plan Monday

Monday – Chilaquile Casserole (August Menu), salsa, chips

Tuesday – “Dump” Chicken & Grapes (August Menu), vegetable, bread

Wednesday – Dinner with House Church Family – working on making meals for “Gift” week

Thursday – leftovers (hubby has music practice)

Friday – Chili Cheese Potato Casserole (August Menu), vegetable, bread

Saturday – Lunch – Pizza Muffins (August Menu), Carole’s Chili (September Menu)

Dinner – King Ranch Chicken (August Menu), vegetable, bread

Sunday – Lunch -leftovers

Dinner – Lemon Chicken with Veggies (August Menu), bruschetta

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Thanks for joining us again or welcome first time visitors! We are glad you have joined us. You can learn more about the origin of this months menu by listening to the podcast. If you are new and not sure how to get started, read here. For frequently asked questions visit here.

Podcast

• This audio podcast will describe to you the items on sale for the month, the philosophy behind the meal choices and helpful hints for preparing for this months cooking day.
• 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 menu 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 OAM BIG DAY you will need to visit the Printable September Menu.

• Breakfast

  • Apple Streusel Muffins
  • Silver Dollar Pear Pancakes
  • Breakfast Eggwiches

• Lunches

  • Corn Dog Muffins
  • Black Beans & Brown Rice**
  • White Chicken Chili
  • Carole’s Chili

• Dinners

  • Freezer Beef Stew**
  • Deconstructed Broccoli and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts
  • Ultimate Beef Stroganoff**
  • Baked Ziti
  • Mexican Cornbread Casserole
    
  • Chicken Marsala
  • Chicken & Chilies Casserole
  • Parmesan-Paprika Pork Chops

• Printable September Menu

**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 OAMC BIG DAY. For more instructions on how to use this, go here.
• Grocery List

Instructions

• These are the step-by-step instructions you will need to quickly and efficiently approach your OAMC BIG DAY!
• Instructions

Labels

We have designed a set of 8 pages of labels designed to be printed on Avery 8163 or equivalent. These labels allow you to have 5 sticker labels for each of the 15 meals that you will be preparing.

• Printable Labels

Helpful Hints

• Tips AFTER my OAMC day
• Tips and Stories from other readers

What do you think of September’s menu?

And don’t forget to check out the right sidebar weekly to vote on past month’s menus!

used with permission Flickr Creative Commons, photo by BruceTurner

Grocery List

• Included in this spreadsheet you will find a listing of all the items you will need to complete your September Once A Month (OAMC)  BIG DAY. You can make a copy of this list and customize it for yourself and your family or use it as is. For more instructions on how to use this, go here.
• Printable Grocery List

Designed to be printed on Avery 8163 or equivalent! Readers who didn’t have labels available suggested just printing them on paper and taping them.

• September Labels 1 – Apple Streusel Muffins, Silver Dollar Pear Pancakes
• September Labels 2 – Breakfast Eggwiches, Corn Dog Muffins
• September Lables 3 – Black Beans & Brown Rice, White Chicken Chili
• September Labels 4 – Carole’s Chili, Freezer Beef Stew
• September Labels 5 – Deconstructed Broccoli and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts, Ultimate Beef Stroganoff
• September Labels 6 – Baked Ziti, Mexican Cornbread Casserole
• September Labels 7 – Chicken Marsala, Chicken & Chilies Casserole
• September Labels 8 – Parmesan-Paprika Pork Chops, Blanks

Recipes

Please note that all recipes in this document have been altered (increased quantities) to meet the needs of TWO people participating in a OAM 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

• 12 pounds of chicken will be cooked in the crock pot (Easy White Chicken Chili, Chicken & Chilies Casserole) , it does not need to be thawed before cooking. 4 pounds will be used for (Deconstructed Broccoli and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts) and it can be placed directly in the bags frozen, add sauce and stick back in freezer.
• 6 pounds of beef (Mexican Cornbread Casserole, Carole’s Chili). This meat can be frozen because we are cooking it before freezing again.

Thaw

• 4 pounds chicken breasts (Chicken Marsala).

Night Before:

• Put 12 pounds of chicken into a crock pot, add 1 cup of water and cook for approximately 8 hours on low or until chicken is done.
• Optional (but HIGHLY recommended) – chop up all vegetables, cook 6 pounds of hamburger and 1 cup of water in crock pot overnight, cook/steam 4 cups of brown rice.

Day of:

Not too much exciting on our plates this week. The new September menu is due out on Tuesday so I am frantically getting ready for that day. We also have great plans this weekend as the sporting even to the year Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) comes to town. And we are headed there courtesy of Crocs so we will make sure to bring you some great details.

Menu Plan Monday

Monday -BLT’s, fruit salad, french fries

Tuesday – Out to dinner – Date Night

Wednesday – House Church, dinner with Church family

Thursday – Spicy Honey Chicken (July Menu), corn on the cob, garlic oven fries (I’m pretty sure this has been on my menu for 3 weeks now. I PROMISE we are having it this week!

Friday – Chili Cheese Potato Casserole (August Menu)

Saturday – AVP Volleyball Tournament – Not exactly sure what to plan so leftovers!

Sunday – Lunch – Corn Dog Muffins (September Menu), Garden Chowder (August Menu)

Dinner – Hubby’s Favorite Casserole, vegetable, bread

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