TRADITIONAL April 2011 OAMM Menu (OAMC, Once A Month Cooking, Freezer Cooking)
Nope! This year I am NOT playing an April Fool’s joke on you like last year. This is the real deal! In fact, I am excited that this is the FIRST month that Pam is flying solo on a menu. I think that you will find that her menus look very similar to choices I would make myself.
Ham, Broccoli & Cheddar Roll
Easter falls in April this year so you will be seeing ham, baked goods, eggs and all those other Easter staples on sale this month. You will also start seeing fresh Spring produce appearing. Asparagus, strawberries, pea pods, mushrooms and the ever present broccoli. Yum!
We are also making the transition of starting to offer meals that you can make on the grill. Oh the grill, how I love thee!
Again, enjoy!
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!
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 April 2011 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 April 2011 Recipe Cards.
Artichoke Bread
Artichoke Bread
Breakfasts
Lunches
Dinners
- Black Beans Burgers
Baked Chicken & Artichoke Penne with Sundried Tomatoes
- Asparagus Pesto
- Ham, Broccoli and Cheese Roll
- Taco Pasta
- Lemon Chicken Cordon Bleu
- Mexican Shepherd’s Pie
- Homemade Black Refried Beans
- Teriyaki Honey Chicken
**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 April OAMC BIG DAY. For more instructions on how to use this, go here.
- April 2011 OAMM Grocery List
Instructions
- These are the step-by-step instructions you will need to quickly and efficiently approach your OAMC BIG DAY!
- April 2011 OAMM Instructions – HALF Menu
- April 2011 OAMM Instructions – FULL Menu
Labels
These customized labels are designed specifically for the April 2011 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 – April 10 2011, 9:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST (A week early because Easter is on the 3rd Sunday) – 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 at the top.
- 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:
- Leana Seabolt – I’m a busy girl! I am truly blessed with a wonderful husband and three beautiful children (12, 6 and 2). I have a full time job with an hour commute (each way!). We have two horses, two school age kids with homework every night and did I mention a 2 year old? That doesn’t leave much time for cooking, so OAMC works well for us… and OAMM rocks!! I also blog at Sweeties Kitchen Adventures.
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 April 2011’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 April 2009′s OR April 2010′s menus if you are looking for something different!
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Tricia, Loved the artichoke bread – took it as an appetizer for a farewell party and there was NONE left over!! Always a sign of a hit. Will be making this as the appetizer for Bunko at my house this week, think I’ll make two, one for us and one for the freezer. Posted in on my blog as I was asked for the recipe at our dinner. :)
Wow! That is great to hear! Love stories like that! ;)
I notice that none of these meals have ** on them to let us know that there will be no actual cooking on the big day, does that mean that ALL of these meals require some sort of cooking on the big day?
Nope! Just means I forgot! ;) I’ll add that later this evening.
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Cooked this menu yesterday and can I just say YUM!!! Very excited to be eating all this yummy food all month. :) We ate the broccoli cheese soup for dinner last night, very tasty. I did want to mention that the number of heads of broccoli is WAY too many – you definitely don’t need one head to yield one cup of broccoli – unless our broccoli heads here in Georgia are just exceptionally large, LOL! Also, had onions left over. . . just some helpful hints from my experience. .
Great! As for the broccoli, in some seasons and regions broccoli is definitely bigger and yields greater amounts. I go with the amounts I have gotten on Sliced & Diced posts (Broccoli) as a standard. But yes, I do expect there are variations from person to person.
Hi! We have scheduled our Big Day for Friday, and tomorrow (Thurs.) is our shopping day. I did find the HALF menu instructions, and found where you told me to look for the HALF menu column on the grocery list. Now I’m having trouble with the actual recipes. Should I still be looking in the HALF column on the recipe cardds, too? Because if I follow that, I will be getting 1 quiche, 2 French toast casseroles, and 2 bags of waffles. I thought it was 10 breakfasts? So, am I reading it wrong, or am I actually supposed to do the FULL column on the recipe cards? Also, sorry to bug you, but is there a way to print all the recipes as one document, or do they have to be one per page? Thanks so much. We are really excited and grateful!
Each month varies but generally equals 8-10 breakfasts, this month is a little less. I’m on my phone now but I can send you a link for how to print or it is listed under resources on the main menu post.
Here is the link on how to print: http://onceamonthmom.com/diet-menu-using-google-docs/
P.S. I’m also just looking at the list of containers needed from the Half menu grocery list. It shows that I will need 25 containers, but I should be getting 40 meals (15, 10, 10). Ack! Please explain, b/c I’m really confused at this point. Half menu means the same number of meals, but only for one family, right? So if we were doing the FULL menu w/ another family, we would technically be cooking 80 meals at a time. Right? What am I missing? =( (You can combine my last two comments if you want)
The containers should be correct. Like explained below, the amounts vary from month to month. The other consideration is that some containers will hold more than one serving of an item. For example, you will likely get several lunch servings in one bag of the Tacos in a Sleeping Bag, etc. I am working on a video explanation of the videos that should help. I hope to have them posted in the next few weeks. Until then, I would say go with what the documents say and see what you get and how it feeds your family. I think you will be quite pleased and it will all come together to make complete sense.
I missed the label for the teriyaki chicken….
We’ve made bulk recipes of our own dishes before, but this was the first time we’ve used someone else’s plan. Thank you so much for putting this together! This site is amazing. We did our first bulk cook this past weekend and I’m looking forward to eating all that we made!
Is this where we’re supposed to post errors? I just spent a lot of time consolidating the recipes to double check the grocery list and found many (approx. 13) problems with the grocery list. I’m surprised nobody else noticed…they would have been quite obvious come cooking day.
Those are best emailed to us so we can assess and make changes info @ onceamonthmom.com
I was thrilled with the March menu (which was my first) but am behind the proverbial eight ball with April. Plan to make it this weekend but printed off all the recipes/shopping list weeks ago so have most of it purchased. Where do you post any errata? How do I know that corrections have been made? Do I need to re-print everything off? (I’m very appreciate of this site btw!!)
If there are errors indicated in the comments below then I have corrected them. I don’t publish until the corrections are made, but want to be honest that there are sometimes mistakes. I would check what you printed with the current documents and see if there are differences. If there are, you will likely need to reprint. Sorry.
Just printed out the labels for this menu and don’t see the ones for the Teriyaki Chicken (I think the beans are missing as well and perhaps others). Just wanted to let you know!
Thanks we will check that out.
I’m in the midst of preparing this menu and it’s great so far! I love that it’s not too labor intensive too.
So excited to see your results.
Hi, I new to your web site, I like what your doing and would like to try it out. I am not that good with a
computer. i tryed changing the number of the people i want to cook for on the grocery list, but i can never get it to change. Could you help me with this problem?
Thank you – Beverly McDonough
Welcome, sorry for the delayed response. This post should answer your questions: http://onceamonthmom.com/all-menus-saving-printing-google-document-grocery-lists-recipe-cards-instructions/
I would like to start with the April menu. It has more of what we will eat than the dishes on the later ones. I see that the Half Menu is for 1 family of 4. We are a family of 2. Can I just half the half menu and will everything work our right? It seems logical, but I have never done this before.
Thanks!
Yes you can just half the amount for one family of 4 and you will be good to go. You may need to adjust the container sizes.
I have a quick question … I am new to the site and just started checking out all of these great recipes and ideas. I plan to start up some cooking this weekend to try it all out. The French Toast casserole do you mix all ingredients and then put in a dish and freeze or do you just bag the ingredients and put in dish along with milk and eggs when your ready to cook ?? Sorry I am still a newbie!
Mix, put in dish, and then freeze.