TRADITIONAL September 2011 OAMM Menu (OAMC, Once A Month Cooking, Freezer Cooking)
September! My favorite month. Weather cools down, kids go back to school, and fall approaches. This is the time of year I crave routine, and filling my freezer is a good way to insure I have plenty of meals ready for my family for those busy nights filled with homework, soccer practice, PTA meetings, etc.
Hearty Beef Stew
And nothing sounds more “Fall” to me then hearty stews, apples, fresh baked goods and comfort crockpot meals. What about you? I hope that you love these simple to freeze yet hearty fall meals.
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 September 2011 Recipe Cards the menu items are listed as single, double, or quadruple depending on how mu 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 2011 Recipe Cards.
- Having trouble using the Recipe Cards or YELLOW BOX? See this post!
Homemade Applesauce
Homemade Applesauce
Breakfasts
Lunches
Shepherd's Pie
Shepherd's Pie
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 OAMC BIG DAY. For more instructions on how to use this, go here.
- TRADITIONAL September 2011 OAMM Grocery List
Instructions
- These are the step-by-step instructions you will need to quickly and efficiently approach your OAMC BIG DAY!
- TRADITIONAL September 2011 OAMM Instructions
Labels
These customized labels are designed specifically for the September 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
Pinterest:
Are you a person that likes to see the menus visually? Perhaps you should check out the September 2011 Traditional Menu via Pinterest to see the yummy goodness you will be cooking up on this menu. Not sure what Pinterest is all about, check out what Once A Month Mom has to say about it.
Facebook Fan Party:
OAMM Facebook Fan Page Party – Sunday, September 18th 2011, 9:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST – We will be able to chat via video AND messaging during the event through FACEBOOK! How cool is that? We will be talking about the current month’s menus, answer your burning questions about freezer cooking and have fun getting to know one another. 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 “Facebook Fan Night” Tab on the left.
- 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:
- CaryAnn Hancock – is a mom of 3 who wants to go back to school to be a nutritionist in Louisiana. She has a food blog at http://lifeinspiredcooking.blogspot.com.
- Kristen Barrett – When she’s not busy chasing her twin girls, you can find her me in the kitchen, craft room, or outside soaking up the sun. She loves cooking and trying new things and is always enamored by the recipes I find on OAMM. You can find her at Hope Abound or on twitter at @hopeabound where she shares family musings, crafts, recipes, and other what nots.
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 September 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 September 2009′s OR September 2010′s menus if you are looking for something different!
Thanks a million for the link! Running off now to investigate the other links. Yum.
This is my first time working with the recipe cards (and trying OAMC). I have downloaded it as an Excel spreadsheet, but I can’t see all the recipe directions. Some have ##### in the cell. How can I fix this? Thanks!
You need to make the box bigger OR you need to change the cell format to general (or both). See this post for details: http://onceamonthmom.com/all-menus-saving-printing-google-document-grocery-lists-recipe-cards-instructions/
Today is the first cooler day we’ve had and everything on this menu sounds wonderful! I will join you this month!
Welcome! We are glad to have you.
quick question on the black bean soup – I only have organic canned black beans, recipe calls for dry beans. how many cans of beans should I use and how much would I adjust the time? Thank you!
Just replace with canned beans ounce for ounce.
Heard about your site from Real Life Sarah, love the concept, this is just what I have been looking for to help lighten the load at home! Thanks for all your hard work.
Welcome! Good luck and so glad you have joined us.
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Hi! I just downloaded de recipy card so I can planned my recipies and I noticed that for the scones, when I put 6 in the number of persons, the quantities does’nt change, is this normal? The number of container does change though but not the ingresients quantities. Thank’s
This is a very valid question and I apologize for my late reply. It should have changed and when looking I realized there was a formula problem for anyone that was cooking more than 4 servings. I have fixed that but you will want to go back and reprint cards for the Scones and Pizza Muffins as well as double check the chopping amounts. The amounts on the grocery list are written correctly so you should have purchased enough for the serving amount you were doing. Sorry about that and thank you for bringing that to our attention.
No problem at all. I didn’t buy my ingredients yet, but since I had everything in hand to do the scones, I wanted to do them right away.
The link to the September Traditional menu does not seem to be working. Is there another place with the link?
Fixed. Thanks.
Just so you know. The Traditional Menu isn’t coming through on the RSS feed. It hasn’t been downloading for the past couple of months. I only noticed because I save the menus in my Outlook file, and I don’t have the traditional menu.
Thanks!
Thanks for the heads up on that one. I will check into it.
LOVE the green chile egg muffins!
I’m trying to use the Traditional recipe cards and it wont do anything when I click on the yellow box to change #. Is anyone else having this issue?
thanks so much!
Please see this post: http://onceamonthmom.com/all-menus-saving-printing-google-document-grocery-lists-recipe-cards-instructions/
is it possible in the future to list cooking utensils/items needed such as # of pots, bowls and cookie/muffin trays? I know that I only have a limited number of things – especially cookie and muffin trays and it would be helpful to borrow them in advance rather than having to keep washing them throughout the day.
Hi Cindy
That would probably be very helpful but unfortunately it would be difficult to predict since everyone is cooking different serving amounts. Even though it may seem like a pain to wash throughout the day, I do the same, and find it actually helps me feel less overwhelmed as I don’t have such a large mess of dishes at the end of the day.
Love your site and I am going to give this a try with some girl friends in a couple of days. Typically what do you freeze casseroles in? Do you use the tin pans with foil on top or lids or something else?
Pam speaking here, for ease I usually use the tin pans with foil on top or a lid (if it comes with one). But some readers have also suggested lining your regular baking dishes with foil, and then freeze. When the casserole is frozen, lift the foil out, wrap the rest of the way in foil, and place in a freezer bag.
Thanks Pam, I am heading to the store and wasn’t sure what to get:) we are starting out slow, but making meals for 4 families, so I wanted to have it down right:)
Yeah, I’d suggest foil pans for that many families! Good luck!!
I made a lot of the recipes for this month’s menu and they are delicious so far! I had a question about the Green Chile egg muffins. They were great fresh, but when we froze and reheated them the texture was weird. They were sort of wet and soggy and spongy. Anybody have any tips or something I could do different next time I freeze and egg dish? Thanks.
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Thank you for featuring my chipotle lime soup in your September menu! Since the trackback, I’ve enjoyed reading your menus and love the various ideas. I’m looking forward to checking out the October menus.
Thanks for letting us know! And thanks for that yummy soup recipe!!
I’m not sure where we went wrong with our chipotle lime recipe this month. We cooked for 10 and I’m not sure if the spice portions where correct on our recipe cards. We even cut the chipotle seasoning down by 1/3rd but the soup is REALLY spicy! Is there anything you can suggest to cut the spice? We froze in single serve portions…so any suggestions on an easy remedy would be appreciated!
Maybe add more beans or serve with sour cream or over rice to cut down on the spice?
Hi I am really enjoying your site
On the cream cheese chicken I had set the serving size for
8 but only on the cream cheese chicken page it changes the
serving size down to five. Any suggestions?
never mind I was able to change the
serving size on the page and that worked
I love how there is such variety here!! I am having my 4th kid in a few months. We don’t love, love freezer meals, but we do them when I have babies. Glad to see I have so much to choose from! Thank you! bellesbazaar-heather.blogspot.com
I just ate a BBQ Baked Potato in the lunchroom at work and ended up giving a little promo/advertisement about OAMM! I was instructed to send out the website afterwards!!
LOL that is AWESOME!
The best kind of advertising; word of mouth.
I’m thinking of making the Green Chile and Egg Muffins, but instead of muffins I was thinking of making them in a loaf pans for family style breakfast. I have a couple of questions. Couldn’t I freeze this raw for a fresher taste the morning of? Can eggs be frozen raw in casseroles for later baking? Thanks!
Yes you could do in a loaf pan and you could freeze before cooking. Raw eggs to fine. They might be a little watery though. We usually recommend baking items like these from frozen so that there is less water on them but you need to bake them longer.