Traditional March 2012 Menu
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March is a transition month of sorts. We crave the warmth of spring, but winter is still holding on for a while. Comfort food is still top on menu plans in our house, but we will be incorporating a few lighter meal items as we look towards warmer days.
In your grocers produce aisle, you will likely see the emergence of asparagus, strawberries, lemons, broccoli, salad greens, and peas, as winter gives way to spring.
A full pan of Ham Balls, ready to eat.
The Traditional menu is designed for the “traditional” or “average American family”. It is favorites you would find in a majority of kitchens across the country. If you aren’t the average american family you may wish to try out one of our specialty menus. If you are new and not sure how to get started we have a wonderful series starting with 5 easy steps to get you on your way to once a month cooking. Good luck!
**Stay tuned on the 5th and 10th of March as we have accompanying Traditional Mini Menus coming out then that you might enjoy if you are looking for a lighter cooking day or are just getting started with freezer cooking.
The links below are just so you can see which recipes are included in this month's menu. WE DO THE WORK FOR YOU!
To see freezer instructions and adapt recipes to your family size see the RECIPE CARDS below.
Chicken Pesto Stuffed Shells
Breakfasts
Lunches
Dinners
- Greek Turkey Meatloaf **
A kid friendly casserole that tackles 3 food groups in one dish!
- Ham Balls **
- Favorite Casserole
- Pesto Stuffed Chicken Shells
- Southwest Crockpot Pork **
- Ground Beef & Sauerkraut Soup
- Asian Peanut Butter Crockpot Pork **
- Slow Cooker Cranbery Roast **
**Indicates meals that require NO COOKING on your OAMC BIG DAY aka “throw and go” meals, perfect for the family who needs to adjust to just do the quick meals!
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Pinterest:
Are you a person that likes to see the menus visually? Perhaps you should check out the March 2012 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, March 11 2012, 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. This is a great way to meet fellow Once A Month Mom’s or get your questions answered as you get started.
Instructions for viewing live-stream:
- Go to the Once A Month Mom Facebook Fan Page.
- Click on the “FB Fan Night” Tab on the left side margin.
- 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! If you are interested in test cook, feel free to volunteer. Here is a little bit about this month’s test cooks:
- Ruth Gilbert -
I have been a cooking since I was fifteen. My Mom and Dad always worked two jobs each so it was up to me to do the cooking. I’m retired from my real world job. Although I keep busy with cooking community cooking classes at our local vocational school. I also teach cooking classes and candy making classes through my Pampered Chef business. I am a lover of life and of people so this opportunity was perfect for me.
Get Started
Are you new to Once A Month Mom or once a month cooking (oamc) in general? If so, you might want to spend a few minutes (or hours) on the Get Started Series. If you are in a real hurry to catch on we have written some simple steps for getting started. Welcome!
If you are feeling abundantly blessed and generous feel free to donate. :) And don’t forget you can always go back and use March 2009′s, March 2010′s or March 2011′s menus if you are looking for something different!
p.s. the heading of this page ‘traditional’ spelled wrong :)
menu looks great!
I actually saw that too and thought I would leave it to see how many grammar/spelling readers we had. ;)
So is it okay for me to point out that the link to the specialty menus should say “our” not “or”? (;
The meals look yummy!
Fixed thank you!!
haha! sorry, misspelled words are a pet peeve of mine :)
Thanks for including one of my recipes; always appreciated!
Thanks for giving my Egg Brunch Casserole in the Crock Pot a shout out. Gotta love something that cooks while you sleep.
Kind of a silly question, but, when making the southwest chicken wraps, how do you keep the filling from falling out when you grill it on both sides if the ends are still open? Or do you fold it like a burrito? Thanks in advance!!
You might want to fold them like a burrito for grilling and storing!
Hahah … I was wondering the same thing and I was about to attempt with the ends open! Thanks for asking!
I don’t get the part where you put how many people you cook for in the yellow box. First of all it doesn’t let you. Second, when I click on one of the recipes (thinking maybe that was the problem) there are no yellow boxes in which to put any numbers. So, what am I doing wrong?!
Carmen -
This tutorial will help you with the yellow box questions. http://onceamonthmom.com/all-menus-saving-printing-google-document-grocery-lists-recipe-cards-instructions/
Alright … I completed my cooking day! All by myself took about 9 hours! It would have taken longer, but I didn’t complete the wraps or any of the breakfasts because I was having a family gathering the next day and wanted to make all of the breakfasts for that. I wasn’t able to complete the wraps because I didn’t have enough chicken. Could someone look into that … I did end up having too much chicken for the creamy chicken pockets … that might be where the error occured. We ate the Turkey Meatloaf and it was great … my husband said it tasted gourmet! Hahah
I also had this problem with the chicken. The Creamy Chicken Crescents had waaay to much chicken–I’m a little worried they’re going to be a little dry, because the chicken:cream cheese ratio seemed off. I ended up skipping the stuffed shells b/c I realized I wasn’t going to have enough. Good thing rotisserie chickens are on sale at my grocery store on Sundays!
I have issues w/ the rows on the recipe cards not being large enough to show all the text. I’ve try to “Auto fit row height” but that doesn’t work. Any suggestions?
Did you see the suggestions in this post: http://onceamonthmom.com/all-menus-saving-printing-google-document-grocery-lists-recipe-cards-instructions/
I made the sausage scones last night; since they aren’t a OAMM recipe I thought I would comment here. I substituted cheddar for the parmesan and used “Boulder Sausage” brand breakfast sausage because it was the only one without casings so easier that way.
They are good, but not a lot of sausage flavor. Mostly “scone” flavored. My son really likes them, which is what counts, and because they have protein, he can have them as a breakfast entree, unlike the strawberry chocolate chip ones I made last month, which I decided were desserts :)
My suggestions — buy a more flavorful sausage, and/or use the sausage grease instead of an equal amount of butter, and use the parmesan cheese if you aren’t sensitive to it as we are, or add extra salt.
Hi! I am going to start doing this wonderful idea that you all have! I am super excited, but I have one question… On the Sausage Scones, when I put in 4 people, it didn’t change the amounts on the recipe card. Is that my computer error? If so, I can change it by myself, but I was wanting to doublecheck that I needed to!
Welcome Lindsey! Check out this post first and let me know if you are still having troubles. http://onceamonthmom.com/all-menus-saving-printing-google-document-grocery-lists-recipe-cards-instructions/
Hi Kelly, this link is helpful, but for some reason, mine is only NOT working on the scones. It worked on all of the rest of the recipes. I am just going to go ahead and do it by hand! Shouldn’t be too difficult, just wasn’t sure if I was supposed too. Thank you!!
I think the problem is that this is a recipe that has a formula. Meaning it has eggs, we can’t divide eggs in half or quarters so we are likely making the whole batch depending on your serving number. The grocery list accounts for this non-change too. :)
I had a question. If I were to cook for just one or two would you still recommend cooking the crockpot recipes in the crockpot? It just seems like there wouldn’t be enough in the crockpot to stay most and the food would end up dry and or burnt?
You could easily cook them on the stove top also. If you are cooking this menu for 2 you could do it in the slow cooker still because that would mean that you were cooking almost a full batch. 2x (2 servings) = cooking 4 servings. Good question though.
Celeste- Those recipes are designed for slow cooker/crock pot cooking and shouldn’t get burnt or dry. If you do have concerns however, I would suggest cutting the cooking time down and certainly cooking on low.
*moist not most :)
Tried these for my first ever OAMC experience. It was a CRAAAAZZZY cooking day. I wrote about it:
http://selfpursuits.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/i-must-be-crazy/
Love the recipes so far. My husband is impressed, I feel like a chef, and I’m totally doing it again. Thank you!!!
Thank you Erin for sharing your OAMC experience!
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