VEGETARIAN November 2011 OAMM Menu (OAMC, Freezer Cooking, Bulk Cooking, Power Cooking)

Cranberry-Orange Scones

November’s vegetarian menu makes use of all those delicious autumnal and Winter vegetables; butternut squash and roasted root vegetables highlight the dishes. A savory and simple Chickpea Pot Pie will warm up your kitchen and your tummies on a chilly day, as will the Vegetarian Chili Shepherd’s Pie and Vegetable Chowder. And Cranberry-Orange Scones will make the perfect breakfast to pop out of the freezer on a busy holiday morning.

I won’t sugar-coat it, with all the roasted vegetables, this menu can be pretty intense. But, the best part for your cooking day is that, once the vegetables are roasted, five of the meals require no further cooking that day. Those meals have been designated with a ^^ symbol. In addition to those five meals with the ** symbol designating no cooking on the cooking day at all, that makes 10 meals total with only assembly after roasting your vegetables.

And the pay-off for roasting all those vegetables is amazing. The caramelized goodness that will come out of your freezer is sure to impress any guests visiting for the holidays.  And you’ll only have to slave over your oven and stove one day for an entire holiday season’s worth of deliciousness.

**Please note there is a Once A Month Mom Holiday eCookbook Blowout Sale on Wednesday, November 2nd starting at 9:30 Eastern Standard Time. Don’t miss out.

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. 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 VEGETARIAN November 2011 Recipe Cards the menu items are intended to feed one person for a month. You can insert the number of people are cooking for on the first tab to automatically make recipe adjustments to feed multiple people for a month.   For more information on how the Vegetarian OAMM Menu works, click here.
  

  Vegetable Chowder

• View the printable VEGETARIAN November 2011 Recipe Cards.
• Having trouble using the Recipe Cards or YELLOW BOX? See this post!

Breakfasts

• Cranberry-Orange Scones **
• Bleu Cheese Biscuits **
• Slow Cooker Lemon-Ginger Oatmeal **

Lunches

• Vegetable Chowder
• Butternut Poblano Soup
  

  Bleu Cheese Biscuits

• Squash Wontons ^^
• Roasted Root Vegetable Salad ^^

Dinners

• Red Quinoa with Butternut Squash
• Vegetarian Chili Shepherd’s Pie
• Chickpea Pot Pie **
• Parmesan Root Vegetable Lasagna ^^
• Quinoa Burgers **
• Roasted Corn Poblano Cheddar Pizza ^^
• Warm Lemony Navy Beans with Roasted Beets and Mint-Yogurt Sauce
• Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup

Add Ons

• Sage-Garlic Brown Butter

• Printable VEGETARIAN November 2011 Recipe Cards

**Indicates meals that require NO COOKING on your OAMC BIG DAY!

^^Indicates meals that require no cooking AFTER your vegetables are roasted 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 VEGETARIAN November 2011 OAMC BIG DAY. For more instructions on how to use this, go here.
• VEGETARIAN November 2011 OAMM Grocery List

Instructions

• These are the step-by-step instructions you will need to quickly and efficiently approach your OAMC BIG DAY!
• VEGETARIAN November 2011 OAMM Instructions

Labels

Sample Label

These customized labels are designed specifically for the VEGETARIAN November 2011 Once A Month Mom Menu. They contain the name of the dish and serving instructions for preparing the dish on your serving day. They make preparation of the dishes hassle free and staying to your eating plan a cinch.

These labels are 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.

• VEGETARIAN November 2011 Printable Labels

Pinterest:

Are you a person that likes to see the menus visually? Perhaps you should check out the November 2011 Vegetarian 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 – November 13, 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 “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! Here is a little bit about this month’s test cooks:

• Shannon Majiros: I am a stay at home wife and mom, I have one child, Delaney; she is five and just started kindergarten.  I have been freezer cooking for two years.
• Diane Matthews: I am an ambulance nurse and a lawyer — not a cook — at all. Oh, I make fancy special occasion meals that are great but, I have trouble making “meals” every night. I usually just snack, even at home. When I’m on my 12-hour ambulance shifts, I eat out for every meal other than the few pieces of fruit take. This method will allow me to have something prepared that is not “prepared food.”

Helpful Hints/Resources

• Saving and Printing the OAMM Menus Using Google Docs
• Creating Your Own OAMC Menu Series
• 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

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