WHOLE FOODS October 2011 OAMM Menu (OAMC, Freezer Cooking, Bulk Cooking, Power Cooking)
October is my FAVORITE month of the year! Mainly because it’s my birthday month and yes I like to drag it out as long as possible. A trait I’m sure I will regret passing on to my children in the future. I made the cupcakes above last year just for fun, aren’t they adorable?
Oven Baked "Fried" Chicken
I really love digging into the warm comfort foods of fall. Letting the oven warm up the kitchen and coming home to smells of squash, chili, and apples. This month’s menu embraces the flavors of fall. Using pumpkin throughout the meals. A chili and stew recipe for those football nights whether you’re watching the games at home, or in town and want something warm to come home to. And a few lighter recipes in case you feel weighed down like a pile of leaves.
**Note that there is a Step2 Fresh Market Kitchen giveaway going on now through 10/2, be sure to enter to win. And PLEASE consider filling out our survey (it is short) so we can get to know our readers more. PLEASE!!
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 WHOLE FOODS October 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 Whole Foods OAMM Menu works, click here.
- View the printable WHOLE FOODS October 2011 Recipe Cards.
- Having trouble using the Recipe Cards or YELLOW BOX? See this post!
Breakfasts
- Sundried Tomato Goat Cheese Frittata
Pistachio Chai Muffins
- Cream Cheese Pumpkin Bread
- Pistachio Chai Muffins
Lunches
Dinners
- Spaghetti Squash
- Oven Baked Fried Chicken
- Beef Stew
- Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup
Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup
- Monterey Chicken
- White Chicken Chili
Add Ons
- BBQ Sauce
- Tortillas
- Marinara Sauce
- Salsa Verde
- Cornbread (see add on recipe cards)
**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 WHOLE FOODS October 2011 OAMC BIG DAY. For more instructions on how to use this, go here.
- WHOLE FOODS October 2011 OAMM Grocery List
Instructions
- These are the step-by-step instructions you will need to quickly and efficiently approach your OAMC BIG DAY!
- WHOLE FOODS October 2011 OAMM Instructions
Labels
Sample Label
These customized labels are designed specifically for the WHOLE FOODS October 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
Pinterest:
Are you a person that likes to see the menus visually? Perhaps you should check out the October 2011 Whole Foods 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 – October 16th 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 “Stickam” Tab on the left side margain.
- 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:
- Chastity Munn – I’m a brand new stay at home mom, trying to maintain my champagne tastes on a budget. Follow along on Here Comes the Sun (http://munnfunn.blogspot.com).
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
What do you think of WHOLE FOODS October 2011’s menu?
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I love your menus, thanks so much for these every month! I tried to get the Whole Menu’s labels but it’s asking for my user and password and the link for GFDF labels takes me to a page of nothing. Teri
Teri – Here is the link for the WF Labels as well http://onceamonthmom.com/labels-whole-foods-october-2011-menu/ both are working
I think that you might have a pop-up blocker enabled. It should take you to a new tab that then pops up a PDF file for you to download. You may want to check those settings. It is a legit, bug-free doc I promise. :)
sorry, not the GFDF labels, I meant the Diet labels go to a blank page
Teri not sure what’s happening but here are is the diet label link http://onceamonthmom.com/labels-diet-octobe-2011-menu
Thanks Kelly, tried both and still getting the same thing. Gonna reboot here and see. Teri
Teri you may need to change internet browsers.
Just looking over the grocery list and getting ready to go to the store – do I really need 144 tomatillos? I know last month I bought 16 cups worth and really only needed 1.6 cups – so I don’t really want to overbuy again. Just wanted to check. And, 136 cloves of garlic? These just seem like insane quantities, so I wanted to check! Thanks!
Laura – The cards should be fixed now you should only need 18 tomatillos total to make two batches. (8 people) And yes the garlic should be corrected now as well, however it is a lot of garlic for this month. For just one serving the recipe cards call for 15 cloves total if that gives you an idea. There are a few recipes that call for five cloves just for one serving.
Also, just so you know – on the recipe cards – when I put in a serving of “8″ on the “instructions” tab but there are quite a few recipe cards that still say serving “1.” Just wanted to let you know.
Laura – This is fixed there was an error in the formula on the cards.
Laura – This is fixed now there was an error in the formula on the cards.
I’m sorry to keep commenting – I just keep noticing questions. I seems that the salsa verde recipe calls for ALOT of cilantro – but I don’t see cilantro on the grocery list at all. Am I missing something?
Looks like there may be an error on the grocery list on line 70 for pistachios.
Susan – This is fixed there was an error in the formula
thank you for this! i made a bunch of new dinners and a few lunches this week. my family LOVED it! even the spaghetti squash spaghetti you share. very strange at first, but so yummy! i think i can actually say, i can’t wait to go grocery shopping this week :)
http://houseofwoyaks.blogspot.com/2011/10/spaghetti-squash-spaghetti.html
Happy to hear it Heather!
This is my first time trying the once a month concept and I only picked a few recipes and made ttwo weeks of meals. My husband I loved everything we made. I am hooked and ready to make my next batch of meals.
So happy to hear it Kristin!
This is my first month trying this, and the recipes are so great! My husband and I have really been enjoying this very satisfying way to eat healthy. Thanks for what you do!!!
I appreciate all the work it must take to put this together. And as it’s free, I hate to complain. But I do want to warn others to double check the grocery list and chopping list. I set it up for 5 servings and found some quantities off (Ground Beef – 6.75 lbs, not 4.4, Beef Chuck Roast – 3.75 lbs, not 30 oz, etc.). The chopped quantities show 115 medium (143.75 cups) of diced onion. I love onion, but that’s one cup of diced onion/person/day! So if it looks off, check it. And if it’s a critical or main ingredient, check it!
That said, we really appreciate the whole food type of OAMC recipes. So many involve canned cream of mushroom soup, etc. These look tasty and healthy! Thank you for putting this together.
Beth, I did check the cards for the errors you are reporting. There was a mistake with the onions which I have now corrected. I could not replicate the issue you are stating with the beef chuck roast. I got 30 ounces for 5 servings which equates to 1.875lbs. The ground beef did have a formula error which is corrected as well.
We do want to reiterate that these cards go through a test cook process and editing.
Thanks, Kelly. I’m in the middle of my cooking day but caught (too late) that the pumpkin loaf recipe listed makes 2 loafs for 5, not 4. Bummer! It looks tasty though.
Ill check into the formulas.
Hi! Silly question but I have never cooked with swiss chard and plan on making the goat cheese fritatta tonight for dinner. What part of the chard to I use, the leafy tops or the stems? Thanks!
Leafy tops! :)
I made the frittata today, and I used more chard than the recipe said and I included the stems. I actually like chard stems but there is a trick. I find I have to slice/dice the stems really small, and I toss them in just a little after the onions, and then I toss the cut leaves in at the regular time.
One comment I have in case this is used for future menu plans. This came out beautiful and delicious — but there is no way it is 8 servings unless you were serving it for brunch with lots of other things too. Even with double the chard and very large eggs, I divided it into 6 and they were still pretty tiny even served with a good-sized salad. Not a problem for me as I just had more salad, and I’ll probably freeze these 2 portions per meal.
But if you think about it, 4 eggs into 8 servings doesn’t make a lot of sense for an entree. I would suggest that you double the amounts per serving in future meal plans, so that for each serving there is a whole egg (Two per person — since I assume this is meant to be eaten twice in the month like others). It still won’t be what most people think of as meal sized but will be a nice breakfast or brunch entree’ combined with a muffin, fruit, or a salad.
Lisa – Thank you for the feedback. This was not one of my recipes so I was following the original post’s serving size. Our test cook for October didn’t comment on the serving amount so we didn’t alter it further.
Hi there! I, also, have to add my heartfelt thanks for putting these menus together. This is only my second month of once a month cooking. I can already tell it’s totally changing the way I feed my family. One question about October’s menu, ( I didn’t do my cooking until mid-Oct so we still have a lot of meals from the Oct menu.) My question is – has anyone noticed any issues with the cooking times? Both the Monterey Chicken and the Garlicky Bean Enchiladas are still frozen at the end of the suggested cooking time. It doesn’t mention in the cooking instructions, but are these meals supposed to be thawed first? Are there any others where this is the case? Thanks so much!! Best, erin
Yes Erin thaw ahead of time if able. We’re working on making that more clear.
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