Halcyon Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Can anyone help me find once a month cooking menus and recipes that are whole foods based and healthy? And free? LOL. I found onceamonth Mom but she is 8 a month and I wanted to try something free for a month to see if it woulld work for our family. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbpaulie Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 We've done once a month cooking a few times. For me what worked best was not making 10 meals of chicken, 10 meals of beef, etc. Rather I stuck w/ one meat, and that was the meat that was on sale for the week. Take a look at your library - look for books on once a month cooking or freezer cooking. There are also lots of things you're probably currently making where if you just double or triple the recipe you could freeze some. Make some soups that you can freeze. Titles I've found at our library: * Dream Dinners * Dinners in the Freezer * Once a Month Cooking http://www.momsbudget.com/freezerrecipes/ http://www.frugalmom.net/blog/in-the-kitchen/frugal-recipes/once-a-month-cooking-chicken-recipes/ http://austinmamas.blogspot.com/2009/04/once-month-cooking-boneless-skinless.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosyl Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Savingdinner.com She has freezer pleasers freezer menus, she has a selection of GF and Paleo. The really great thing about these menus is there is very little prep cooking done. It is all assembly (less than 90 minutes). It takes a fraction of the time for plan ahead cooking. You pull out the meal in the am, thaw it and cook it. I was very convicted on a blog last week that in order to prepare dinner at home one must think about dinner before 10 AM. I have to think about it before 7. I would love to find the same plan ahead stuff for lunch and breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Thank you! I found some lunch and breakfast plans....we really need lunch help here.....budgetbytes.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 On the www.food.com message boards there is a board dedicated to budget cooking, and one of the ongoing threads there is OAMC cooking plans that have been put together by people over there. Some of the plans are not as whole-foods as I would personally like, but there are tons of ideas there, and suggestions for how to make your plan work. Here's the thread for the OAMC plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Well, here are eight that you can put together in an hour!! They're yummy and super easy! Plus, they're from girls who live around the corner from me. Well, the ones who haven't moved away do. LOL Great family!! http://www.sixsister...ke-8-meals.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Halcyon Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Well, here are eight that you can put together in an hour!! They're yummy and super easy! Plus, they're from girls who live around the corner from me. Well, the ones who haven't moved away do. LOL Great family!! http://www.sixsister...ke-8-meals.html Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Thank you!! You're welcome. They do use some pre-packaged items, but I figure that a freezer meal on hand is a fast food hamburger and fries we're not going to eat, so that has to be more healthy...even if there's a can of cream of mushroom soup that occasionally sneaks into our diet. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Well, here are eight that you can put together in an hour!! They're yummy and super easy! Plus, they're from girls who live around the corner from me. Well, the ones who haven't moved away do. LOL Great family!! http://www.sixsister...ke-8-meals.html Those look great -- thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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