Serve immediately or freeze for later…or make a larger batch and do both! Since the potatoes are fully cooked and pureed smooth, you don’t have to worry about them breaking down in the freezer. I’m sorry that you have to peel the potatoes for this recipe, but if you don’t mind your soup […]
This is a wonderfully flavorful stew, equally good as a OAMC recipe or as an immediate meal!
Vegetable and Beef Guinness Stew
2 t canola oil
1 lb beef stew meat
14.5 oz can beef broth, low salt
12 oz bottle of beer (Guinness Stout preferred)
1 large Yukon gold potato, cubed
2 medium turnips, peeled and chopped into 1/2″ cubes
Leek, thinly […]
La Sita Chicken is a great example of a recipe that is made for Once a Month Cooking. It takes some pre-cooking before it’s ready to assemble, and the actual cooking time is low and slow. But it makes enough for a family of 4 to eat twice, varying the accompaniments! It’s worth the time, […]
Master Mixes are one of the best ways to save time and still have healthy food. When you have to cook for someone who has celiac disease, wheat allergies, or wheat intolerances, making up batches of gluten-freeMaster Mix will save a lot of money and time. You can save even more time by making up […]
Buy your beef in bulk and you can make quite a few OAMC meals from it, or at least get a few meals ready to go during your once a week food prep time. Here’s one really tasty and hearty soup that’s easy and fast to make. It uses ground beef, which you can also […]
This is too tasty to save just for Passover! Even though it takes some time to make, since you’ve got to prepare mashed potatoes beforehand, and then it needs to cook for about 45 minutes, the really good thing is that is keeps really well in the freezer. Yup! a make-ahead OAMC recipe for Passover […]
Spaghetti is a great way to enjoy some of your Master Mix Meatballs! And even though it’s very very easy to open up a jar or can of spaghetti sauce and simply heat it while the pasta’s boiling, it’s much nicer and tastier to make it yourself. And I can guarantee that you’ll find no […]
There are a gazillion things (at least!) that you can do with basic meatballs. If you make a large batch of them during OAMC or once a week food prep time, you’ll then have lots of different taste treats ahead of you by simply varying the sauce. Easy peasy, just the way we like it!
Basic […]
It depends upon what part of the country you live it as to what you’ll consider to be the essentials of a well-stocked pantry. Here’s what works for me, with the addition of some items that I don’t actually stock but that I believe a lot of folks do! It’s absolutely essential to keep the […]
Part 2
Here are the basic steps that we covered in Part 1:
1 Choosing the time
2 Planning and shopping
Here’s what we’ll cover now, on the second day:
3 Cooking
4 Labeling and freezing
5 Adapting recipes
3 COOKING
Good shoes, good tunes, and comfy clothes will help a lot. Remember how “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”? Well, […]
Plate licking good food...fast and easy meal planning for your busy family!
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