Re: Once a Month Cooking?
I have a couple of beefs (no pun intended) about once a month cooking:
Before my daughter was born, I stocked our freezer with all sorts of good stuff, figuring I wouldn't want to cook great meals with a newborn. Well I ended up breastfeeding her, and she couldn't take ANY of the spices in the food, so basically a lot of it was wasted. (Even without a baby, sometimes you just don't feel like eating what's in there).
Recently, when I've tried to stock my freezer, one of two things happened - either the food gets freezer burned, no matter how well I think I've wrapped it, or I forget what's in there and it goes to waste. (Now I realize someone who takes their time and is a bit more organized may not have these problems, but that's just me)!
So I prefer to stock the freezer with convenience items I get on a great sale (e.g., Eggo Waffles - kids love them), a few homecooked items, like soup, spaghetti sauce, etc. that I know freeze well, and herbs from the garden (because they're sooo expensive to buy in the store and sooo cheap to grow at home).
If you do try OAMC, I agree with Kashi...start of small by doubling dinners/breakfasts, freeze one, and see if it comes out alright. If so, then go for it, if not, at least you didn't waste a lot of time.
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