Food News: A beginner's guide to once a month cooking

"Once a month cooking, or "OAMC," is a wonderful tool you can use and modify to suit your needs. It is a simple idea, really, of cooking ahead and then preserving your food using a variety of strategies: freezing, canning, drying, refrigerating. Frugal mom Kim Tilley guides you through the basics.

Just give it a try
The most important tool in OAMC is your freezer, whether you have a large one or just the one on top of your refrigerator. Yes, you can fit a month's worth of meals into that small freezer space! It just takes a little more creativity! I will explain various techniques below in the freezing section. Please don't be afraid to try OAMC. If a month's worth of cooking is to much for you to even think about, try a week's worth and see how you like it. The basic idea is to make every cooking count! Whenever you are going to prepare a family favorite, double, triple, even quadruple the recipe if it will keep in the freezer. You can check below in the freezer section to see what freezes well and what doesn't.

So give yourself a much-needed break -- cook ahead today so you can relax tomorrow!"

Full article here.

August 8, 2006

Food News: A beginner's guide to once a month cooking