When my son was born I made his baby food; steam, blend and eat! I bought mostly organic fruits and veggies, when they were available. It was super easy. As my son grew, I kept him on a mostly organic diet. To help with that, father allowed me to send food with him on their visits to keep him on a healthy and balanced menu. This worked well for the first three years, but, now that he's eating more and wants to eat prepared meals, its become difficult to send food because he doesn't like eating the same things twice in a row. So, started brainstorming ways to keep him on a healthy and nutritious diet.
I decided that preparing food in bulk than freezing it would make the most sense. That way I can cook a few different items and and putting them into freezer containers to freeze for future use. Then when its time to eat, just pop em in the microwave! Sounded like a good idea! I went through my cook books and couldn't find much that I thought would freeze well. So, I went to my trusty amazon.com to see what they could offer. I found a decent array of 'cook now, freeze for later' books. I kept seeing "OAMC" I discovered it was actually a phrase, Once a month cooking. I made a few extra clicks and to my delight, found a whole community of people who do this OAMC thing! It made me even more confident that freezing food for my son would actually work! I have no idea how easy or hard this will be. But, I found some very informative websites and I'm very excited to get started!
Once-a-month Cooking World
Ellens Kitchen, OAMC
Frugal Mom.net: once_a_month_cooking
Anyone wanna do it with me?!
