Once a Month Mom

I have been reviewing my finances lately, and I realized that we spend entirely too much money on food.  I admit that this is all my fault.  I am the only one who cooks, and lately, most of the time I haven't wanted to.
Oh, I have a ton of excuses...it's too hot, I'm too tired, the baby/kids kept my too busy, blah, blah, blah!  So I cook crappy convenience foods, what the hell since one of my kids lives off of corn dogs and cereal anyway...or we eat out, which means crappy fast food or casual dining (which is never pleasant since I spend most of the time picking up after/feeding the baby, coaxing my Aspie to eat SOMETHING/begging him to stop eating the Sweet-n-low packets, and telling my oh-so-precocious 7 y/o to please sit still and stop talking up the waitress!). 

So while perusing the web today, I discovered something called once-a-month-cooking or freezer cooking, more specifically onceamonthmom.com .

OAMM provides a months worth of recipes for specific month, using seasonal ingredients, gives a shopping list, and directions on how to prepare all this food in one day, freezing ready to go meals.  They also have alternate versions for dietary needs, for shopping at Whole Foods, and for making a month's worth of baby food.  They offer this free of charge, relying on donations.

So I am going to give this a try, blog about it, and see if I save any money and eat out less.  The next post will be about the shopping list and my trip to Winn Dixie!