Once a Month Cooking Cycle 4

Jen and I survived another round of Once a Month Cooking!  After several set backs, we gathered earlier this week and cranked out 29 meals for about $126 EACH family!

Bowls, mixing cups and casserole dishes armed and ready!

Condiments lined up.  Meats in the coolers.

Another basket!  Veggies!

How'd we do it for less than $130/person?  In addition to saving money grating our own cheese, and making our own sauces, we also shop meat mark downs and sales.  Many times if meat is nearing the expiration date, the butcher will mark it down.  When we get meat this way, we take it home, cut it up, freezer bag it and freeze it if we will not be doing OAMC the next day.  Another tip is to use ground turkey instead of ground beef and modify recipes that call for chicken breasts with chicken legs and thighs.  Though not everyone wants to do go this route, but it saves a lot of money!

We've picked our favorites from previous cycles plus added many recipes from Greater Things!

To find out more, check out Why Once-a-Month Cooking? and Once a Month Cooking Tips.

A full freezer and a happy Mom! Many of our recipes are of the 'bag, dump and freeze ' for the crockpot variety.  We both have crazy schedules and this works best for our households. RECIPES:
Ranch Chicken Loaf
Pizza Rolls
Chicken Enchalada Casserole
Spinach Sausage Pie
Upside-down Fettucini Bake
Stuffed Peppers
Beef Stew
Apricot Pork Roast
Asian Chicken
Chicken Pot Pie
Smoothered Burritos
Quiche (Ham)
Quiche (Veggie)
White Chili
Chicken Broccoli Casserole
Chicken Supreme
Apricot Chicken
Crockpot Chicken Creole
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Crockpot Sesame Ginger Chicken Pork Chops and Gravy Crockpot Chicken and Spinach "Beef" Taco Soup Chicken Burritos Crockpot San Francisco Pork Lasagna
Vegetable Soup with Meatballs
Joes to Go Brown Sugar Chicken

Shopping List:

MEAT

Browned Ground Turkey	15 lbs
Raw Ground Turkey	4 lbs
Beef Stew Meat	6 lbs
Cooked, Chopped Chix	24C
Chix parts	30 lbs
Chix Breasts halves	18
Italian sausage	3 lbs
Bacon	12 slices
Ham	2C
Pork chops	24 chops
Pork Roast	7 lbs
DAIRY
Sour Cream	32 oz
Eggs	3	0
Butter	6 T
1/2 and 1/2	4C
Ricotta	1 1/2 c
Cottage Cheese	32 oz
Ched Cheese	14c
Mont Jack	5c
Mozzz	10c
Parm Cheese	2c
CONDIMENTS/CANNED GOODS/GRAINS
Salsa	12 T
refried beans	2 cans
picante	7 oz
mushrooms	6 cans
alfredo sauce	2 cans
Tomato Sauce	126 oz
Tomatoes	175 oz
Tomatoe paste	32 oz
Apricot jelly	24 oz
Ranch dressing	8 T
Great Northern Beans	4c
Kidney	4c
Pinto	4c
Chix Gravy	2 cans
Beef Gravy	2 cans
Golden mushroom	1 can
Beef Broth	2 cans
Chix Broth	12 cups
corn starch
bread crumbs
tapioca	1/2 c
brown sugar
white sugar
Ranch dressing mix	3 packets
Taco seasoning
Cream mushroom soup	2 c
Cream chicken soup	10 c
pie crusts	6
Pizza dough	2 large
Rice	3c cooked
Flour Tort	48
Fettucini	16 oz
Elbow	16 oz
Ranch flavored tortilla chips	3c
vinegar
ketchup	2 c
honey
soy sauce	1c
sherry
mayo
seasame oil
Coke
white wine	2 c
VEGGIES
Bell peppers	12 whole
	18 c chopped
onions	24 c chopped
garlic	2 whole bulbs
lemon juice	6T
celery	2c chopped
matchstick carrots	1 bag
baby carrots	16 oz
zuccini	2
squash	2
fresh spinach	1 large bag
Frozen corn	1 large bag
Frozen mixed veggies	2 large bag
Frozen Brocc	40 oz
Frozen spinach	20 oz
Soup veggies	1 large bag
SEASONINGS Sesame seeds
Parsley
Italian seasoning
chili powder
garlic
paprika
cumin
cajun
salt
bay leaf
pepper
cloves
cilantro
adobo
dijon
oregano
ginger
kelp
curry
red pepper flakes
cayenne
cinnamon