Comments on: Freezer Recipes for Once a Month Cooking: Part 1

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:37:53 +0000

This is amazing. I was reading some of your recipes where the ingredients are listed as a 1/4 cup of this and 1/2 a cup of that (of course not really thinking much about the fact that you multiply those amounts by 10 to get enough for all of the families involved until I got to this blog entry) What an endeavor. A friend of mine and I get together and do some freezer cooking “once in a while” but this is simply fantastic! I’ve been totally inspired to do this on a larger scale and to try more than just the standard lasagna or perogies. Thanks for sharing.

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:28:04 +0000

Hi Kelly,

I don’t have the recipe we used for the chicken broccoli casserole, it was one of the ones we didn’t keep in our file since we didn’t love how it froze.

No recipe for the refried beans. We just cook the beans (usually pinto) then mash and adding salt to taste and cooking water as necessary.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:07:49 +0000

Hello!

I was wondering if you could give the recipe for your chicken broccoli casserole. I saw the title but no info. Also, do you have a recipe or directions for how you make your refried beans? Great site, thanks for all your time & effort.

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:49:40 +0000

Hi Kelly,

That probably translates to about 1 cup of chopped onion. We’re pretty laid back with exact measurements,so if you need anything else clarified please let me know.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:10:22 +0000

With the “fresh onion 1 bag”…can you clarify that? I am eager to try some of these recipes as my family embarks on this new concept! A little more info on the measurements and we will be ready to go!

By: Emmy

Emmy — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:15:25 +0000

Is there any word on the oamc cooking program that your friends created? I am working on getting a group started and would love the help.

Thanks

By: Barry @ The Hand Blender Site

Barry @ The Hand Blender Site — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:33:01 +0000

These are great…

The kids will love these meals & it takes the stress out of cooking getting these meals prepaired at once.

This has never even crossed my mind before.

Thanks for sharing.

By: miss mary

miss mary — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:35:04 +0000

I love these recipes, especially anything with chicken. Yumm. I’m going to copy them ,Thanks for sharing.

By: Raising Olives

Raising Olives — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:37:47 +0000

MomStarr - This is probably a great discussion to start in forum. You may get a much better response there.

By: Mama Mirage

Mama Mirage — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:32:23 +0000

Yay! Thank you!

By: MomStarr

MomStarr — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:02:45 +0000

Our problem with many of these types of recipes is dairy. Many of them require too many dairy products and we have three in our family with dairy allergies. I have found some bulk recipes in the past that did not require dairy and enjoyed those when a baby was coming. Does anyone else deal with wheat or dairy allergies and have some good bulk cooking recipes for this? I find substituting wheat is easier than dairy. Thanks!

By: Raising Olives

Raising Olives — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:06:48 +0000

It depends on the meal. I will often do only one freezer meal, but will go heavy on brown rice and side dishes. If I make two meals, we end up being able to have a leftover meal every couple of nights which is also nice.

I’m working on the amounts and hope to update soon.

By: Raising Olives

Raising Olives — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:05:17 +0000

Stay tuned. I’m going to redo this post to make the amounts more manageable and I’ll be adding more recipes.

By: Chantelle

Chantelle — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:40:50 +0000

Thank you so much for posting some of the recipes!

By: Kimarie

Kimarie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:36:15 +0000

Thanks, Kimberly! I was just thinking of asking if you were going to post recipes! I’m in the midst of organizing a bulk cooking group here, right now we have ourselves and 2 other families interested. We’re planning to start in January and get it rolling.

Since you’re taking questions I have a few:
1) Since the meals serve 6-8 people – does your family use both at one meal?
2) These are just the entrees, right? Do you add other things to complete the meals?

A few of the ingredients could use some clarification – I’m assuming the bags of cheddar cheese are 5 pound bags? Some of the cans could use sizes as well. That will make it easier for people who want to size these recipes down (not our family!).

By: Tristan from the Crew

Tristan from the Crew — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:09:18 +0000

MMmmm – time to try some new recipes. Thank you so much!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:52:27 +0000

I was just thinking today how nice it would be to start assembling some recipes and doubling up when I cook to put some meals away in the freezer for when our new baby comes in January. I think these recipes (with some adapting to make a meal or 2 for a family of 4!) will be a great start. Thanks!

Or maybe my house full of boys would appreciate 20 lbs of meatballs! Hmmm…. something to consider anyway.

By: Sandpiper

Sandpiper — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:59:10 +0000

Hubby and I just did OMC for the first time last weekend and ended up with 30 meals in the freezer. It feels so good to be prepared! I almost don’t want to use them up! My husband likes to cook and so he did a lot of the cooking. Thanks for sharing your recipes, I’ll be sure to keep them in mind when we do it again! You have such great ideas on your blog!