Entries from September 2008

September 30, 2008

Works for Me Wednesday . . . OAMC Tuesday Wrap Up

Today’s WFMW is about Kitchen Organization which I believe goes right along with my OAMC plan.  For my plan, please go here.
So, if you would like to see today’s plan, please check it out here.  I made the chicken mix and broth.   I have never actually done this with whole chickens, only chicken breasts, but [...]

September 29, 2008

Follow up to my OAMC . . . Are you sick of hearing about it yet?

And check out my Chicken Alfredo Pizza recipe on Heidi’s blog.
Last week I posted about my OAMC cooking plan.  You can find more info here.
Monday’s plan was here.  And below are the results.  I changed it up a little.  I did not do Tammy’s Cheesy Italian bread, but I did pita bread instead.

The pita bread [...]

September 28, 2008

Menu Plan Monday . . . Beans and Rice Week

I am taking up Heidi’s challenge of Beans and Rice week.  Well, I am doing my own version. Since I am doing my OAMC this week, I need easy quick meals because by 5 pm I will be SICK of cooking.

Here is my plan:

Sunday:
Soak beans overnight.
Monday:
Cook Beans in the crock pot with turkey [...]

September 27, 2008

OAMC – Wednesday and Thursday’s plan

If you did not see it, this is in regards to my Once A Month Cooking Plan.
Wednesday’s Plan – Main Meals and Crock pot

Start dough for pizza pockets (rising time – 1 hour).
Start Beef Barley Stew in crock pot (thaw beef overnight in fridge).
Start [...]

September 26, 2008

If you have a moment . . .

Once again, this is from my friend Heidi:
If you have a moment….
I mentioned earlier this week that our friends Andy and Cari suddenly lost their 8-month old baby girl this week. They have a family blog and have requested that people leave comments, prayers, etc. for them. Many of us know the power of prayer [...]

September 25, 2008

OAMC – Monday and Tuesday’s plan

If you did not see it, this is in regards to my Once A Month Cooking Plan.
Monday’s Plan – Baking and Homemade mixes
I purchased my second bread maker at a garage sale today.  It is a 2 pounder (my other one is a one pounder).  So for today I am keeping both and will use [...]

September 25, 2008

Fish from China . . . bring the soapbox on over

I don’t know if this is a soapbox rant or not, but here goes.  Okay, so today I was shopping at Meijer because I won’t shop at Wal-mart anymore (no customer service, everything they have is from China – including their Tilapia). I am now looking more at the ingredients in things and where they [...]

September 25, 2008

Grocery List for OAMC (actually Once a Week Cooking)

As I am looking at this I am not quite sure why I am posting it, but at least I have something to print off to take to the grocery store.  This grocery list is for my plan for OAMC (except I am cooking for a week). You might notice that I don’t have flour [...]

September 23, 2008

Once A Month Cooking Plan – Cook for a Week, Eat for a Month

I promised my plan for my OAMC and here it is.  I have been doing OAMC off and on for a little while, but I got the idea to do cooking for a week from Kate at A Simple Walk.  I will post my grocery list Thursday hopefully and then I will post my Plan [...]

September 22, 2008

Please Pray!

This is from my friend Heidi’s blog.  Our church family received some devastating news tonight.
I know many of you are Christians and I want to ask that you would please pray for our friends Andy and Cari. Their 8 month old daughter died suddenly today after a bout with roseolla and some sort of cold [...]