I'm almost done. I have 4 meals to do. I've had fun, and I've learned a lot. Like, a 12 lb ham doesn't stretch as far as I'd like it to. :( Oh, well. I was hoping to get 8 meals out of the ham and I got 7. Four of those are smaller, so there will be no leftovers for hubby to take to lunch.

I stored all of my meals in ziplock bags. I wasn't sure how to store the casseroles. I wanted to buy those tin-foil-disposable-baking-pan thingies. But, they were too expensive. When I do this the month before the baby gets here, I will probably buy about 10 of those to make it easier for hubby. So, I ended up using bags for the casseroles too. I just layered the ingredients in, layed them flat, and froze them. They won't be pretty, but who cares. I can't be a perfectionist and actually get this done, ya know!

Here's my stocked freezer. Woohoo. You don't need a big freezer to do this. By using ziplock bags, you can easily store 20 meals or so in the freezer portion of a fridge. We had a regular fridge-top freezer at our other house and it worked fine. In my side by side fridge/freezer, I could easily store 30 meals in ziplock bags. I just wouldn't have room for too many extras. I'd still have some room, but not too much.

If you are thinking of doing OAMC, give it a try. The hardest part is planning. I did my planning one morning at 5am when I was up with pregnancy-induced insomnia. It took a couple hours to plan, and then some time to shop. The cooking was stretched over three days because I have a life and kids and I couldn't wait for a time where I could get rid of the kids for a whole day. :) Try it, I bet you'll like it. |