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Summary: Outstanding! Amazing stress reducer!
Review: This is an unbelievable book. After reading article upon article upon book about how to make my life more stress-free, this book actually came through on the promise! I highly recommend it for anyone who needs to save time shopping and cooking, even if you don't have a separate freezer. Thanks, Mary Beth and Mimi - how about a sequel with some more recipes?
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Summary: Brings "cooking ahead" to a higher level - simply superb!
Review: A year ago I picked up a copy of "Table Talk" which is a book written by Mimi Wilson & Mary Beth Lagerborg. It impressed me both with the recipes and the ideas for dinner table activities and family get-togethers. I found it truly an inspiration and it has changed the way my family eats dinner and communicates. In the book "Table Talk" the "Once A Month Cooking" book was referred to. For a year I've looked for it in various bookstores and it wasn't until I became a customer of Amazon.com that I found it. A month ago I ordered this book. This past weekend I cooked for 6 hours and now have 17 meals in my freezer. It is truly a wonderful feeling to be organized an prepared for evening meals. Weekday evenings have become the hardest part of the day in our household due to dual working parents, and busy schedules for all. This method is so logical, efficient, time saving and stressfree - just buying the groceries was easier, even though I bought twice what I normally would. With a pre- written list and virtually no decisions to make at the grocery store itself, I was out of there in half the time! I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to put nutritious delicious meals on the table night after night with far less stress. This book is especially helpful for me because it allows me to prepare meals at a time of my choosing, when *I* have the energy to spend doing it, not when I have to pull something together after a tiring and busy day. Thank you thank you to both Mimi Wilson & Mary Beth Lagerborg for this book. By writing this book, and sharing this logical efficient method, you've provided a service that I can now pass on to my children, my husband and others.
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Summary: A life-changing book!
Review: I bought this book a year ago and it has changed my life. I cooked yesterday and now have 20 meals in the freezer, and all I have to do is warm them up! Once you use this book a couple of times, you can adapt your own recipes. This method is great for both working and stay at home moms (and dads!
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Summary: Cook ahead, then relax and enjoy the special people you know
Review: The Once-a-Month cooking method was one of the results of my efforts to be able to spend more time on the things I think are really important in life, such as my family. For example, I am able to spend that hour before dinner reconnecting with family and friends, because the meal is almost ready. With the energy you have saved, you can create the atmosphere you want, rather than focusing on the food preparation
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Summary: This can really work!
Review: If you can find four or five hours at one time this book can really work for you. The recipes were tasty (if a little on the high fat side) and reminded me of things my mom used to make. It is really nice to have all those home-cooked meals in the freezer! After a bit of practice you can start adding some of your own recipes
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Summary: Not as Flexible as Frozen Assets
Review: Okay This is a 4 star thought that lost a star because it can't improvise. I have tried both Once a Month Cooking and Frozen Assets. I like Frozen Assets better because we buy according to what is cheap the week we are shopping. FA suggests menus of 4-5 meals according to main ingredients (Chicken, Ground Meat, etc.). several menus is a month. OAMC gives you a short or long mixed menu and you buy accordingly. Both books discuss assembling you own monthly menu, which is of course the best way to do this.
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Summary: Not very wholesome
Review: The recipes here are just not healthy enough for me. We don't eat a lot of meat and this book relies on the comsumption of meat. For example, for one month's recipes you should buy: 4-6 lb. brisket, 8 lbs ground beef(she says buy more if needed), 1/2 lb. ground turkey, 9 lbs. whole chicken, 5 and 3/4 lb. bonesless chicken, 2 lbs. chicken pieces, 4 strips bacon, 5-6 lbs. am, 1 lb. sausage, 1 lb. veal and 3 ounces pepperoni!! Keep in mind that this meat list is for DINNERS ONLY. I could never serve my family that much meat! I was hoping for more healthy creative meals.
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Summary: Lo-Fat Menu had NO TASTE
Review: This was the first OMAC book I tried. I was so excited that they had a low-fat entree plan so I made the whole 2 week menu. What a dissapointment!!!!!! I nearly gagged on the Mandarin Orange Chicken, and I was serving that meal to guests. The Split-Pea soup had no flavor and the recipe for Italian Tomato Sauce made everything it touched gag-worthy. I am so glad that I checked this one out from the library instead of buying it...a great dissapointment.
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Summary: A great hand-holding guide into the world of cooking ahead!
Review: This book is EXCELLENT for people who have NO CLUE how to tackle cooking ahead and freezing. It gives you 3 separate 2 week menus (one of which is low-fat) and 2 separate one-month menus complete with shopping lists, required containers and preparation steps. Each menu set ensures that you're not eating the same thing twice in that menu's timeframe. This is especially ideal when you're new to this because you only make enough for one meal in the timeframe--so if you hate the recipe, you're not stuck with it again and again and again...! A major pitfall when you're new to this stuff!This is GREAT if you're new to this stuff. In fact, unlike most cookbooks (including the freezer cooking ones) the table of contents doesn't group food recipes into groups like "Beef Dishes", etc.--it breaks it up by what type and length of menu you want. For those who don't need the hand-holding and shopping lists, etc., there is (thankfully) an index in the back to lookup recipes that you want. It's a little frustrating, but the recipes are worth it. Now that I have some experience, I generally go to the index and look for recipes. No nutritional information for these recipes is given--so if you need it, this is not the book! But they DO provide a section devoted to helping you adapt favorite family recipes to freezer-friendly versions.
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Summary: busymom
Review: After years of fighting the clock trying to figure out what is going to be for dinner, we have finally found the solution. This book is full of creative, tastful, and nutritious recipes. It is well organized and has made our evenings at home as a family much more enjoyable. Even the one day we spend cooking has become a great time for my wife and I to talk more. I highly recommend this book. My advise is to follow it's directions to the letter and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
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