Menu Plan Monday- OAMC version

With the 4th being on a Monday, I am a day behind.

So Ravi is leaving to India in exactly one week. He will be gone for 24 days. Normally he works Monday through Thursday swing shift, so is gone for meals. But Fridays, he normally cooks and he is able to watch the kids and/or help clean up while I cook on Saturday and Sunday. That being said, while he is gone I obviously will have to do it all by myself. I will also be taking on extra hours at the group home to compensate the loss of income we will have. These next three weeks I wanted to make it easier for myself. So this week I am dedicating myself to OMAC recipes.

What is OMAC you may ask? Once A Month Cooking. Basically the idea is you are going to get the ingrediants out, make a mess, prep, and prepare the meal once, so why not make 3-4 meals out of it and put it in the freezer. I normally aim to doing at least one OMAC meal every other week. But this week I am going to make four OMAC meals that I can use the rest of the month. The goal is the next three weeks I will have "freezer meals" three time a week. There are a few nights where I have to work swing shift, so this will also help my sitters (aka Grandpa and Grandma) be able to prepare something that Jeshu will eat so that McDonalds is not utilized (hint hint) By the end of this I will not want to see these recipes for a few months, but it should make life easier. So with out further adieu, here is the plan for the week.

Monday

Dinner  
OMAC Oven Fried Fish   I did not make the potato part because of the free Ore-Ida Sweet Potato Fries  (expired) I got, but man were these things good

Tuesday

Breakfast
Waffles
Dinner
OMAC Baked Corn Dogs Carrots Watermelon

Wednesday

Dinner
OMAC Southwest Roll Ups  using my Homemade Refried Beans I have changed the recipe to use some Turkey breast that I got on sale
OMAC Black Bean Salsa  but using dry beans
Home made corn chips
Salad

Thursday

Breakfast
Crockpot Oatmeal
Snack
Watermelon Frosty
Dinner
Ham and Asparagus Penne  Fruit

Friday

Indian Fridays is canceled because Ravi is working overtime, and I do not feel like making Indian food
Dinner
 Italian Chicken   Rolls (a previous OMAC recipe)  Fresh Green Beans

Saturday

Breakfast
 Pancakes using this homemade baking mix
DinnerThe actual last dinner with Ravi since he has to work Sunday night, so I took his request
OMAC Baked Tacos  
Salad
We had this AMAZING Sweet Corn Cake that was made from a Blue Mesa Grill recipe at a meeting on Sunday.  This stuff was to DIE for.... and I may have died now seeing the calories.  I found a lower calorie substitute, but I feel that it may not be as good... but non the less I am making Mexican Sweet Corn Cake

Sunday

Dinner
Leftovers


Next week, it will be adventures on my own with two kids... and missing my sweet hubby.. You will have to keep posted to our other blog  Real Hope Ministries India to see the great adventures that Ravi and one of our pastor friends are having with our tribal ministries and pastor conferences.

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