OAMC

I love OAMC, but I have found that many of the recipes you find online are full of fat and other unhealthy ingredients. I am trying to lose weight so I was not able to use much of what I found. But OAMC fits well into my busy lifestyle, I knew that there must be a way to eat healthy foods using OAMC.

I found healthy OAMC is easy to achieve with a little planning. The information below shows you how to cook for your freezer the healthy way and the easy way. Traditional OAMC involves a major shopping trip, heavy prep work and a full day of cooking. The results are great - you end up with a at least a month's worth of meals in your freezer. But for busy moms, a full day of cooking is not always possible. So these sample plans are designed for shorter sessions and are based on one main ingredient.

I have found that there are some great advantages to cooking the healthy OAMC way. I can save money by choosing to cook a plan when the main ingredient is on sale. I can grab one on the way out the door to work. I don't waste money eating out and I know that the portion size is correct. I can also have one of the meals on nights when the rest of the family is having something I should not be eating, such as pizza.

To get started on a healthy OAMC plan, you will need some basic OAMC supplies, inlcuding containers for freezing your completed dishes, a list of the OAMC recipes you want to make and the amount of each recipe you want to cook. For soups, stews and wet dishes, freezer zip bags work well. For meals, such as chicken with rice and vegetables,you can use hard-sided freezer containers, individual bags or a vacuum sealer. For more information on how I use my vacuum sealer, click here. You will also need a permanent marker and a straw to suck the air out of the freezer bags. Remember, air is the enemy in OAMC. Be sure to read the tips page if you are new to OAMC. If you need some help choosing supplies, check out my store for OAMC supplies

Next, make a master grocery list. On a piece of paper, or in your word processor, start by listing the ingredients needed for the first recipe. Make sure to double or triple the amounts if you are doubling or tripling the recipe. Go through each OAMC recipe ,adding the ingredients not already on your list and increasing the amounts needed on items that are already on the list. Your list will not have chicken in three places, but will have the total amount needed for all of the recipes in one place. For the mini-plans given here, I have included a master shopping list. If you choose to alter the recipe, make sure to change the shopping list. Go through your pantry and cross off any items you already have, unless those are items you want to keep stocked in your pantry.

You should make a list of the ingredients you will need to prep and how much of each one you will need. I do the prep work on the same day that I shop. Then everything is ready when I have time to cook. I have included the prep lists in the sample plans.

I have given the nutritional information as calculated by my cooking software. If you change the portion size or the ingredients, then this will no longer be accurate. If you have used OAMC recipes before, you may recognize some of your favorites, just in a lighter version. Be sure to check out my recipe pages for even more freezer friendly meals.

If you don't have time to do even a mini-plan then just cook up one of the healthy OAMC recipes for dinner and make extra. Freeze the leftovers. After a week or two, you will have a freezer full of healthy OAMC recipes.

Here are some more healthy OAMC recipes for you to try. Make up your own plan filled with recipes that your family loves!