OAMC Success!!!! Here is how it went down......

So here is my adventure in OAMC! I ended up doing it over a two week period as I had time. Instead of doing it all in a day or weekend. As the week started I went to take a picture and found that the lens was stuck out....I figured the battery was dead. Nope, the kids had been taking their own pictures and broke the camera! So no pictures of this adventure. I wish I had photo proof of my inside freezer and big ol' outside freezer stocked full of yummy food goodness!

I split my shopping into two trips. Taking three kiddos to shop for a months worth of food is not my or their idea of fun! I went to Costco, Winco, Trader Joes and Safeway. All and All I spent $303 dollars for Breakfast Lunch and Dinner for the month. This is WAY cheaper than normal. Which makes me very happy. I also had a lot of the meat and seasonings in my fridge. Which I think helped keep my cost down.


It worked out really well doing it over the two weeks. Especially since I only have one crockpot and limited dishes to actually freeze in before putting it in the food saver. A lot of these meals I made a batch for that day and then froze two or three more. I also had carnitas, hamburger and chicken leftover that I froze in serving size portions for something different (and easy) if we wanted it. I was schocked when I counted everything up. It really added up doing it over the weeks time.

We are feeding a family of 5 plus leftovers for the husband to take to lunch.

38 Breakfasts
30 Lunches
43 dinners

111 meals for $303

Here is the Menu:

Breakfast:
Mini Pancakes (some with chocolate chips for a special treat) -8
French Toast Sticks - 4
Eggwiches - 6
Breakfast Burritos -6
Breakfast Muffins - 6
Homemade Pop Tarts - 4
Sausage Gravy - 4

Lunch:
Bean and Cheese Burritos - 6
Peanut Butter and Jelly - 10
Pizza Pockets - 4
Chicken Nuggets - 6
Ranch Ham and Swiss Crescents -4

Dinner:
Black Bean Salsa Chicken - 2
Sloppy Joes - 2
Asian Pork Roast - 2
Easy Taco Bake - 2
Tacos in Pasta Shells - 2
Beef Empanadas - 2
Asian Chicken Pitas -2 (plus I made the pitas and froze them seperatly)
Enchilada Casserole -2
Taquitos - 4
Carnita Burritos - 3
Cowboy Calzones - 2
Chicken wrapped Bacon - 2
Teriyaki Chicken - 2
Chicken Ranch Pizza (plus pizza dough) - 2
Peperoni Pizza - 4
Meatloaf - 4
Meatballs - 4

I will for SURE be doing this again! After planning for over 5 years I am very happy with the results!

** There are a lot of recipes here. I was planning on posting them all but ran out of time! I hope to do so later this week or next!

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