**Updated to add in pricing**
The day is done and so am I! I was able to complete most of my Once a Month Cooking List, which honestly, is far more than I thought I would get done. Originally I had planned on doing the Lazy Granola after dinner this evening, but I really have no desire to even mess with it now. My new plan is to tackle it tomorrow, along with some Whole Wheat Honey Pumpkin Muffins that I will later take to a church dinner.
I started the day at about 7:30 or 8. I began by dicing up the bacon and getting it cooking, as well as cooking the hamburger meat. Normally smells do not bother me, but I could hardly handle smelling the hamburger cook for that long. Yuck!
While the meats were cooking, I started making up the breakfast items (the Bacon Egg and Cheese Biscuit Cups and th Blueberry Muffins).
It was very hard for me to stay out of the both of the muffins. They were both so very good! I made up the double batch of Sloppy Joe’s and then it was time for me to clean up the kitchen a bit before I ran my youngest to school. When I returned I had a hard time getting started again, but I knew I needed to and I that I would be so happy when I was able to sit back and be done with it all.
When I started again, I tackled the Taco Bake, Lumpia, and Curried Chicken, and the Chicken Ranch Pizza (I added in diced bacon), and Pizza Crust. To my surprise, I flew right threw these dishes and I was gaining ground fast. Then I realized just how messy my kitchen was! EEEkkk! I was able to get the kitchen pretty well cleaned up, and everything in the freezer by about 7pm (that is also with dinner prep and clean up). With all my breaks, I would guess my actual cooking time at about 7 hours.
While the picture doesn’t look like much here is what I ended up with:
- 2 meals Sloppy Joe’s
- 2 meals Curried Chicken
- 2 meals Taco Bake
- 2-4 meals of Lumpia (I couldn’t find the wrappers Sherry recommended, and I ended up running out of the ones I found. I put the extra filling in a freezer bag to use later on.)
- 2 pizzas with crust
- 2 breakfasts of Blueberry Muffins
- 2 breakfasts of Bacon Egg and Cheese Biscuit Cups
It’s nice to know that I have meals waiting for me in the freezer when we have busy days, or when I’m just not feeling up to cooking, even if it did leave me exhausted today. 
**Update: I was curious as to how much this big day cost me, but it’s hard for me to figure. I had a super full freezer, and a lot of the other ingredients for these meal already on hand. My out of pocket expenses for this day came in right around the $30 mark, the rest of my grocery expenses last week were for my regular groceries.
**For links to the recipes I used, go here.**
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WOW, now that is impressive!
I just found your blog from somewhere (wish I could remember where!) and I love it!
We have a lot of the same values and ideas!
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You were one busy lady!! I know you’ll love having that food in the freezer. I’m having a hard time NOT eating the food I put in the freezer for AFTER the baby comes. Hopefully that will be soon and I can officially take a cooking break
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So are you freezing your pizza crusts in a baggie? Is that what I see on the table? Can you give me tips for this and the thawing and serving?
Love your blog!!
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GettingFreedom Reply:
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:40 am
Yes, that is what you see on the table. I took just a regular bag, it doesn’t have a zipper, sprayed the inside with a bit of olive oil and put the crust in. I just take it out of the freezer long enough before dinner that it has time to thaw. Once it’s thawed, you just use it like you would if you had just made it. Because of the olive oil, it comes right out of the bag without sticking.
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Interesting
Just dropping by from WFMW 
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Great job!
BTW, your muffin link in your post isn’t working for me.
It tells me page not found, so I am off to look through your archives for it cause it sounds like a yummy muffin. 
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GettingFreedom Reply:
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Thank you for the heads up, I think I’ve fixed it now.
And it is a very yummy muffin!
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Hello. I followed you over from WFMW. Great job! I love OAMC and look forward to trying your bacon, egg and cheese biscuit cups
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Congratulations on completing most of your once-a-month cooking plans. My cooking day is Saturday and I’m hoping that I have enough energy to complete it. Since it’s my first time doing it, I only planned for ten dinners and four breakfast meals. I’m really excited and can’t wait to get started.
Take care,
Shynea
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Wow – I can’t believe you only spent $30 on your menu! It’s wonderful that you already had so many of the ingredients on hand.
Good job for your first time too!
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Great job! Under $30 is great! I hope you will join us for future menus.
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Great job!
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Looks fantastic! I did a mini cooking day and had a blast! It is hard to get started when you have had a break, but so worth it!
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Three cheers for you!! It was fun to see your pictures go up and read your tweets
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I am impressed that you took a break and got back to cooking. I try not to do that because it is so easy to say I will do it later
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Great job!
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