Once-A-Month Cooking by Mary Beth Lagerborg, Mimi Wilson (2001, Paperback, Spiral)

This book makes a seemingly difficult task extremely easy. You are offered multiple menu choices for 1 month or 2 weeks worth of meals. Once you pick a menu all you do is follow the easy to understand directions. You are given a categorized grocery list and simple directions to follow for cooking day. The recipes are healthy and delicious! I give this book 2 thumbs up!!

I love this cookbook! I had checked it out of the library and decided I had to own it. The recipes are great and easy to follow. They make weeknight meals a snap.

Once-A-Month cooking provides many quality recipies for mom's who are on the go (aren't we all?) This is a great way to get started with once a month cooking (if you have never done it before) because it is simply broken down into steps like prep work, shopping lists, storage containers, and then finally putting it all together. The recipies are healthy and very good.

My only complaint is that there are way too many chicken recipies and not enough beef, pork, and fish. Other than that, Once-A-Month Cooking is a wise investment for those who want to get organized!

I loved the concept of cooking meals once a month, making 10-20 meals that just needed to be reheated, but this was not in tune to today's light and healthy cooking or kid friendly. THe dishes have a lot of fat that's necessary for freezing I understand, except I found my family doesn't like the heaviness of the cheeses, sauces and combined ingredients; they want to be able to tell what it is made of and separate out what they don't like. The principles are great, though and I loved the idea of the mass shopping in 1 day, prep of same ingredients for multiple recipes at one time. There are also computer programs now that will allow you menu choices, and then make up a shopping list tailored to such.