Freezer cooking has changed my life.

Sound dramatic? I’m not saying it has changed my life in a coming-to-saving-faith-in-Christ kind of way. But rather it has changed my daily life and my everyday duties.

About a year ago I would have said “Once a month cooking?? Huh?” Like maybe I’ve heard a blogger here or there mention it, but I never really paid much attention to it.

Until, one fateful day, I walked into Barnes and Noble. I stalked the clearance racks as I usually do, and came across a wonderful and amazing book. I came across this little cookbook with no pictures (and usually I hate that in a cookbook). But it had a big $5 sticker on it and it was on clearance for 50% off. I thought I would give it a shot for $2.50!

Once-A-Month Cooking: Family Favorites

And I have been so happy ever since. This cookbook is a once a month cooking book. It introduced me to the wide world of freezer cooking. I take one Saturday each month, cook for several hours and have healthy homemade meals from scratch for the rest of the month.

I know there are many systems out there like Once a Month Mom but the idea of freezer cooking always sounded SO complicated to me!  I really had no idea how it was even practical until I picked up this book.

Let me just say, this book is amazing. I can’t sing it’s praises enough. It has different menus throughout the book broken down by type. There is even a gluten free and summer menu plan. Each menu then has a shopping list at the beginning. So I simply grab the book and take it with me to the grocery store. The shopping list is even broken down by type: meat, produce, ect.

Then it has a list of processes. So basically you end up making little parts of the meals all day and then by the end they all come together. I have never cooked like that before, and it saves so much time. You don’t cook one meal and then move on to the next. First you chop ALL the veggies and get them ready, then get 3 different things of meat going, ect. And then you combined them into the meals.

Anyway, enough about the book, just go buy it already. Now that I have learned the basics of freezer cooking I can take the amazing recipes from this book, plus our own family favorites and do freezer cooking my way. And it’s easy and saves so much time in the long run.

I also can’t wait to try their original Once-A-Month Cooking recipe book.

Now, this is just one way to do freezer cooking. There are many more methods. So come back next week while we discuss freezer cooking.

But I’m curious. Do you do freezer cooking? If you do, share with us how you do it. If you have tried and don’t like it, tell us why.

More in the Freezer Cooking Series:

Freezer Cooking: Has Changed My Life
Once a Month Cooking: Family Favorites {Cookbook Review}
An Introduction to Freezer Cooking 
Freezer Cooking Methods
How to Save Money Freezer Cooking
How I Do Freezer Cooking: A Look Into My Kitchen
Freezer Cooking Resources