Another BIG Cook Day!!!

Today was the third and biggest Once a Month Cook Day we have had with our group yet. We were excited to add another family so we cooked for 4 families again this time. My plan was for 20 meals per family with the hope of getting done around noon. We almost did it.

My calculations were off a bit and we were short enough chicken for one meal, so we ditched one of the dinners for this time and we will do it next time. I have adjusted my shopping list for the next time we use this menu so we should be okay.

So when all was said and done we had 19 meals for 4 families, that's 76 dinners total, and we were done and cleaned up by 12:30. I think we did great. Of course during that time each of the other moms had to leave for a bit to pick up from preschool, kindergarten or whatever. If we would not have had those interruptions I think we could have been done by noon for sure. But it's all good. Not bad for about 4 hours time.

It feels so good to have my freezer full again. Our average cost per meal was just under $8. That's pretty good for feeding families of 5-7 people. I love it. Here are the meals we prepared this time:

Chicken Squares

Easiest Beef Stew

BBQ Beef Sandwiches

Shredded Beef Tacos

Meat Stuffed Shells

Zesty Italian Casserole

Pizza Pockets

Stuffed Manicotti

Easy Pleasing Meatloaf

Saucy Beef Over Rice

Simple Salisbury Steak

Tator Tot Casserole

Crunchy Oriental Pork Casserole

Southwest Pork

Pizza Chicken with Noodles

King Ranch Chicken Casserole

Hawaiian Haystacks

Chicken and Rice

Chicken Hot Dish

I think we are going to get on a more regular schedule of getting together every month now. I now have 3 full months worth of menus done with shopping lists and everything. I think we will do one more and then just cycle through the 4 different menus. Yay!!!