Translating my recipes into Once a Month Cooking directions?

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blondewithheart

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I'm going to start doing this once a month (well for starters, once a week) cooking. I'm tired of rushing home from work and wasting precious time preparing a nice meal when I could be spending it with my 2 year old. My question is, how do I take the recipes I have and translate them into OMC recipes? For instance I don't know if I should cook the dish completely and then freeze it; if I should prepare it totally, freeze it and then cook it on the day we want to eat it; or any steps I need to take to make sure it stays fresh.

Can someone give me a rule of thumb as to what type of meals should be cooked how? For instance: prepare lasagna but not cook it before freezing; freeze soups after cooked etc etc. I've seen very many sites but I'm partial to my own recipes....I'm totally new at this and also at 25 I'm still figuring out how to use coupons, let alone dabble in Martha Stewart territory!
Also if anyone has some easy veggie ideas I'd be really appriciative. My husband is worse than our son at eating anything remotely healthy. I've tried those freezer microwave veggies but I feel they are not nearly as nutricious as fresh veggies...to make them yummy always takes extra time I don't have so I was thinking I could do that as OMC too.
 
Some dishes will bebfit form being cooked ahead of tie and some will be better to freeze "raw".

Frozen veggies actually have more vitiamins than fresh you buy from the store. The reason why is becuase the they frozen almost immediatly after bieng picked and the older the veggie is the less nutrients it has. The nutrients start detiorating as soon is it as it is picked.
 
Some dishes will bebfit form being cooked ahead of tie and some will be better to freeze "raw".

Frozen veggies actually have more vitiamins than fresh you buy from the store. The reason why is becuase the they frozen almost immediatly after bieng picked and the older the veggie is the less nutrients it has. The nutrients start detiorating as soon is it as it is picked.
 
Some dishes will bebfit form being cooked ahead of tie and some will be better to freeze "raw".

Frozen veggies actually have more vitiamins than fresh you buy from the store. The reason why is becuase the they frozen almost immediatly after bieng picked and the older the veggie is the less nutrients it has. The nutrients start detiorating as soon is it as it is picked.
 
Some dishes will bebfit form being cooked ahead of tie and some will be better to freeze "raw".

Frozen veggies actually have more vitiamins than fresh you buy from the store. The reason why is becuase the they frozen almost immediatly after bieng picked and the older the veggie is the less nutrients it has. The nutrients start detiorating as soon is it as it is picked.
 
Some dishes will bebfit form being cooked ahead of tie and some will be better to freeze "raw".

Frozen veggies actually have more vitiamins than fresh you buy from the store. The reason why is becuase the they frozen almost immediatly after bieng picked and the older the veggie is the less nutrients it has. The nutrients start detiorating as soon is it as it is picked.
 
Some dishes will bebfit form being cooked ahead of tie and some will be better to freeze "raw".

Frozen veggies actually have more vitiamins than fresh you buy from the store. The reason why is becuase the they frozen almost immediatly after bieng picked and the older the veggie is the less nutrients it has. The nutrients start detiorating as soon is it as it is picked.
 
Some dishes will bebfit form being cooked ahead of tie and some will be better to freeze "raw".

Frozen veggies actually have more vitiamins than fresh you buy from the store. The reason why is becuase the they frozen almost immediatly after bieng picked and the older the veggie is the less nutrients it has. The nutrients start detiorating as soon is it as it is picked.
 
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