This past weekend, I earned a badge of honor. I joined the ranks of those once a month cookers! Say, what? You have surely seen the post all over Pinterest. "Make Ahead Meals," "13 Meals in an Hour," and there is even a website, " Once A Month Meals." I have been interested in a long time but never actually took the time to be prepared. Well, I got prepared. Before we even got started, we as a family have been preparing for this event. We started by cleaning out our cabinets, pantry, and freezer. We really have not grocery shopped in a month and have forced ourselves to use up what we had on hand. This gave us needed room. Last week, I pulled the very last package of meat from the freezer and I knew the time had come to jump into the Make Ahead Meal trend. The first thing I did was talk to some other people who had done make ahead meals. I tried to learn from them before I even started on this journey. Then I started collecting recipes. I tr...