Ideas for Recipes to Freeze for Quick Meals After Baby Is Born

I would go to entrees made easy or anotherr meal prep kitchen. They are usually great food and pretty healthy if you choose the correct meals. You go prepare the meals and then freeze them at home and once you are ready to cook just put them in the oven. Their website is www.entreesmadeeasy.com

good luck!

Hi there,
What I did before (c section 4 mos. ago)and still do it now is I shop at Costco for some quick fix meal entrees. all you need to do is put it in the oven and then enjoy a close to home cooked meal.
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Check out www.momsmaindish.com. She will bring the delicious meals to you!!

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The book "30 day Gourmet" is a whole tutorial on freezer meals, recipes included. It has tips for storage, planning, and shopping for your cooking day as well. They also have a website: www.30daygourmet.com

My personal exprience is that soups, chilis, and lasagnas, and casseroles are great meals to prepare ahead of time for the post-partum cooking. Just thaw and bake/slow-cook for 1 hour!

Hi R.,
Like another mom said, a meal assembly place is great. We love Super Suppers on Power and Brown. They offer free assembly so you don't even have to go in and make them, just call or go online. They deliver too if you are within 5miles, the price range for the meals is 18-22 depending how many you get. We have a family of 3 so we split the meals in half so it is actually like 9-11 per meal with them split. The meals are really easy to cook too. My husband even does them when I am at work :) Congratulations and good luck with your new little one!
E.

Hi R.,
I just wanted to second the post about Super Suppers. I love them. I make my meals there each month because I have super picky eaters, but you can call or order online for a pick up order. They usually have those done in 24hrs. The menu changes every month so you are not always eating the same thing. They also have a promotion where they give you a free meal after having a baby. The website for the Power/Brown location is www.SSMesaRedMountainAZ.com.

Congrats on the new baby,
Sara

There is a My Girl Friend's Kitchen in Mesa (Greenfield and Brown) that you could make some meals to freeze or you could have them make the meals and you pick them up. The meals are between $19 and $22 depending on how many you order. I love them! My life has been so much easier having found them. This would save you the time of shopping for ingredients and spending the time at home chopping, cutting, slicing, etc. It's so worth it!

One of our favorites is chili, chicken noodle soup, ham & bean soup, veggir soup or any other favorite. You can cook up a pot (or two or three) ahead of time and then freeze it in your serving bowls. Once the lump of soup is frozen you take them out of your serving bowls and place the frozen lumps in freezer bags. When it is time to eat you just grab a lump, put it in the serving bowl and toss it in the microwave. Makes for an easy tasty home-cooked meal!

I have also visited Entrees Made Easy... which is also a great option, a bit more expensive that home-cooked, but definately easier than grocery shopping and then cooking. May be a little more than your guys are willing to do to have a good meal. I know it is more than mine can handle. It'd be good for when you are ready to return to the kitchen when time is limited with a new baby!

Good Luck with the new addition! J. @ Every Mother and Child.com

Great idea! Wish I thought of that when my daughter was born. You can freeze just about anything...I'm notorious for cooking huge meals, so I often freeze leftovers so nothing goes to waste. One thing I do suggest is breaking up the meals into smaller portions and putting into freezer bags with the date on it. That way its so much easier to just pop on a plate and into the microwave...alot quicker too!
One thing I did do when my daughter was born was using a crockpot. GOOD INVESTMENT!!! It was so easy to just put all the ingredients in and then later that night have a nice homecooked meal. Love the crockpot...its still my best friend LOL!
Good luck and congrats on the new bundle of joy! :)

Pasta freezes well. You could make a big batch of spaghetti or lasagna and freeze that. I also like to make sort of a macaroni and cheese with vegetables, add cottage cheese, and bake it.

Soup and chili are other dishes that freeze well.

Another option is to stock up on healthy frozen meals, like maybe from Trader Joe's.

I'm also due in about 1 month and have a 2-yr-old. I have been busy making freezer meals to prepare for that busy time. I've done a few of my favorite meals that I know freeze well, but mostly I have been using recipes from this website www.savingdinner.com. They provide the shopping list and are very easy to assemble, especially when you do several together. I've been doing the "five for the freezer" meals because they are 5 meals using the same type of meat (find a sale for that type of meat) and you assemble the meals all at once. They break it down and make it very simple and are super cheap ($2.50 or so for the set of 5 recipes/grocery lists). The website is http://savingdinner.com/about/dinner_freezer_recipes.html and click on the circle at the top that says "freezer meals". It's kind of like those places (like My Girlfriend's Kitchen) where you go and prepare several meal kits at once, but this website is way cheaper because you do the grocery shopping yourself (but that's so easy to do because they make a list for you--no thinking involved). There was also a previous Mamasource request for freezer meal ideas that had some responses and maybe you can find it in the archives. It was in April 2007.
Good luck!