Freezing Meals for After Baby's Arrival

Barneso

Is anyone planning on doing this?  Cooking in bulk and freezing meals for after baby's arrival so dinners will be easier?

Just picked up a freezer today for the garage and I'm starting to think about yummy cook-ahead meals.  Any suggestions? 

TXTwisterBabe

I don't cook, so send some my way!  lol

But if I did, I'd so make some chicken parmesan, maybe some chicken & dumplins or chicken & rice?  I'm a big box-meal person so hamburger helper is so in

nannyannie

Turkey Chili, Turkey Taco Soup, Chicken Noodle Soup, Brocolli Rice Casserole, spaghetti sauce.. Yum. I love freezing stuff.

aocain02@yahoo.com

My MIL keeps asking for ways she can help out so I told her she can cook for us when the baby is born.  I don't like frozen meals so it works out well for me. 

sassafras007

My friend just told me about it.  I might do a few but DH said he does not mind cooking...

I cannot find the link she sent me but if I locate it I will send it your way.

ToesnthesandBride07

More power to you!!! I am not much a cook and don't have a lot of freezer space so I am not going to cook ahead. One bumpie posted that she already had 16 meals frozen!!! She was really nesting!

MsLindseyLou

here's a couple links to some recipes.

 

https://www.northco.net/chenke/nest/WCFreezerFriendlyRecipes.pdf

 

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/user/default.aspx?UserName=FreezerMealsBio&m=1&MsdVisit=1

cma1989

If we had more freezer space I probably would... we're big costco goers though so we never have ANY space. My parents live down the street, and DH likes to cook so I probably won't make any. I'll just make sure we have some frozen lasagna and that sorta stuff on hand. GL! I'm glad that freezer worked out for you.

Alyssajoy87

Ah... one of my favorite topics!!! I'm going to fess-up and admit that I'm that bumpie who already had 16 frozen meals sitting in her freezer. That number has since multiplied to 23 meals due to some late-night cooking (I am taking the night off tonight though)!

I made a list on my blog of all of the meals I've made so far and frozen. Here's the link for you:

https://nowforeverandalways.blogspot.com/2009/09/late-night-kitchen-adventures.html

If anything sounds particularly good, let me know and I'll PM you the recipe!

Mrs. Braxton

I'm planning on making at least 2 weeks of meals and freezing them but I'm not due until March 15th so I probably need to wait a couple more months before I start with all that.  One of my favorite freezer meals is stuffed shells!  It works best if you cook the shells partially and then stuff them and freeze them in a big ziplock bag.  Freeze the sauce seperateley.  When you want to eat them let the shells thaw in the fridge then putthem in a baking dish and top with sauce and cheese.  I do this every fall when I make stuffed shells and as long as you freeze the shells w/o the sauce it re-heats perfectly!