Anyone NOT doing freezer meals?

CalMum_Momma · March 2010

I have no plans to do freezer meals, mainly because our freezer is just plain too small to stock up that way. I can babrely fit my weekly groceries in it! Am I the only one? I feel I will be so unprepared!

Marc's Mrs. · March 2010

I haven't done any. DH is taking alot of time off with me and my Mom will be with us for awhile. She's offered to do all the cooking while she's with us and I'm taking her up on her offer.

Aprilmomx2 · March 2010

don't feel unprepared! if i dind't have two freezers i would not be doing this....try looking into crock pot recipes! nice and easy, dump some meat, veggies and soup mix and cook all day!

Mrs.Syntax · March 2010

I'm in your same situation! We don't have any space for a chest freezer and we have a side-by-side fridge/freezer that honestly doesn't hold much. I'm not too worried about it. We have a million restaurants in our neighborhood that will deliver Big Smile

Azrayla · March 2010

I'm not doing em..IT's just SO and I in the house..our freezer is tiny also..I see how it would make sense if you had other LO's around but we dont..I had wanted to stock up on food though before LO but it doesnt look like that will happen since I can not work anymore right now..

So we'll just be getting our usual weeks worth at a time and hey SO is a big boy if I'm too tired to cook for a night, he has hands

cutie420311 · March 2010

I don't have room in my freezer. So nope, we'll cooking whatever we want when we need to

anabell0920 · March 2010

Dh is having to return to work immediately and depending on when LO arrives I could have a week or more until my mom will be here to help so we will be making at least a weeks worth. Dh works nights so I know it will be very helpful to us. Otherwise if he was gonna be able to stay home I probably wouldn't worry about it.

Jennicap · March 2010

We're buying a chest freezer probably this weekend so that we'll have room to freeze things. BUT I do have steaks and chicken marinated and frozen, not full meals but defrost that and make a rice and veggie and we're good to go.

jennay2324 · March 2010

I have stuff for the freezer that I bought at the store, but I am not cooking and storing cause I cannot cook!!!

katater · March 2010

Nope, didn't do it with #1, won't with this one. I found it wasn't necessary. I had family in to help off and on for a month with #1 and they cooked for us, and we like to cook, and when necessary we'd do takeout/delivery. Honestly, it is sometimes faster to make a quick spaghetti than to cook a freezer meal.

bryant1091 · March 2010

I'm in the same situation. I would love to make freezer meals but don't have any place to put them. It sucks because I don't want DH and I living off of take out the first two weeks.

lildevil968 · March 2010

We're not cooking anything to freeze, we are just going to Costco to stock up on freezer stuff. I barely have time at night to make a full meal so that is the best option for us.

NJBride2B44 · March 2010

We are no doing freezer meals! I am not worried about it, everything works itself out!

Baby_Bunny_Hopeful · March 2010

We bought an extra fridge/freezer partially FOR this reason- and yet I haven't had the motivation to freeze any meals!! LOL

That being said, the freezers are fairly well-stocked with frozen stuff from the grocery store... so we should be OK on that account.

Plus, my mom will be on spring break when baby is born- so she said she'll make us some dinners- and I have a few friends who plan on bringing food as well!!! :-)

FIL and SMIL also got us a bunch of gift cards to restaurants and takeout menus as a baby shower gift (SUCH a good idea!)

witoga · March 2010

I am not. We just didn't need it with DS - between having family visit and friends bringing meals over we didn't cook for the first month at least...and by then I was ready to cook without any burden - so freezer meals would have been a waste of time for me.

SissyKate21 · March 2010

amypohl:
don't feel unprepared! if i dind't have two freezers i would not be doing this....try looking into crock pot recipes! nice and easy, dump some meat, veggies and soup mix and cook all day!

I looked into freezer meals, but I just don't feel like preparing any. My mom will be with us for a while so I can count on her to cook.

We have a nice chest freezer...I'm just not interested in preparing the food right now. Give me a couple weeks and I'll probably have a dozen meals made up and stashed in the freezer. Nesting, and all that.

ITA with amypohl - the Crock Pot is my friend. LOVE IT!

RadicalDreamer143 · March 2010

I have the room, and I am still not doing them. There are plenty of quick and healthy meals that can be made without having to make them in bulk, so that's what we're doing. If there were more healthy options for frozen meals, I'd do them, but the idea of something like tortilla soup makes me want to hurl - same with casseroles.

lolagrinnin · March 2010

Probably not, but if it wasn't going to be late spring/early summer when I deliver, I might. We'll make sure ther are lots of things that can get chucked on the grill on hand and the ingredients for at least 4-5 crockpot meals. Also, cooking is my BFF's go-to helping out trick, so I'll happily let her and my mom feed us a few times!

chazlewo · March 2010

nope- small freezer here as well. plus DH is an excellent cook, so between the two of us, I'm thinking we'll be fine. plus, it will be summer... what's easier than throwing some veggies, meat and bread on the grill?

Rachelilly23 · March 2010

Probably not- we don't have the space either... I imagine DH will just do all the cooking

He's better at it anyway and likes to do it.

DorisLevine · March 2010

No -- dinner for me generally consists of a Lean Cuisine meal, PB & J, or cereal. If I don't have time to make that, God help me.

hydies33 · March 2010

Not doing them. Family will be helping out with the cooking until I can take over. My mom loves to cook & clean for people when they're sick or recovering.

ASmallWonder · March 2010

I'm not doing them because we're really basic eaters so we should be able to pull a meal together pretty easily anyways. We love those Steamfresh frozen veggies with marinated chicken or burgers or whatever...nothing too time consuming

cdc1982 · March 2010

I haven't decided for sure if we are or not. If we do, We'll have to store some meals in his parents freezer chest. We have an older fridge & the freezer part is so small!

Also, if I decide to do it, I'm going through a company called Let's Dish (www.letsdish.com). I'll either get the 4 or 8 meal session ($100 or $189). Each meal has 6 servings of food.

missyjg · March 2010

Nope, DH can grill out every night if that's what he wants to do. I'm sure he'd be happy to do so. Hopefully it will be nicer weather in April when she is due. We have freezer space but after working 10 hour days, I'm really in no mood NOW to cook anything and the weekends are always booked up getting this or that ready. I don't feel unprepared in the least. I just ordered a bunch of meals from this local frozen food company that delivers:-) Wasn't too expensive either and took far less energy. Can't eat like that forever, but we'll survive for 2-3 weeks on it. Then DH is being deployed again so I'll live off cereal and fruit again:-)

Scooter359 · March 2010

We didnt. Honestly, you will have time to make a quick pot of speghetti or a sandwich. Babies sleep. I never saw the need but thats just me.

boyscout8 · March 2010

I won't be. Freezer is small. My mom will be here and DH is quite capable

FemmeNat01 · March 2010

I am not doing them either. I can't get up to cook but even if I could, I wouldn't be doing them. I don't feel unprepared not having them. I will have a million people visiting me so either I will be able to cook (or Nate will) OR one of them will cook for me (and they actually would).

homebird · March 2010

I'm not. There's just not any room.

My mom is coming to stay with me, so I know she'll help out with cooking. Also, there's no shame in eating PBJ or grilled cheese for a week or so.

elizb137 · March 2010

I didn't w/ my first, and never felt unprepared or anything. I really have no room in our freezer for the meals anyhow lol.

Mrs.V · March 2010

I didn't last time and this time I definately will! It seems like I only ate cereal and peanut butter sandwiches because I was too tired/busy to ever make a real meal!

Hip2Bsquare · March 2010

I am not doing them for the same reason OP. My mom will be here so what do you think I will be having her do mainly?.....make me food!

rohansmom · March 2010

I am not doing freezer meals. I will manage some how.I didn't do freezer meal when my first was born.

creed612 · March 2010

I have a very small freezer too. I have a few frozen leftovers, but for the most part, we are planning on using the crap out of our crockpot during the first few weeks! DH has no problem throwing things in the crockpot to help out, and he loves to be able to say that he "cooked" for me!

panarama99 · March 2010

I'm not. We have plenty of take-out options nearby, DH will be off work for 4 weeks, and my mom (who is an excellent cook) has already started planning meals to bring over for us. I think we'll be just fine.

xtencornfield · March 2010

I wish we had room to do at least a weeks worth of freezer meals but we don't. The freezer in our side-by-side is too small (basically holds what we normally need in there). I tried to talk DH into getting a small chest freezer (we have two places it could go) but he wasn't having it....he'd rather get a new fridge, but the space for our fridge is limited, so no matter what we'd end up with the same freezer issues. I finally gave up because I got tired of trying to explain it to him.

jifer · March 2010

No, I'm not doing them. DH will be doing the cooking.

JordanS803 · March 2010

My parents live about a mile away from us and my mom has already volunteered to keep us well fed in the first few weeks after LO arrives. If we didn't have that I would probably just stock the freezer with easy things that DH can throw together - he's not a gourmet cook but he can follow instructions and it's not like I won't be there to help.

KRISTA555 · March 2010

Sort of. I plan to stock up on frozen pizza, frozen stir-fry meals like "Voila", brats & hamburgers for the grill, Mac & Cheese, etc. Basically anything that DH can figure out.

Thankfully LO will be born the end of June, so DH can fire up the grill every day if he wants.

lucisparents · March 2010

No, my DH is a chef. When he's at work I call him and tell him what to bring home. He can do the same for me at home!

lesalia217 · March 2010

I am not. DH will be around and our mom's are coming down as soon as they can (9hr drive). I don't typically like any type of crock pot meals or the type of stuff that is a typically a freezer meal. I will probably stock up on the freezer type ones they sell at the grocery store. I love the skillet meals (bertolli, stoffers, etc)

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