Re: Go to meal for new parents

• NavyPilotWife member

  March 2012

  For families with kids, I usually roast a chicken and bring mashed potatoes and brown sugar glazed carrots as a side.  For new parents, it's usually chicken and butternut squash risotto with a salad.

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• Jferjamey member

  March 2012

  Baked ziti or lasagna. It's comfort food and makes for good leftovers. 

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• livinreality member

  March 2012

  Family with kids I normally go with pizza if it is grown ups I do chicken and rice or baked ziti (pasta)

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• lisamoe member

  March 2012

  bruschetta chicken casserole (can be frozen), lasagna, spaghetti sauce (can be frozen), chicken with rice casserole.  I always give things that make great leftovers or that can be frozen.

  A lot of girlfriends gave us giftcards to restraunts like Fridays, Applebees, Panera, etc.  these were a god send!  My DH would just go get curbside pick-up. Absolutely no cooking or cleanup.  It was really great with a newborn.

  

   

  

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• pinkram

  March 2012

  Manicotti or baked mac and cheese with ham and broccoli

  

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• mandymack member

  March 2012

  I should not read posts like this BEFORE I've had dinner

  I make muffins often (bran, banana/chocolate chip) and berry scones, freeze on parchment paper in a single layer then, bag up in freezer bag and give to families, some times in addition to a meatloaf or batch of meatballs.

   

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• CountryMile member

  March 2012

  Organic chicken noodle soup.  I have an awesome recipe and it makes a nice size batch.

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• CoffeeLovinMomma

  March 2012

  Thanks for the ideas ladies!!!
  

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• HarrietNJMommy

  March 2012

  I make a "Greek" feast (because I'm Greek)............everyone always loves it!

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• lbaby08

  March 2012

  We do a lot of this among our group of friends (mainly because we are mostly expats far away from family). I think I have taken 5 meals in the last 4 weeks. I usually try to take some kind of banana bread or zucchini bread for snacks or breakfast and something sweet (cookies, brownies, cheesecake).  Some favorites are:

  Manicotti or lasagna; salad; bread

  White chicken lasagna; same as above

  Italian sausage and tortellini soup (take the tortellini uncooked and they can do in 5 minutes on their stove - if you don't the tortellini will got soggy before you can get it to them); salad; bread

  Chicken and sour cream enchiladas; mexican rice and guacamole

  BBQ meatballs, baked macaroni and cheese, broccoli

  Chicken and broccoli casserole; rice, corn on the cob

  Baked potato soup with all the fixings

  Poppyseed chicken and rice casserole, sides

  Shepherd's Pie (with beef, not lamb); sides

  Chicken marsala (for friends that live really close since it needs to be eaten right away); mashed potatoes, steamed asparagus

  I am sure your friend will appreciate your willingness to help! 

  
  m/c at 13 weeks - March 23, 2011

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