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What's in your freezer? Easy post baby meals

29claan29claan member
in May 2015 Moms
What are you ladies planning for easy post baby meals? We have a big family so we need to be ready to feed everyone on little sleep. Looking for some inspiration...
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Re: What's in your freezer? Easy post baby meals

  • seethebakerseethebaker member
    I just made an enormous pot of chili and a bunch of homemade mac and cheese. They both freeze well. I packed up the Mac in little bread loaf pans and will probably top with cheese and cracker crumbs and bake later. :)
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  • saric83saric83 member
    I have had great intentions of making some freezer meals, but I have yet to get to them.  So I went to Trader Joe's and bought a shit-ton of orange chicken and few other quick favorites.  Good enough. :)
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  • MrsS728MrsS728 member
    I've got some sausage and peppers, cranberry chicken, lemon chicken, taco casserole, lasagna rolls, baked ziti. I would do more, but our freezer is full with other stuff and my husband I think is getting offended that I'm making freezer meals because he keeps reminding me that he'll be home for 2-3 weeks after baby arrives.  
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  • leelee72leelee72 member
    Made 10 frezer meals. Chili, hambugers, meatballs,chicken tacos, Italian chicken, I forget the rest. Lol
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  • 29claan29claan member
    I did stock up Trader Joes things too! But they are almost gone. Boys loved it all...
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  • Kae42Kae42 member
    Mexican lasagna is a staple of ours that's in our freezer!
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  • jakobabyjakobaby member
    We have chicken enchiladas, tater tot casserole and lasagna frozen and ready to go.
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  • JillianDeesJillianDees member
    So far I have put together mini loaf pans of pulled pork, jambalaya, lasagna, pesto with bow ties.
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  • justkeeptryingjustkeeptrying member
    I have totally gone overboard on meals...my friends think I'm insane. I think I have about 30 casseroles made and 10 quick grab snacks - muffins, buns, banana loaves, etc.

    I am loving making slow cooker meals (stews, chicken cacciatore, etc) and then separating them into casserole containers so they just have to be heated up day of.

    I still have about 6 more meals I want to make and then a few more breakfasts and snacks that are quick to grab :) I want to be over-prepared in this area as I know I won't want to cook once LO is here
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  • Sunshine4020Sunshine4020 member
    Finally just made a huge pot of chili today to freeze. I used sirloin and pork roast (cut into little cubes) instead of ground beef. SO delish!!
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  • michali80michali80 member
    Giant Lasagna! And a bunch of easy grillable meats for DH to handle.
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  • daiseyc123daiseyc123 member
    Besides lasagna, quiche! So easy and not a casserole. (I've never really understood the appeal of casseroles.)
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  • CanadaMom17CanadaMom17 member
    Giant batch of spaghetti sauce, and used part of it for a baked spaghetti casserole.  Some mini meatloaves.  I still have a month left to put away some more things.  I like to grill too, and I have a quarter beef, half a pig, and likely 5 or so farm grown chickens cut in quarters left in the freezer to cook up over the next year!
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  • icajesica82icajesica82 member
    My BFF is coming over this weekend to make me some meals.  I think I want to try to get a macaroni bake, lasagna, mini pizzas, and quinua pizzas made before.  We will see.
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  • julieamersonjulieamerson member
    I had all intentions of making all sorts of things, but of course I have not made a darn thing! I have thrown a few leftovers into the freezer when we had some extras. It's not a lot, but I'll take it! I also made a list of easy meals my husband can make us. It includes spaghetti, burgers, and salad.
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  • kimmeenoellekimmeenoelle member
    I'm a ftm and new to the whole bake n freeze scene. Anything super simple you can recommend? And what do you store the food in? Like giant zip lock bags, or can you bake something in a disposable tin and just freeze it in that? Any tips are helpful!!
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  • 29claan29claan member
    Because we have a big family it helps take the stress out of the equation every nite at dinner time if we have easy options in the freezer. I marinate meats in zip locks containers for easy grilling, or buy pot pies, calzones, ribs, tenderloins, etc so that even when we haven't planned ahead there is dinner in the freezer. But I love new ideas to add to the rotation! Sometimes we double up on a recipe but too.
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  • kristaelaine86kristaelaine86 member
    We are a big family as well and super busy with our older kids sports so I did about 30 meals. For my shower I had received a few gift certificates for pizza and such and some local places, I did lasagnas, pulled pork, sweet and sour meatballs, jambalaya,chicken pot pie, tomato beef soup frozen in individual containers, chilli, meat loaf and a few other casseroles. I also stocked up on things that are easy for DH to grill, chicken strips as chicken wraps are a fav for my kids. It was a lot of work but I know we will all appreciate it later! If I have time I might make a few muffins and breakfast sandwiches as well.
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  • mamajama3mamajama3 member
    edited April 2015
    I made and froze empanadas, chicken enchilada casserole, lasagna, minestrone soup, ziti casserole, taco casserole, meatloaf, cheesy noodle casserole, cheeseburger casserole and a couple other casseroles I can't remember. All of these recipes pop up if you google them- it was 350 bucks for all the ingredients and took a couple days to cook them but I figure it's something like $3 a person per meal cost when they're eaten, which is super cheap and saves us money, and it's
    super easy to just bake them in the oven and have dinner ready (I put temp and bake time on each of them so even DH can make them easily). Not the healthiest, though I did use lean ground beef, but I figure I'll need the calories when I'm nursing my baby and staying up all night. You can also just buy frozen meals at the store, which is easier, I just enjoy cooking and had some time to do it :)
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  • CanadaMom17CanadaMom17 member
    kimmeenoelle said:

    I'm a ftm and new to the whole bake n freeze scene. Anything super simple you can recommend? And what do you store the food in? Like giant zip lock bags, or can you bake something in a disposable tin and just freeze it in that? Any tips are helpful!!

    Yes to both.  You can make a casserole/lasagna right in a glass pan and wrap the whole thing with foil, then saran & freeze it, or if you're worried about breakage, just buy some disposable foil pans for the same.  Use BPA free tupperware for things like meatballs, premade pulled pork, etc.  You can use containers for muffins & baking, or big ziplocks - I find they take up less room.

    As long as stuff is well wrapped, or the lid is tight, or the bag is zipped, it won't get freezer burned for months.  As to stuff being soggy - most things freeze well.  Something like spaghetti sauce might have a bit of 'water' on top when thawed, but I just carefully drain that off before heating the rest.  If you are going to freeze something like stir fry with veggies, I recommend undercooking the veggies just a bit so they aren't overcooked after reheating.
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  • kat0217kat0217 member
    The only useful postpartum thing in my freezer is padsicles (if you don't have them or know about them, you should google....your vagina will thank you!).

    The domestic gene also skipped me, at least in terms of frozen meals. Luckily, some friends are planning to bring us meals and my husband can cook pretty decently so hopefully we won't starve! We've just tried to stock up on easy to grab snacks for in between meals and nursing snacks for me.
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  • fatlard64fatlard64 member
    twodreamers said:

    Sometimes I think the domestic gene skipped me. I am totally clueless about freezer meals even AFTER reading several articles and watching YouTube tutorials. I have no idea what will thaw well and still taste good or how frozen muffins work. Wouldn't they get soggy or dry? Seriously, I don't why it's like trying to understand rocket science to me. :-/

    I'm right there with you!
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  • LadyBloodLadyBlood member
    I'm actually spending today starting my stockpile, I've got lasagna, tuna casserole, cheesy manicotti, tater tot taco bake, creamy Italian chicken, Hawaiian chicken, meatloaf, steak fajitas, and BBQ pulled pork on the menu. Oh and I'm going to freeze one of the loaves of banana bread I make today to have some for later
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