I have gotten questions about my freezer cooking for postpartum, and noticed elsewhere that freezer cooking to get ready for baby is a topic of interest.
I’ve written one post where I described how I planned out my meals and how I went about the actual day of cooking. Since then I’ve been asked about the recipes I used and how everything turned out. In other words, was the food good?
There is no doubt that having the meals in the freezer was helpful. Scott thought it was an awful lot of work for me to go through (spending an entire day cooking) – but it was very, very worth it.
And, on the whole, the food turned out well. I think this was greatly helped by the fact that I picked proven freezer recipes. I knew they had “passed the test” in other kitchens.
The biggest issue I came across was the portions not being quite enough for our family. Related to this was when my mom was here; I hadn’t counted on an additional person for some of the meals (and I hadn’t considered her preferences… Mom isn’t as much into things like pate as our family is :p) That got a little stressful for me.
Next time around I will increase the amount of meat/beans in some of the recipes. I’m not sure what I’ll do about the guest situation – I may plan to reserve “crowd-pleasers” that come in larger quantities (like soup or spaghetti) for the days I know we’ll have guests.
I decided the easiest way for me to share my recipes and meal plans with you was via a complete menu plan for you to download. I’ve tried to credit where the recipes came from in the recipe file, though many of these recipes have been gathered together over time and I’ve forgotten exactly where they came from!
A Freezer Meal Plan for Postpartum (or any time!)
“Right click, save as” to save your own copy!
