Ideas for a meal for friend who gave birth???

Active Poster Joined: Aug 30 2005 Posts: 28

I remember when my mom had a baby!!!!!. believe it or not it was about 8 years ago I was still living at home and one of moms friends brought dinner I still remember how yum and how plentiful!!!!!! 8 years ago!!!!!
she brought a plastic ocontainerwith soup. a pan of breaded fried shnitzel, a 9x13 pan of rice and a huge salad. she even made brownies to go with that!!!!!
look how long it was remembered!!!!

well another great dish is a big chicken stir fry. stir a bunch of veggies with soy sauce, ginger, garlic add the chicken. if you want you can cook angel hair pasta and mix that in or you can make rice....
dont forget SALAD AND SOUP that is the best part of the meal!!!!
so many easy and yum soups.... especially after given birth - the best!!!

g 'luck

Moderator Joined: Feb 28 2006 Posts: 4103

Friends of ours are moving away, so I called the Mother to ask how we can help, and she said a meal the night before would be the best help she can get.
So, I'm deff. gonna read thru this thread again before Monday for all your great Ideas.

(It's for 2 adults + six kids)

Thanks everyone!!!
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Moderator Joined: Mar 29 2005 Posts: 18318

Making a meal for a couple is different than making for a large family with lots of kids. Every kid likes something different, and who knows, pasta might be the one thign they actually eat!
I remember when my mother was sitting shiva out of town someone sent us spaghetti and meatballs in two sep pans...the meatballs went to whoever wanted, and the spaghetti to whoever wanted (not everyone in my family likes both) and it worked out well.
I say give a few thigns that can be mixed but send them separately -- it should = a well-balanced meal, but will still be enough to fend off finciky eaters.

Gold Member Joined: Jan 18 2005 Posts: 1546

I am making dinner for a family monday , I am making meat lasagna and salad

Moderator Joined: Feb 28 2006 Posts: 4103

Bluma -
That sounds really good.
Do you just layer the Lasagna noodles with sauce and ground beef?
or is the beef already in the sauce?
Do you add anything else?

I usually make a Dairy Lasagna, with spinach and tons of cheese...
But a Fleishig one sounds yummy!!!

Diamond Member Joined: Apr 03 2006 Posts: 4473

Yea can you post how to make meat lasanga?

Silver Member Joined: Jul 05 2006 Posts: 854 Location: uk

tell u the truth after I had my baby I was in the mood of light stuff... sandwiches, salads, fruit etc.. oh and of course chocolate and cakes!! Wink

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Platinum Member Joined: Mar 20 2005 Posts: 5270

When I had my baby I wanted healthy nourishing meals with lots and lots of veggies, salads and soups. I just couldn't handle all the starchy oily foods.

Gold Member Joined: Jul 27 2005 Posts: 1034

Supermom-
if you change the soup to onion soup - you're invited to make me supper Wink

Thats what I would love. I can't stand chicken/meat right after a give birth.