STOCKING FREEZER FOR AFTER BABY

Posted: Wed, Apr 25 2012, 4:14 pm Post subject: STOCKING FREEZER FOR AFTER BABY

I am due to give birth soon and would like to hear how you have stocked up your freezer before giving birth?
I'm looking for recipes that are obviously good and that are easy to prepare.
TIA!

Platinum Member Joined: Apr 12 2010 Posts: 5799

Anything meaty is usually easy so:
meatballs, shnitzels, grilled cutlets, sheperds pie, roast chiken, deep fried shnitzel

soups are also easy and good

lasagne, quiche, pizza, pitta breads, falafel balls, cheese blintzes

things like instant couscous (the tiny ones) and pasta and fruit and veg are good to have in the fridge nearer the time because they are easy side dishes (salad etc).
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I'm working on my list too - I'd love ideas and suggestions also.
thanks

Silver Member Joined: Jul 07 2009 Posts: 932

meat sauce, just chopped meat in jarred tomato sauce. This freezes well and improves with age! Just boil noodles when its time to heat up.

Chicken soup with boullion. The more salt the better. The taste will last.

Chicken fajitas: Fahita bread with chopped chicken cutlets, yellow rice and mild salsa. Again the salty salsa retains the flavor. Just wrap in foil and heat in oven wrapped for 30-45 minutes.

Pita Pizzas: Pita bread sauce and mozzerala , freezes great.

Beef Chil.: ground beef, vegetarian baked beens, salsa. heat up and serve with rice.

I find that baked or broiled chicken does not freeze to my liking.

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Silver Member Joined: Dec 30 2010 Posts: 737

Certain things come down to personal preference. For example, my oldest only really eats homemade bread. So, my freezer was stocked up with pre-sliced bread. DH, the babysitter, my parents could take a slice, stick it in the toaster, coat with cream cheese or pb and she was good to go.

Soups: french onion, potato leek, potato, pumpkin, and chicken soup all freeze well. I personally find that blended soups freeze better than soups with chunky veggies.

Meats: cabbage rolls, meatballs, taco sauce beef, roasts for shabbos

Kugels: potato, carrot, pineapple, brocoli and veggie kugel all freeze well

Dairy: Lasagna, baked ziti

Gold Member Joined: Jul 26 2008 Posts: 2096

Challah, kugels, meatloafs, casseroles all freeze amazing.

But anything with cream or fruit I would NOT freeze.

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 24 2008 Posts: 6528

Whatever I made for supper I always doubled.
Meatballs
Breaded chicken
Chicken 1/4s in sauce
Lasagna
Eggplant parm (baked not fried)

Side dishes:
Orzo
Carrot kugel
Potato Kugel (before a baby on a motzei shabbos and with dh's help make like 30 lbs of potato kugel and bake in 8x8 pans. It gives me like 3 months of breathing time until I have to think about it again)
noodle kugel

turkey meatballs in sauce
sliced meat (sauce frozen separately)
kishka stuffed chicken

cabbage and noodles
rice & sauteed veggies (rinse and drain plain rice, drizzle with oil and freeze - freeze saute separately)
potato knishes

lasagna
pizza
calzones
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Gold Member Joined: Jan 03 2011 Posts: 1503

I just doubled my suppers every night in my 9th month.
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