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Meal Prep for a New Mom

Published 9 months ago • 1 min read

One of the best things you can do for new parents is to make them some homemade food and drop it at their door without asking to hold their baby. I call it being a food fairy and its the best feeling. There will be plenty of time to go back and hold that smushy baby when the parents aren't exhausted and in no shape to entertain. BUT they do need that food so drop it and run! One of my friends just had her first baby. This is what I made for her and her husband and dropped at their door.
  1. ​Meal Prep Breakfast Sandwiches - there is nothing truly like having a premade breakfast that you can eat with one hand when you have a newborn.
  2. ​Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies - pure comfort and great for a nursing mom. I make a double batch - bake one, freeze one and send instructions on how to bake the frozen cookie dough balls from frozen.
  3. ​Stuffed Shells with Meat - another comforting meal that I prep in a freezer friendly casserole dish and let them know that they can either freeze and bake from frozen or bake and enjoy fresh.
  4. Chopped Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette - I craved something fresh postpartum, but didn't have time for chopping veggies. I made my friend a deconstructed chopped salad with the veggies chopped and packed separately along with some lettuce and a homemade salad dressing.

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A few other tips: bring everything in disposable containers so that they don't have to return anything to you or clean any dishes. Include reheating/freezing instructions. If they had older kids I might also include a few kid friendly snacks!

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Mad About Food

Making meal time easier for you and your family with simple meal preps and easy weeknight dinners.

Every Friday I send a weekly meal plan along with shopping list to help you prep for the week ahead. I also send weekly email updates about the new recipes on my blog, meal preps for my family as well as budget friendly meal preps.

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