This week, I wanted to share the second (and third and fourth…) part to my postpartum freezer meal prep saga.
I shared a few weeks ago about my first round of cooking and all the meals and goodies I stocked in our freezer.
Well, I haven’t undertaken another full day since then, but I have worked over a series of days to finish loading up our deep freezer. I also added a few more store-bought convenience items as well.
Of course, I didn’t manage to photograph everything before it went into the freezer because I got in the zone (and was also usually multitasking). However, I figured I’d share a run-down of all that I made or purchased and discuss my overall meal plan to use up these items.
Here’s what else I made in the last few weeks:
- Chicken pot pie
- Tofu breakfast casserole
- Baked oatmeal
- Black bean and beef taco meat
- Pulled pork
- BBQ lentils (prepared with leftover pulled pork marinade)
- Pot roast with baby carrots
- Macaroni and cheese
- Shredded plain rotisserie chicken
- Burritos
I also purchased:
- Frozen fish sticks
- Frozen potstickers/wontons
- Frozen spring rolls
- Shelf-stable butter masala or tikka masala sauces
- Microwaveable madras lentil pouches
- Corned beef
My basic meal plan for the 4-5 weeks following the arrival of our new baby will be something like this:
- Sundays: leftovers and/or frozen veggie burgers OR fish sticks
- Mondays: wontons and spring rolls OR tofu bowls
- Tuesdays: veggie burgers OR pantry-pull Indian food
- Wednesdays: lasagna OR pizza
- Thursdays: tacos OR pantry-pull Indian food
- Fridays: lentil soup OR chili
- Saturdays: pulled pork or BBQ lentils and mac and cheese OR mashed potatoes with roast or corned beef
I know we’ll probably enjoy the generosity of a few dear friends who will bring us meals in the first week or so after delivery, so really, we should be pretty well supplied for upwards of 6 weeks postpartum.
I’m feeling really good about this portion of baby’s arrival, though there is still much to do in other areas!