I'm bringing food to a new mom next week, and want to make her something other than a casserole-type dish. What are favorite dishes you either love to make for a new mom, or that you had made for you when you had a newborn? No allergy restrictions. Post your ideas/recipes here, please! 
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My go to is mostly
Store-bought - a rotisserie chicken, a nice pasta salad and some grilled vegetables from the takeout section. -
Still sort of casserole like but my friend brought Mac and cheese cups (basically baked in a muffin tin instead of casserole dish) and they were awesome. Ate some cold right way, microwaved, then froze the rest and was able to just pull out a couple at a time as needed. She even mixed in some veggies and sausage. I love things that don't require any assembly and you can freeze but take out single servings.
Another friend made lentil stew and bought nice bread and separated into two so I could take out half at a time.
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Same as @Foodnerd81: We usually make a hearty soup and a banana bread when we visit new parents!
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My favorite was enchiladas, with enough to freeze for later. She also brought sides (rice and beans), as well as cookies and ice cream for dessert.
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Whole foods has a really good chicken pot pie that was my husbands absolute favorite. That with a big family salad and some kind of desert. Or I bake lactation cookies, but now that I gave my brewers yeast away I probably wont make any more of those
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I make a chicken pot pie in an aluminum throw away pie pan. If your going easy over healthy I have a super easy recipe.
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Las time I did this I put together a pasta salad with grilled chicken breast. And also made crust less quiche cups for breakfast.
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Some of our friends brought a big pan of stuffed peppers, they were delish and lasted us a couple days.
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My sister made us containers of chili and curry for freezing and they were awesome. We made a batch of rice each time we wanted to heat it up so it lasted a long while and was super tasty!
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My favorites were definitely a roasted chicken and mac n cheese a friend brought, and then mini lasagna cups someone else made me. Anything I could eat with one hand and that took minimal effort worked very well!
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My favorite was a big pan of chicken kabobs and roasted vegetables. I really appreciated the veggies because the majority of the food we had was meat and carb casseroles.
Another good one was bean-and-taco-meat stuffed peppers that were individually wrapped in foil so we could freeze and pull out just what we needed.
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I really enjoyed a huge salad that someone made me with everything that was separated into individual baggies with this awesome Asian chicken.
That and lactation cookies!
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I like bringing chicken pot pie, spinach and mushroom enchiladas or baked ziti. I use PW's turkey pot pie recipe subbing chicken and Smitten Kitchen's baked ziti. I usually add a bagged salad, rice crispy treats and a bottle of wine. I also like bringing fruit salad and muffins if they've got some support for suppers.
My best friend brought me a whole bunch of individually wrapped homemade freezer burritos after my second, which was amazing for one-handed meals
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I bring non-dinner foods. I make quick breakfast or lunch or snack things to grab during the day.
Lactation cookies
Ants on a log
Hard boiled eggs
Baby carrots with hummus
Ham and cheese and turkey and cheese sandwiches on hearty bread, but dry with no condiments, wrapped in foil, so they last.
Fresh cut fruit that's easy to eat like chunks of pineapple, hulled strawberries, grapes, and watermelon slices.
Muffins or banana bread.
Trail mix or GORP with chocolate chips
Bagels and cream cheeseIf I do bring dinner, I like bringing a mellow curry with a pot of long grain rice. Trader Joe's frozen jasmine rice packages are great for this type of thing. This recipe is good - I use cubed boneless skinless chicken thighs so it's easier to eat and add some veg into the pot like carrots or zucchini or green beans so it's well rounded.
http://www.thewednesdaychef.com/the_wednesday_chef/2012/02/nigel-slaters-chicken-curry.html
Oh and I ALWAYS bring a big package of disposable plates, utensils, and napkins. Ain't nobody got time for dishes.
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Something for breakfast!
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Someone brought us fresh cut seasonal fruit and I devoured it! And a small chocolate cake!
Also all the stuff to assemble breakfast burritos.
I seriously could not eat enough fruit after I gave birth.
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Thank you all so, so much! I knew the 'Bee would deliver! I also loved fruit as a newly nursing mom-I'll bring some cut up fruit like @tofuwad suggested. @Rattles, thanks for reminding me of breakfast burritos. I pre-made some for myself and my husband and I survived on those things!
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@ChiCalGoBee: I'm sending a friend an edible arrangement - we got one with our first and it was so nice to have some fresh fruit cut up to snack on...but a fruit tray would do just as well!
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I would love to eat a pasta salad or another cold meal or salad because that would be quick and easy. So something I could grab from the fridge whenever would be great.
-Tabbouleh
-Hummus and pita bread
-Rice salad with feta and lots of veggies
-Pasta salad
-Quinoa salad with chopped spinach, roasted corn, peppers, feta and a lemon juice/oil dressing
-Lactation boosting cookies even if they aren't nursing. I made myself some and kept them in the freezer and they were hearty little bready snacks that I ate a lot when I didn't have time or hands to cook. -
@ChiCalGoBee: I love me some enchiladas or lasagna or soups. Casseroles are great too though!!!!
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We got a lot of chicken and veggies and casseroles. But my favorite was the people who asked what we wanted and brought us pizza. I was sick of "healthy" food and wanted pizza or sushi. But we were brought so much food we didn't have to order take out so maybe that's why I wanted pizza.
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I wish people had, but everyone knew I"d been "Freezer" cooking for the last few months, so they probably figured we were set. But honestly, food someone else made would have made it last longer, and have been different.
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@tinyperson: My SIL sent us one when my son was born and it was the BEST. I'm planning on sending one to my sis when she has her baby!
@Mrs. Goose: Pasta salad is a great idea.
@pachamama: I think a hearty soup is the way I'm going to go! And some fresh bread like @wrkbrk: suggested!
@brownepiano: Good point. I actually did ask if she had any requests and she said no, so I'm just making what I think sounds good and hoping she likes it!@Mrs. D: That's what I'm thinking-it might be nice for her to get something fresh and different!Thanks again ladies! I'm saving this page for inspiration!
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@Aandmklover: I'd love the recipe! Thanks!
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Most of my favorite go to have been listed, but I like to start with a standard oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe and make these substitutions so they are heartier and halfway between a snack/lactation cookie and a treat cookie:
Swap half the butter for peanut butter for protein
Add a dollop of blackstrap molasses for trace minerals
Decrease sugar by 1/4-1/3
Add a pinch more of salt
Add 1/4 c flax seeds
Swap chocolate chips for mini chocolate chips
Replace 1/3-1/2 chocolate chips with sliced almonds (same texture as oatmeal but more protein)
Careful not to overbake
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Chicken schnitzel tenders, a pack of flat bread wraps and salad fillings. Easy to put together, they last a few days in the fridge, and they can be mixed up for different flavours
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@MrsSRS: Thanks so much! I'm copying down this recipe!
@FannyMae: Awesome idea. Thanks!
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I wish all you people were my friends when I had my baby!
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My friends were so sweet to bring food when they came over but it tended to be heavy on the carbs and no veggies and I was dying for a salad for weeks. Washing and chopping vegetables for a fresh salad with a newborn in the house seems like the most daunting task I could ever imagine!
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My husbands co workers wife made two meals. Once day she dropped of hot and ready to go chilli with nachos.
The next time DH stopped on his way home and picked up ready to eat chicken, homemade bread, salad and soup!!! It was sooo good.
Another friend brought over lasagne.... But her and her husband stayed to eat too. Haha. It was fine though.
We also got frozen chilli and soup from my neighbour and those were delish!
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