https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:40:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1189170 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:01:46 +0000 kentuckygirl 1189170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: Cool, thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1189164 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:59:57 +0000 kentuckygirl 1189164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SugarplumsMom: Sounds easy! I will have to try it, thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1187543 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:06:57 +0000 LuLu Mom 1187543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I did, and will do it again whenever round two happens! </p> <p>I did it gradually, I would make double/triple an item for dinner and freezer the other two. Soups, meatballs, lasgana, casseroles, pasta dishes, muffins, cookie mix, stuff I could easily grab &amp; thaw. I also put together crockpot freezers meals that all I had to do was throw in there...even easier! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1187491 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 08:53:07 +0000 reesespieces 1187491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my favorite frozen meals we made was carrot soup! We made a ton of it and poured them into different containers for different # of servings. Another little piece of advice from a friend of mine which we are forever grateful is: buy a bunch of disposable utensils and plates! I know it's not entirely environmental friendly but we didn't have to do dishes for a few weeks after our LO came home. Time and life saver! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1187085 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 05:15:38 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1187085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kentuckygirl: It's not at all homemade, but really easy to put together. It's essentially a few packs of torillas, cheese, chopped ham, and scrambled eggs. I made a few with only cheese, eggs with a little bit of salsa. </p> <p>My fave was eggs, cheese, ham, a tiny bit of green salsa and ham. It's kind of fun because you can have a whole assembly line going on :) They freeze and re-heat super well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186908 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 22:32:56 +0000 indi 1186908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom will be coming around Christmastime to help stock me up on hot dishes and soups/stews for the freezer. I've also started favoriting a lot of freeze-ahead crock pot meals so that I can just grab a bag of pre-chopped veggies and chicken and seasoning, etc., and toss it in the crock to cook all day. I'm picky with re-heated items and their texture, so I won't likely make to many pasta or starch dishes ahead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186869 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 22:03:14 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1186869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made some but my sister, the chef, came to visit after dd arrived and she totally pimped out my freezer. We had gourmet freezer meals for weeks. It was awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186860 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 22:00:08 +0000 DillonLion 1186860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cooked a ton of freezer meals and most came out terrible! Blah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186840 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:55:03 +0000 shellio 1186840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did, and also had a couple of friends bring us frozen meals. It was awesome for LO #1 and with #2 due in a couple of weeks I am hoping to start work on freezer meals soon. We did lasagne, also enchilada or burrito casserole. Soups are great too. Any kind of pasta seems to do well. </p> <p>@matador84: We have an extra stand-up freezer that we bought when pregnant the first time and it has been so great, also was super handy for the freezer stash of breast milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186836 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:53:22 +0000 Boheme 1186836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kentuckygirl: Its like lasagna! You roll all the filling up inside noodles, eggplant slices, or zucchini slices :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186544 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:16:40 +0000 ALV91711 1186544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I made lasagna. I had intentions of doing more as I had two weeks off before my due date but then DS decided to arrive 13 days early!</p> <p>My MIL made us some chicken alfredo and cabbage rolls to freeze when she came to visit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186527 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:12:10 +0000 matador84 1186527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have already started stocking the freezer! Call me crazy! I told DH I think I want a deep freezer because our freezer is so full. We do soups, stews, chili, pulled pork. Basically anything I'm making where there is extra and it's freezable, it's going in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186516 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:10:07 +0000 Foodnerd81 1186516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had two weeks off before she was born and I froze a while bunch if meals then. Super helpful since we don't have family in the area and no one came and stayed to help for a couple of weeks. We had lasagna (I made and someone brought), Mac and cheese, calzones, quiche. My favorite were oatmeal chocolate chip muffins- tasty but I figured the oatmeal was good for my milk :) I went through those fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186471 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:59:09 +0000 kentuckygirl 1186471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: May I ask, what is rollatini?!?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186468 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:58:22 +0000 kentuckygirl 1186468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SugarplumsMom: How do you make breakfast quesadillas? That sounds yummy!</p> <p>I have pinned a TON of freezer meals recipes and "favorite-d" every blog and thread post about it on HB. Hoping I find the motivation as my pregnancy progresses. We have tons of freezer space and it sounds like a great idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186139 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:37:07 +0000 MamaJ 1186139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No I'm not a fan of freezer meals (or cooking). We were in the middle of remodeling a house and then moving into it. We went out to dinner most nights and I had sandwiches and easy snacks for lunch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1186129 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:34:43 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1186129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes, not often. But I don't do it that often even now. We don't have the freezer space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185983 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:52:42 +0000 sorrycharlie 1185983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did not, but my grandmother kept making me meals to freeze haha. </p> <p>we got a lot of take out.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185810 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:53:56 +0000 fancyfunction 1185810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - I made a bunch of chicken cutlets, soups, baked ziti, and some crock pot meals like chili. I think I even froze turkey burgers. It was near Christmas so I also made and froze cookies for desserts. It was really helpful to have the stash all ready for us at the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185806 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:53:29 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1185806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did. I froze a lot of pastas and stews. I also froze tons of breakfast quesadillas. The quesadillas were the easiest to make in bulk and it's the first thing we ran out of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185770 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:43:21 +0000 JerricaBenton 1185770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had grand plans to freeze a ton of meals but I lost motivation at the end. Honestly, I don't really love to eat frozen meals! I went to the Italian market before I went in to the hospital and bought sausages and I made lots of sauce and meatballs and froze all that. I don't eat meat but it was for my husband. It was easy enough to boil some pasta and sautee a green veggie at dinner time. We definitely got some good takeout too, salads and some healthy things. After a few weeks I was fine cooking meals that didn't take tons of prep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185654 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:18:08 +0000 wahine08 1185654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really, really want to do this before LO arrives in Jan. I'm taking my full 4 weeks before so hopefully I can really buckle down and get some meals prepped! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185597 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:58:55 +0000 Bao 1185597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: interesting, thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185596 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:58:01 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1185596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since it's just the 2 of us right now, I typically would cook up a full package of meat and split the meat over 2-3 meals, but now, I just make a bigger meal of whatever I am cooking and freeze the left overs in single serve portions. I'm also trying to freeze crockpot meals, so I can just dump a bag in the crockpot and have a hot meal that night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185453 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:11:52 +0000 Boheme 1185453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: Its with the foil, plastic wrap, etc in the grocery store. I didn't know about it either! Its like a heavy waxed paper. The butcher shop told us to get it to protect against freezer burn when I told them I'd be freezing large portions. Plus you can apparently use it for a lot of crafts, like freezer paper stencils! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185429 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:07:15 +0000 Bao 1185429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: I hope this isn't a silly question, what is freezer paper? @PurplePeony: Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185396 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:02:40 +0000 PurplePeony 1185396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are some good ideas on this thread:<br /> <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stockpile-meals-before-birth" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-stockpile-meals-before-birth</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185390 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:02:06 +0000 Boheme 1185390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: They have all tasted great! I was really careful with bagging things tightly, and using freezer paper under or over the bags. Zero freezer burn! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185381 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:58:40 +0000 cmomma17 1185381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ummm... I tried.</p> <p>I would make a big batch of something really yummy - like cheesy pasta with veggies in it. And then I would eat it ALL. lol I was a giant pregnant lady eating everything in sight.</p> <p>Good intentions though I promise! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-freeze-meals-before-lo-was-born#post-1185370 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:55:35 +0000 Bao 1185370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: The last post inspired this post ;) So have the foods you made held up well in the freezer, as far as tasting ok? I never know how long things can be in there for... </p>