https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 00:20:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-642919 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:43:32 +0000 fussygal 642919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@arden Wow! That is impressive! What is your black bean burger recipe? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-642759 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:12:01 +0000 aprk 642759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just counted, and we have 37 meals (which means both DH and I have dinner for more than a month), 2 chickens, 8 lbs of beef, 2 dozen fruit waffles and 8 dozen lactation cookies.</p> <p>...</p> <p>I think we're set ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-630169 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:51:39 +0000 T.H.O.U. 630169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: They are a great breakfast food (its mostly oatmeal)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-630156 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:46:33 +0000 aprk 630156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: we have 8 dozen lactation cookies made! They taste like breakfast bars, and I think anything eaten with one hand will come in handy :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-630152 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:45:21 +0000 T.H.O.U. 630152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Remember that you can make and freeze up lactation cookie dough ahead of time! I would highly recommend this for anyone wanting to BF! You can either make the dough and freeze it, or make the cookies and freeze them! </p> <p>Its great to have snack foods. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-630132 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:36:58 +0000 aprk 630132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: I'm lucky to have been done with work for a few weeks now so I have the time, and occasionally the energy. Plus, we love to cook! Let me pull the recipe together and I'll post it on your wall :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-630124 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:34:20 +0000 tequiero21 630124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: you are so organized and proactive! I didn't freeze any meals and my mom cooked for me for about a month haha.</p> <p>Can you share your recipe?!? Lol those look so good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-630105 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:28:16 +0000 aprk 630105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: ooh breakfast burritos! Yum!</p> <p>@grizz: we can't get them down here so we just had to make our own!</p> <p>@yoursilverlining: you just reminded me that I wanted to make frozen pizza. And pesto .... YUM. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629982 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:40:34 +0000 yoursilverlining 629982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, those are beautiful pierogies! :D</p> <p>LO was born in early summer so we didn't make a lot of freezer meals, but we did make a couple big batches of pesto sauce and spaghetti sauce (with and without meat). It was easy enough to thaw out a tub of sauce and cook up whatever sort of pasta we were in the mood for. Pesto is also good brushed on grilled or roasted veggies, and great in omlettes (great combo is pesto, goat cheese and shrimp). </p> <p>Pizza dough is pretty easy to make, and makes for a quick and easy dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629971 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:34:38 +0000 Boheme 629971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: Those pierogis look GOOD! I haven't had them in years, and now I've got a hankering :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629968 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:34:14 +0000 Boheme 629968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Meatballs, enchiladas and chicken spaghetti are on our list too! </p> <p>I'm also going to make a bunch of those clean all-in-one freezer crockpot meals from Pinterest...I think its Once a Month Mom who posts them. They are all basically meat, veggies, and seasonings, and you freeze it all together and just dump it in the crock pot the morning of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629961 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:30:52 +0000 blackbird 629961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>omg pierogies!!!! Delish!!!! Here's what I made for freezer food:</p> <p>Hawaiian meatballs, muffins, sausage/pepper/onion, white chicken enchiladas, thai curry, veggie burger patties, spaghetti sauce, chicken spaghetti, tamales, chicken noodle soup, and breakfast burritos. </p> <p>Meatballs are REALLY easy! So were the enchiladas. We have lots of those! The tamales were time consuming, but damn, they are amazing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629946 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:23:30 +0000 heartonastring 629946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: Yeah, it sounds like really good postpartum comfort food :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629941 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:22:36 +0000 loveisstrange 629941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ziti is an awesome, easy freezer meal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629939 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:21:30 +0000 aprk 629939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hergreenapples: awesome! I think chicken broccoli casserole might be on the list for us too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629934 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:18:25 +0000 heartonastring 629934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yum - all sounds delicious and those pierogi look fantastic!</p> <p>I've been building my freezer food stash as well. So far I've made: black bean chili, beef stew, French toast casserole, and some muffins. My mum has made us two pans of lasagna and my stepmum will be contributing some homemade soups. </p> <p>My mum's going to come visit on Friday and we'll try and get the rest of my list done. That list includes: meatballs, egg casserole, enchiladas, chicken and broccoli casserole, lactation cookies and green smoothies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629868 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:30:48 +0000 aprk 629868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: nice! Quite the stash :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629619 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:58:53 +0000 Arden 629619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm doing the same thing! I made 10 bags of Couscous Lentil Curry last night, and I'm making a giant batch of Black Bean Burgers tonight. Tomorrow I'm making Enchiladas and Felafels to freeze as well.</p> <p>I already have Stuffed Shells, Black Eyed Pea Stew, Peach Crisps, Black Bean Soup, Ravioli Soup, Italian Wedding Soup, Green Bean Casseroles, Sweet Potato Casseroles, Stir-Fry Mixes... I think that's it. Maybe a few other things buried in the chest freezer that I forgot I even made... lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629618 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:58:32 +0000 mrskc 629618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Those look so good! And you are definitely smart for doing this. I wish I would have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629615 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:56:56 +0000 aprk 629615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: thanks! I'm pretty proud of them :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629577 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:36:08 +0000 autumnlove 629577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Those look good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629536 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:53:46 +0000 travelgirl1 629536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: Yeah stew is a great one because it's really hearty so you don't need anything with it, Good plan! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629535 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:52:03 +0000 aprk 629535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: good ideas! I'm not a big soup person but I'm thinking maybe a stew? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629519 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:40:02 +0000 travelgirl1 629519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mmm, they sound fab! Maybe a soup or two? Or a meat sauce for spaghetti? We really appreciated the meals we froze, it was the best prep work for baby that we did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629514 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:34:51 +0000 aprk 629514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anbanan15: aw, bummer! I keep thinking about lasagna, too. It's so easy to throw together Italian meals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629508 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:29:54 +0000 anbanan15 629508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Those look fantastic!!! Send them over here :)</p> <p>I made peorogi, gnocchi, and lasagna for freezer meals, but ended not being able to eat any with DS's issues, but DH ate good for awhile :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/filling-our-time-waiting-for-baby#post-629506 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:27:25 +0000 aprk 629506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>... By cooking!</p> <p>We have been filling up our freezer with lots of yummy food to pull out once LO gets here. So far we've got chili, waffles, pasta bake, ravioli, meatloaf and turkey burgers.</p> <p>Tonight was cheddar and potato pierogi. Our favorites!</p> <p>I'm due in two weeks so there's still time for more - any freezer favorite recipes you have to share? </p> [attach=2415/13/mjh89q.450x600.image.jpg]