https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:39:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092563 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:34:17 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 1092563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: This is the recipe I use for the Mexican "lasagna" <a href="http://batterlicker.com/2011/05/mexican-tortilla-lasagna-with-chorizo-kale-and-beans/" rel="nofollow">http://batterlicker.com/2011/05/mexican-tortilla-lasagna-with-chorizo-kale-and-beans/</a> -- I replace the tomato-chile sauce with diced tomatoes and replace the chorizo with ground beef if people don't like spicy (I usually ask especially with BF moms). I hadn't heard about the tomato sauce so thanks for the heads up! I also have been wanting to try this lasagna recipe (and it's bechemal so no tomato) <a href="http://batterlicker.com/2010/11/butternut-squash-and-basil-bechamel-lasagna/" rel="nofollow">http://batterlicker.com/2010/11/butternut-squash-and-basil-bechamel-lasagna/</a></p> <p>@MamaMoose: I've never made a pot pie, but that sounds like a popular choice!</p> <p>@aprk: Ooh cut of fruit is a great idea! I wouldn't have thought of that!</p> <p>@blackbird: Good idea about dessert! People are probably bringing over meals, but I could make it a full dinner if I brought some carrot cupcakes or something like that.</p> <p>@luckypenny: Love this idea! I'll have to bring her breakfast on another occasion and do this!</p> <p>@TurtleDoves: Yes! I've done tupperware once or twice but realized how inconvenient it was for people. Now I just do those disposable tinfoil bakers.</p> <p>@PurplePeony: Yum! That looks like the recipe I've been wanting to try (she's not a mushroom fan so I'll have to adapt). Thanks for sharing!</p> <p>Thanks everyone for your fabulous ideas! I'm going to have to take her a few meals!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092512 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:16:16 +0000 MapleMoose 1092512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: Sounds like an excuse to visit again :wink: How annoying on your end though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092509 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:15:20 +0000 MapleMoose 1092509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Someone once mentioned to me that muffins were great because she could grab one and eat one-handed, plus there's all sorts of varieties and flavor combinations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092442 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:58:29 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1092442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: ahhh...yes! Chicken pot pie was by far my favorite thing that someone brought us! Great suggestion! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092434 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:55:52 +0000 blackbird 1092434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@turtledoves, people do that?!?!?! :O I don't think i've EVER given food in a "real" dish!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092431 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:54:49 +0000 MaisyMay 1092431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cut up fruit. French bread. Stuff that I could eat with one hand. We literally had nobody bring food by, so I'd actually say absolutely anything would have been appreciated! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092424 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:53:02 +0000 PurplePeony 1092424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you want to do lasagna but don't want to use tomatoes, this recipe is really good: <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-chard-mushroom-lasagna-137482" rel="nofollow">http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-chard-mushroom-lasagna-137482</a>. I would imagine almond milk would sub in just fine for the milk in the béchamel sauce if your friend is avoiding dairy. I'm planning to make and freeze a couple of these prior to my due date!</p> <p>Also, I totally agree with using disposable bakeware. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092421 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:52:50 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1092421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!</p> <p>Whatever you bring, bring it in a disposable tin.<br /> I had so many people bring me food in porcelain or ceramic or glass dishes, and then i'd have to wash them. Washing them was annoying because the pasta or whatever it was in them , was sticky because it took me a few days to eat it all. And of course, I wouldn't risk putting someone's dish in a dishwasher because it might get scratched.<br /> And then, super annoying: they'd call like a few days alter and ask if I was done with the dish. They'd visit again to pick up the dish. It was just so much more annoying than it was helpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092419 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:52:10 +0000 luckypenny 1092419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Muffins and a big fruit salad. I also gave birth in the spring and couldn't stand big hot meals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092399 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:48:59 +0000 LovelyPlum 1092399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom always makes Italian wedding soup. It's easy to make a double batch, and with a salad and a loaf of good bread, it's a great meal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092392 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:47:15 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1092392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A friend made spinach and feta stuffed shells &amp; brought it over in a disposable tin. Best meal EVER and easy clean up.. All we had to do was throw the the tin away! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092369 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:43:13 +0000 kjpugs 1092369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mmmm potatoes sound delicious! If you're unsure, you can always get a gift card to a restaurant nearby that delivers, and let them pick! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092346 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:38:20 +0000 LuLu Mom 1092346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hoemade soup, I easily heated it up in a bowl for lunch quick and muffins, they were great when I was hungry when breastfeeding and I could grab one quick! </p> <p>Dinners: casseroles that froze well because we got a ton of food! And my cousin was awesome and had a roast crockpot meal ready, all I had to do was throw every in when we wanted it and DH got a nice hearty meal (fall baby.) Roast, veggies cut up, and what not! She sent a loaf of homemade bread to eat with it, it was incredible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092344 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:37:38 +0000 RLCeigh 1092344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would vote for the lasagna! I also BF with no issues about the sauce, so I suppose you can ask your friend?...<br /> My husband travels for work all through the fall- he left for a 2 week trip when my LO was 4 weeks old... and I had already stocked up on Halloween candy. Big mistake! I ate mini chocolate bars all day until my brother in law brought me a veggie lasagna. It saved my sanity! I cut off a piece that I could microwave and I think I ate it for at least 2 meals a day until it was gone.<br /> Although if he had brought me a chicken pot pie, that would have been good too! :) Or shepard's pie. Yum! Something you can heat up in the microwave and eat a smallish piece at a time.ANd maybe with at least one veggie- to be a little healthy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092333 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:32:04 +0000 blackbird 1092333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DESSERT. I would've killed for some cake or cupcakes. Or some yummy lunch salads. I wasn't inclined to eat junk but I didn't have time to make myself everything salads very often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092316 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:29:07 +0000 Boheme 1092316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Someone brought us a chicken pot pie and it was amazing! It was our favorite meal of everything people brought. </p> <p>Someone also brought us a large salad with lots of chicken, chow mein noodles, etc. It was nice to eat something healthy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092314 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:28:47 +0000 aprk 1092314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>easy snacks to eat with one hand, and cut up fruits and veggies </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092306 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:27:29 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1092306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Coffee!!</p> <p>And tacos.b or baked potato fixings. Comfort food! And something hot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092304 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:26:37 +0000 lawbee11 1092304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have loved some comfort food like meatloaf and mashed potatoes or chicken pot pie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092301 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:26:22 +0000 GrapeCrush 1092301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: oh I agree about the red sauce! With DS, MIL made us a lasagna and DS was awful from the sauce after he ate </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092297 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:25:52 +0000 MamaMoose 1092297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always make a Chicken Pot Pie (I use betty crocker's recipe that's an actual pie, not like that biscuit topping). It's delicious, a little different from what most people bring, it's easy to heat/reheat at any time, and you can put it in a disposable pie plate so the new parents don't have to worry about getting anything back to you. It's also great because it's something that's really easy to make a double batch of so I make one for my family to eat too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092295 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:25:36 +0000 GrapeCrush 1092295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A friend brought over a cold pasta salad with veggies, cheese, and grilled chicken. It was nice because we didn't have to heat it up. We ate it over the next few days </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092292 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:24:31 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1092292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing with tomato sauce! I know lasagna is such an easy thing to make, but tomato sauce made my BF baby incredibly gassy and colicky. </p> <p>My vote is grilled chicken, rice and veggies. Or a balsamic chicken stir fry with carrots and snow peas (much less gassy veggies). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-what-food-would-you-want-brought-over-by-a-friend#post-1092288 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:22:21 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 1092288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to bring something over to a friend who just had a baby. I usually do mac n cheese or a Mexican lasagna/casserole and a salad. But I want to mix it up this time. New moms--what would you like to receive? Other ladies-- what do you usually bring over? </p>