https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:47:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696708 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 21:45:23 +0000 luckylifemummy 2696708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: what about doing a picnic themed meal plan?<br /> Pasta salad<br /> Potato salad<br /> Fruit<br /> Cheese<br /> Cut up veggies and dip</p> <p>I do this for LO from time to time and she thinks it's the best </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696652 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 20:17:46 +0000 Banana330 2696652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: I can't even enter our kitchen most days. When I do have to feed DD it's usually I puke then quickly give her cereal or yogurt. DH does all the cooking and often leaves lunches and breakfast out for us ready made. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696600 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:11:43 +0000 matador84 2696600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I have tried, but no luck. I've even cooked with like a tea towel wrapped around my face--how ridiculous is that!!</p> <p>Thanks ladies! I am just going to survive until hopefully it passes. DH usually isn't home until 7 or later so dinner falls on my shoulders! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696492 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 13:20:27 +0000 looch 2696492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What if you keep a mint or a ginger candy in your mouth? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696377 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 08:40:07 +0000 Revel 2696377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a lot of frozen stuff, both decently healthy food and also nuggets and tater tots type things. I can eat eggs in first tri so breakfast for dinner was also on the menu. Plus using my husband to plan and cook - he is a pretty good cook so I know this doesn't work for everyone. Also a lot of takeout. I would say it was about 6 weeks of that type of thing so a bit expensive but not a huge length of time. </p> <p>Hang in there! I'm just at 12 weeks now so this is fresh in my mind. It is hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696351 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 03:59:29 +0000 gingerbebe 2696351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Plan for cold/odorless meals.</p> <p>Keep starches pre-cooked in the fridge. Cook a batch of rice. Boil a box of pasta. Rinse the pasta in cold water, drain well, and toss with olive oil. That will keep in the fridge during the week. And a package of tortillas.</p> <p>Plan for easy frozen veggies. Mixed vegetables, chopped frozen spinach, and corn. Supplement with easy cold veggies like salad mix, baby carrots, cucumber slices, and cherry tomatoes.</p> <p>Buy ready made proteins. Rotisserie chicken, hummus, frozen meatballs, ham, cooked bacon bits. Also keep Greek yogurt and some eggs on hand.</p> <p>Keep dairy on hand - shredded cheese, butter, sour cream, parmesan, string cheese.</p> <p>Buy lots of fresh fruit.</p> <p>Based on that you can make:</p> <p>- Chicken, plain, or refried bean quesadillas with steamed corn, salsa, sour cream. Serve with some fresh fruit, chips and guac if you like.</p> <p>- Pasta (with butter and parm or marinara). Cook meatballs separately in a small pot of boiling water and serve them on the side so you don't have to eat them if they gross you out. Serve with a green salad. </p> <p>- Fried rice. Add in frozen mixed veggies, chopped meat of some kind (or use the bacon bits if you can't stomach touching meat) and scramble an egg or two into it. Serve with fruit.</p> <p>- Picnic night. Lay out raw veggies, pita bread, hummus, cheese cubes, some lunch meat if people want it, ranch dressing, crackers, whatever. Serve with fruit smoothies made with Greek yogurt and frozen spinach.</p> <p>That's 4 meals, then you can have take-out pizza and salad one night, go out to dinner one night, and do leftovers one night.</p> <p>Keep a stash of corn dogs and chicken nuggets and serve that with yogurt/spinach/fruit smoothies and baby carrots as an emergency meal. And keep some Hot Pockets or something for your DH and make him deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696318 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 22:41:16 +0000 MrsSRS 2696318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a lot of quesadillas, frozen waffles and sausage, pasta, and frozen pizza my first trimester. No shame. Maybe go shop the frozen section at Trader Joe's? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696316 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 22:34:40 +0000 skipra 2696316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! We ate lots of PB&amp;J during the first trimester. Easy things for the kids that I wouldn't have to cook, like hummus and yogurt and sandwiches. DH just had to deal or cook most of the time. He bought his lunch while at work so at least he got one "good" meal a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696313 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 22:30:39 +0000 maddyz 2696313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I couldn't cook anything more smelly then rice and pasta... I have no idea what we ate for the first half of my pregnancy and it only got slightly better towards the end. I am still getting used to cooking again and lo2 is almost 5 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696307 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 22:13:49 +0000 Mama Bird 2696307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this so bad when I was pregnant with DS. Mostly I just tried to not look at the food and to breathe with my face turned away while I cooked. Not the best solution, but you do what you've got to do.</p> <p>Lucky me, when I was pregnant with DD, DS was going through an awful and very long sleep-fighting phase, so DH was left to fix lunch for us both while I tried to put the kid to bed. Whew! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696289 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 21:09:43 +0000 gentlelunette 2696289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter ate a lot of crackers and cheese during the first trimester. I ate a lot of buttered bagels. No idea what DH ate because I was usually asleep by the time I got home. Lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696286 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 21:00:41 +0000 Foodnerd81 2696286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kid ate so many chicken nuggets and Mac and cheese during the first trimester! And lots of breakfast for dinner (bagels, eggs, frozen waffles). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696275 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:18:01 +0000 Mae 2696275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm mostly not cooking right now. I buy like 1-2 meals I think I might be able to stomach and make those the nights I'm feeling the best. The other nights I just make my daughter eggs and toast or something and then eat soup or toast after she goes to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696261 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 19:19:10 +0000 Boopers 2696261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only thing I made this past week that sounded appetizing was tostadas. Every other night we ate out. I cannot stomach much right now and I always feel the worst after dinner. I've been loading up mostly on carbs, but even things like simple pastas with sauce don't sound appetizing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696259 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 19:06:59 +0000 periwinklebee 2696259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Recipes with ginger, lemon, or cardamon. Those tend to be overwhelming smells and for me actually seemed to help nausea a bit. I still found cooking somewhat miserable, though. Nothing is appealing and weirdly my stomach handles chicken and vegetables best, so I'm no help on what to put it with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696257 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 19:01:27 +0000 PawPrints 2696257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first trimester cooking was a lot of simple pasta and for some reason I cooked/ate a metric ton of potato-leek soup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696255 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 18:55:41 +0000 peachykeen 2696255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I mostly gave up in first tri. One thing I could sometimes cook was soups and that would last a few days. During the worst days we either had frozen meals or take-out. DH really stepped up but he never actually cooked (he gets home fairly late or he might have). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696253 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 18:50:15 +0000 Cole 2696253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly? I just stock up on frozen stuff and cook dinner at weird times of the day when I feel like I can swing it. I figure it's a relatively short period of time and evening is the worst time of day for me so it just is what it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696251 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 18:37:01 +0000 matador84 2696251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bibliolove: I'm having a hard time with chicken!</p> <p>It sucks, everything I'm looking at is making me gag. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696248 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 18:30:48 +0000 Bibliolove 2696248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm making honey mustard chicken and greek potatoes tonight. My nausea is only mild though, combined oddly with a raging appetite. Maybe breaded chicken tenders with a simple sauce? Marinara or honey mustard, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-youve-got-nausea-and-you-cook-for-the-family#post-2696245 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 18:25:42 +0000 matador84 2696245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last week was an epic fail in the cooking department and threw me off all week--last minute scrambling to find something to eat, multiple stops to store, or take out. I just can't do it again</p> <p>Trying to do my normal meal planning but nothing looks/sounds good for the week to feed everyone. Ideas? </p>