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We got soooo many lasagnas and pastas! So I would say anything except for that!

While I totally appreciated everything everyone brought, the pasta got to be too much.

I recently brought my brother and SIL balsamic chicken with carrots and rice. She was breastfeeding and I wanted to make sure I brought a veggie that wouldn't cause too much gas!

@grizz: It was delicious if I do say so myself! I kept some for me and DH!

Another good one is Beef Stroganoff over rice. Or a roast beef made in the crockpot or a pork roast in the crock pot. So yummy!

The Slow Cooker Revolution cookbook has lots of ideas that freeze up well and are super easy to prepare (and tasty). It works pretty much all from whole ingredients and is one of the only cookbooks geared towards the casual cook that I find myself using. I've had to put a lot of my fancier and prep-heavy cooking on hold since Lowly was born so that I can spend more time with her (and not overload her with time in the kitchen, though she does quite like short spurts), so I needed more options that didn't require hours and hours of work. I checked it out from the library. I asked for meals as shower gifts, but we didn't get much; ironically my shower took place while I was at the hospital. Mostly we just used things I had prepared and frozen myself ahead of time.

So far everyone that has come to the house has brought food. All has been family.

My aunt and uncle are coming tonight and bringing baked ziti, yum!!

Agreed: after eating cheesy, carby casseroles and pastas that people love to bring, I think a big salad or soup/salad combo is the very best thing in the world. I'm not a veggie lover, but after a few days without or with very few, I absolutely crave them, so it was great when someone brought that.

We have received pizza from our favorite place, pot roast, enchilada casserole, roasted chicken + veggies, and a really awesome cookie pie dessert (great for a quick boost when starving and no time to reheat real food!)

I have requested specifically from my fam : fruit, salad, sandwiches. As someone said, you get a lot of hearty meals and I'm not used to eating like that + can't get out to get fresh produce (c-section here -- no driving yet...) so that's what i would bring someone! And the roasted chicken on the salads is my favorite meal right now so maybe combo those.

our neighbor brought us dinner every tuesday for like 6 weeks - it was SOOOOO sweet. she just made double of whatever she was making & brought it right out of hte oven, we aren't picky & just planned on that for tuesdays.

my aunt also brought us a polenta/sausage casserole thing that was to die for.

i usually bring a lasagna or shepherd's pie with a big bag of salad and maybe some cookies.

My church uses the same website! To be honest, almost everyone who signed up asked us what we wanted them to bring! So we were lucky enough to indulge in whatever we were craving (pasta, Boston market, Korean food, Thai, etc.). Our parents constantly brought us food as well. I JUST started cooking again last week, and LO is already 11 weeks old! I was so grateful and definitely appreciated all the food we received. I'm sure the mamas you bring food for will be as well!