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Since you love to eat homecooked food why don't you spend a day making big batches of easily freezable food, basically making your own freezer food?

I made my own chicken "nuggets" a few days ago; chicken breasts, almond flour, and eggs. Then cooked them in a frying pan. They were great. Easy to freeze and take out a few and reheat!

I would say frozen veggies - nice and easy.

I second what @Coco Bee said. I've been making and freezing meals for after my LOs get here, so it could easily work for late pregnancy as well!

So far I've made:
-turkey-chicken meatballs
-tons of tomato sauce
-pesto
-chocolate chip zucchini bread
-taco meat
-ground beef to throw into other recipes
-shredded chicken to use in other recipes
-chicken and pork stock
-beef stew to throw into the crock pot
-pancakes

I think that's it. I don't know if I'll get anything else done before Wednesday. It's going to help tremendously!

P.S. My midnight snack is always a peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat and a glass of milk. Keeps me full through the night and gives me protein!

@Shimmer: I'm sure you could find a recipe that uses that I just eat GF so I use almond flour all the time

@Shimmer: I LOVE GF, actually it's a choice thing - I don't have celiacs. I just feel healthier being GF I lost a ton of weight when I made the switch too. I order almond flour in bulk from a buying club/co-op and that helps offset the cost. Trader Joes and Whole Foods offer a lot of options too.

I second the frozen meals. On the weekend, I usually made big batches of food to freeeze. My favourite was baked pasta because i could add in all these green veggies (kale, swiss chard, spinach) that made me sick when i ate it on its own.

Almonds were also a great snack to have on hand with a tall glass of milk.

- Frozen enchiladas
- Frozen lasagna
- Frozen ravioli
- Frozen veggie mixes in the microwavable bags
- Canned soup
- Frozen pancakes and waffles
- Yogurt
- Cold Cereal
- Cottage cheese
- Frozen burritos
- Frozen berries for smoothies
- Muffins

@TurtleDoves: my favorite quick hot meal is a jimmy dean breakfast sandwich! The d light one on the croissant is my favorite.

Lean pockets? I'm a sucker for those pizza rolls they always advertise for kids, lol. Also, maybe frozen pizza! Trader Joe's has frozen orange chicken tbat's pretty good. Costco has some that also isn't too bad. I would definitely wander the frozen section and see what calls to you. Wait until you nurse (if you decide to), I would be STARVING in the middle of the night and had to eat. And a cucumber wouldn't have cut it!

I just went grocery shopping this morning! My husband or I cook dinner each night, and then we have leftovers for lunch.

Some things I picked up for convenience eating/snacks/quick meals:

whole wheat english muffins
peanut butter
greek yogurt
wheat germ
smoothie stuff (frozen kale, frozen berries, milk)
cheese sticks
cottage cheese
humus (to have w/ carrots from the garden or corn chips)

our meals this week are:
homemade pizza (bacon, spinach, tomatoes, mozzarella, pesto)
Italian-style veggie stew (eggplant, white beans, zucchini, etc.)
chicken w/ tomatoes and basil, rice, kale
BLTs
black bean tacos w/ red cabbage slaw