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@coopsmama: One of the few friends who brought me food after LO was born, brought a Greek Quinoa salad, similar to this:
http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/greek-quinoa-salad/

I loved it!

Here are my go-to things to bring:

- Fresh cut/peeled fruit in bite size pieces.
- Peeled hard-boiled eggs.
- Individually wrapped breakfast burritos or sandwiches.
- Marinated raw meat frozen in a Ziploc bag to thaw and grill with a bagged salad or a steamer bag of frozen veggies and a side of storebought mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes.
- Muffins or lactation cookies.
- A meal kit (like a jar of Indian curry simmer sauce, 2 cans of chickpeas, a can of coconut milk, and 2 cups of dry basmati rice in a Ziploc bag with instructions).
- One pot meals like dirty rice or jambalaya or chicken noodle bake.
- Pulled pork from the crockpot with buns, pickles, coleslaw, and potato chips. Maybe some beer!

With any of this, I ALWAYS bring paper plates, plastic silverware, and paper napkins.

I loved it when my mum/MIL made little chicken schnitzels (with tenders), mashed potato and peas. they last for a few days, and add some wraps/salad that can turn them into lunch the next day.

Chicken noodle soup? Or chicken rice soup! Fresh cut veggies and fruit, lasagna.... Mmmmmmm....

I've done baked ziti before.

I usually do lasagna, although one friend is gluten free and one was dairy free right from the get-go so I did sesame chicken and fried rice for them. I like lasagna because it freezes well, though.

I'm useless because my go to is freezer burritos! But when my son was born a gf brought us baked sweet potatoes stuffed with ground beef, bell peppers, black beans and corn. Topped with cheese. They were SO good. She also brought soup and bread whih was super yummy.

I've been doing a dinner tray, easy to freeze/reheat. Then a big container of salad and diced veggies to add to it. And sometimes some muffins

Last thing I brought was chili from the crockpot and freezer dinner rolls with instructions.

The chili is not very spicy at all:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/chicken-and-two-bean-chili/detail.aspx
And I have subbed ground turkey/beef for the chicken

things that require minimal effort to heat and can freeze well seem to be best.

What about breakfast burritos? They're great to keep in the fridge and pop one in the toaster oven for a quick, protein-rich meal. I love this recipe, though I usually make it vegetarian (the salsa verde is not spicy at all):

breakfast sausage—20 or so links, taken out of the casing, or you could use bulk.
2 onions—diced
1 red pepper—diced
garlic—2 cloves finely chopped
potatoes— bake them then dice—about 8 small
24 eggs
1 block of cream cheese
Trader Joe’s salsa verde
tortillas—the larger burrito size
cheddar cheese
parsley
salt and pepper to taste

Cook the sausage breaking into small pieces. Remove from pan. Cook onion till soft then add red pepper and garlic. When finished remove from pan. Cook potato just to crisp then add to sausage, onion and peppers. Mix eggs, cream cheese and salt and pepper. Cook eggs until dry. You don’t want a wet egg or else it will make your burrito soggy.

Mix scrambled eggs and sausage potato mixture a handful of cheddar cheese and a cup of salsa verde. Mix well.

Lay a burrito on a piece of foil. Lay a bit of cheddar cheese down as a barrier on the burrito. Place egg mixture on top of cheese. Fold in the sides and then fold up the bottom. Continue to roll and fold like a burrito. Then wrap in foil.

Quiche would be nice, too.

I make chicken pot pie.

I took my friend lasagna, and my favorite was a spinach pasta dish that someone brought. It was so good!

I usually make balsamic chicken with stir fried carrots and brown rice.

I had a horribly colicky baby, and everyone brought me some sort of baked pasta with red sauce and veggies. All of that gave him horrible gas since I was breastfeeding. The red sauce especially just caused a ton of issues with him, so I always try to stay away from that or any other veggie that is known to cause gas if the mom is breastfeeding.

This would also be mellow and tasty (just leave out the Sriracha and chili flakes) with a side of rice (if you have a Trader Joe's nearby you can even buy a box of the frozen jasmine rice!)

http://www.jocooks.com/main-courses/poultry-main-courses/crockpot-thai-chicken-thighs/

I added bamboo shoots and bell peppers to mine towards the end so that they were al dente, but you can swap out with zucchini and eggplant if your friend is avoiding peppers and onions. You can easily reduce the tomato paste down to 1-2 tablespoons and if she just eats the chicken and not much sauce, it shouldn't be that bad (and I had a reflux baby!) I also used coconut cream rather than coconut milk to get that super rich Thai restaurant sauce.

Uh, takeout from their fave spot.