Post birth freezer food suggestions, please!

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DC3 due in the new year and want to start thinking about getting the freezer stocked with wholesome, nutritious food for me (which dh can share if he is deserving!). Can obviously make up vats of mince for spag bol and shepherds pie, but just wondering if any of you could provide me with some inspiration for what is healthy and tasty, please!!!

(With first two DC, was never this organised and ate supermarket meals = pretty gross and very expensive...!)

you're onto a winner with mince i think - prob the easiest thing in the world to make n' freeze. when i want a change i cook up lamb mince with morrocan type seasoning - coriander, garlic, cinnamon, what ever you want really - then add mixed beans, onions, whatevers going, and it goes quite far. packets of cous cous and microwave rice are also dead handy. you can freeze just a simple tupperware tub of sausages, potatoes and gravy and it'll keep - 5 mins in the microwave and you're laughing. start saving those tubs i guess!

Casseroles? Chicken/lamb/beef

Vats of tomato and veg pasta sauce?

I found stir fry was a good way of getting carbs, protein and veg (just freeze a bag of stir fry veg and use as required with diced chicken etc)

I second the stews/casseroles suggestion - especially as January is likely to be cold!

Chilli con carne freezes well.

The chicken/peppers for fajitas - then you just reheat and serve with wraps and/or rice.

Curries - chicken, lamb, mince (a nice combo is mince and pea), cauli/potato, veggie.

Simple sausage casserole - sausages, onions, tin of tomatoes, tin of beans, pinch of brown sugar - cook in the oven for a couple of hours.

Home-made tomato pasta sauces, or meatballs and sauce ready to go on some spaghetti.

You could pre-make some homemade burgers for simple lunches. In the same vein mince based kebabs freeze raw and cook well - just make them up and shape as you wish, freeze open on a baking tray or something, then once frozen throw into a freezer bag and they'll stay separate.

I bought some food freezer bags recently called pour and store - they are self standing so easy to fill with soup or whatever, and they are resealable. They are very thick and I have washed and reused them a few times. I think they take less room in the freezer and squeeze into every nook and cranny.
I also keep the takeaway tupperwares with lids - just the right size for dinner for 1.

Thanks guys - some really yummy suggestions.

Mash freezes, doesn't it? Such a yummy carb post birth but can't be arsed to make it in the craziness of new baby!

Those bags sound BRILLIANT. Soups for lunch would be great with rolls (not going to make my own bread though!!!).

Anything you can eat with one hand!

pizza bases, especially if your older DCs are into dealing with toppings. Quick to cook too.
Macaroni cheese
cake (esp if BFing)
If you do get the odd take-away, buy extra and freeze the rest.

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I know it's still ready meals but they are liked home cooked food. A little on the expensive side but much better than the supermarkets. Only helps if you live near one though. Think they are only down south.

second all of the above

i can add lamb tagine to the list (i have an 8 week old and have nearly eaten them all)

Fish pie freezes well, v yummy & warming especially in the winter. I made ginger cake and banana bread, both froze well & provided much needed sugar hit for BF.

Good luck!

I second the pour and store bags - they are great,

Also mandoo's recommendation is a great one - DD was early and I'd not managed to fill my freezer as planned so Cook food kept us going on the bad nights! I can recommend the curries!

Loads of stuff freezes,
I have done a huge batch cook over the last week or so - curry, stew, bolognaise, cottage pie mince, lamb tagine, mash and rice.

I can easily make a meal from what I've put in there.