freezable recipes for the newborn baby phase

[hettie]

Hi, we have a 2 yr old ds and expecting no 2 in 4 weeks. Am about to start maternity leave and am planning a cookathon. Am planing to stock freezer with all the usual suspects, lassagne, bolog sauce, fish/cottage pie, stews, curries etc. Things which are one pots with veg in basicaly......(or a simple veg can be done with eg peas/carrots).
Can anyone help with some recipe suggestions? Criteria, must be freezable/amenable to batch coooking and tasty/healthy..... just don't want to get tooo bored with meal options.
Ta in advance

Hi Hettie - if you're a lasagne-maker, then this one makes a nice change. The ragu is made with lamb mince, and then in addition to the regular lasagne sheets, you layer in aubergine slices. I've also successfully layered thin slices of potato into this, when I only had 1 small aubergine. It cooks up a treat and freezes beautifully. (I leave out the allspice as I couldn't get hold of any the first time I made this).
I make up big batches of dauphinoise potatoes, cook and then freeze in small portions. Sometimes it's the accompaniments that do me in.
Good luck with the baby

mmme sounds yum- thanks

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Hi Hettie - this recipe is also very nice - you don't have to bother with the tomato frito; tinned chopped toms and some added fried onion taste just the same. It's really the chorizo and paprika that make it so nice. Everything else is easily fiddled around with and substituted and I've also just lobbed everything into the slow cooker from raw and it turned out fine

Hi Hettie

DS1 was born 4 weeks ago and stocking up the freezer was definitely the best thing I did on maternity leave! The winners were chilli con carne (I use the Jo Pratt recipe www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/chilliconcarne_67875.shtml); beef and stout stew (unbelievably good with lots of mash - www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/13349/beef-and-stout-stew-with-carrots); squash lasagne (bit of a fag but if you've the time, worth the efffort - www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/67609/roast-pumpkin-and-spinach-lasagne) and cottage pie - using my MIL's recipe.

Hope it all goes well!

ooh one pot book- actualy bought it for a friend......may get a copy. fruit tea loaf sounds ymmy, will try and find recipe. loving the sound of the lasagne, will make a nice change from meat. ta very much for all the tips

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Hi ChristianaTheTwelfth - The recipe you posted above looks lovely and I think it would be great to upload onto Mydish who are making a book from the best ones with the proceeds going to GreatOrmond St. It's a great way to get your recipes published whilst helping save the lives of sick children.

The links to both GOSH and Mydish are below.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks, Amy x

www.gosh.org/kiss-it-better/get-involved/bake-it-better/

www.gosh.org/kiss-it-better/get-involved/bake-it-better/meet-carol-from-mydish/

by the way, it doesn't matter if the recipes aren't your own creation, as long as you include who they're by that's fine x

thnak you so much, may well have to make one loaf for now and a few for freezer

quiche freezes very nicely and makes a nice change from meat/tomato dishes. i also batch make pasta tomato based sauces with loads of blended veg in, and lots of soups. i work pretty full time and once a week we have soup from the freezer with garlic bread or pita pizza (take 5-10 mins to make). Meatballs are also great, and you can batch roast chicken legs and freeze in meal-sized portions.