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Freezer Meal Prep for Postpartum
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Freezer Meal Prep for Postpartum

March 25, 2020
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Posted by Lauren Rodych-Eberle

In my third trimester, I decided to stock up our freezer. Keep in mind, we live very far away from family, so I knew we wouldn’t have people popping by dropping off generous meals, and my husband works away a lot, so I knew I’d be solo parenting quite often, and needing food for myself to nurse that sweet, little newborn. But, no matter what your circumstances, I think your future self, especially the new parent future self, would appreciate easy-to-grab snacks and easy-to reheat-meals prepared for you!

Reasons to start this early, Parents-to-be:

  1. Start way ahead of time, so it doesn’t seem overwhelming…you can make bigger batches of meals you’re already eating, so you can freeze the extra, or you can make an extra meal or two each week in your third trimester to top off your freezer.
  2. Start early, in case you go into labour early. As I was sharing my freezer prep on Instagram, I had so many people message me saying they were going to do this, but then had their baby at 35 or 36 weeks, and never got the chance. So, start early…I mean, it’s going in the freezer anyway, so it’s not going to go bad!

Note to visitors of the new baby and new parents:

If you are bringing a gift to a new parent, the best thing you can do for them is to bring them food. And although they will absolutely love a lasagna, or casserole, or cookies, (believe me, no one is going to complain) those foods are so rich, and so often given, that you may want to consider these alternatives…fresh chopped vegetables, a cooked main meat (such as meatballs or chicken breast or kabobs), or a gift card for Skip the Dishes (Canadian) or UberEats (America), just to name a few!

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Alright, now to the food. Feel free to make whatever your heart desires. Any prepared food is better than no prepared food. I’ll share what I made for my freezer – this was my list assuming that I’d still be able to go out and get fresh fruits and veggies, to make salads, sides dishes, snacks, and smoothies. What’s in my freezer is more main courses, hardier meals, and snacks!

A lot of what is in my freezer comes from my cookbooks, because square is what I cook in my house, but if you don’t want to get on the Brownie Pan train [and I always like to remind people, if they are going to buy the Brownie Pan, please please please, buy the Mini Nylon Serving Spatula with it for removing the food easily and without scraping the pan], hopefully my ideas still head you down the right path for food prep!

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Breakfast Prep

Oatmeal Squares – This recipe will be coming in my future cookbook, but I prep the oatmeal, the way I like it, and then freeze it in the brownie pan first, to have portions I can reheat later!

Egg Burritos – I cooked up potatoes, onions, red bell peppers, spices, eggs, egg whites, and wrapped it all up in coconut wraps, to make nice full burritos. Once I reheat them, I’ll top with salsa and guacamole or avocado!

Egg Scrambles – The leftovers from the burrito filling will make for nice egg scramble bowls.

Loaf of Bread – You can easily pop out a piece of bread here or there to toast with almond butter & honey, or an egg, or smashed avocado, etc.

Primal Pancakes – My sister-in-law told me to save room in my freezer for her, and as I was reaching capacity, I halted my food prep, but these would normally go in there. They can also be whipped up super fast while baby is sleeping! They are in my first cookbook, or you can get access here!

Lunch/Dinner Prep

Perogies – My sister, niece and I made huge batches of perogies at Christmas time, so I had my freezer stocked. You can find the recipe here.

Chili – Future Me will definitely love a nice, warm, comforting bowl of chili. Find my recipe here.

Ham & Potato Soup – In a crockpot, I tossed chopped up ham, potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, and garlic. Then I added black pepper, almond flour, almond milk, and chicken stock. When serving, I’ll for sure top with some hot sauce!

Meatballs – Usually I make these into sliders from my first cookbook – this time, however, I still cooked them up in the Brownie Pan, but switched up my square obsession, and made them into traditional balls! Who am I?!

Snacks

Healthy Cookies & Power Bars – These cookies and bars are found in my 2.0 and 1.0 cookbooks, respectively, and they will be perfect one-hand-eating, grab-anytime snacks to keep me going!

Cinnamon Loafs – This is a 2.0 cookbook recipe, that isn’t quite a dessert, but will be such a treat to have available!

Fruit & Veggies – It’s nice to have frozen fruits and veggies to easily toss in the blender with almond milk or water at any time and whip up into a quick smoothie!

Good luck food and freezer prepping!

March 25, 2020
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Ready to hear my biggest overwhelm? The stuff. I Ready to hear my biggest overwhelm?

The stuff. I know this is a privileged point, so please be kind. I’ve always attempted to be a wannabe-minimalist (seeing as I have two of everything living between two places, but I want everything to have a purpose and a ‘home.’). 

I’ve very much noticed this be a trigger point for me since having kids, because J and I both have big families, and although their gift giving comes with so much heart and generosity, I’ve tried to find ways to bring in less stuff and to teach my kids to appreciate each gift, sooo less is more. 

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With C’s birthday party coming up, she asked for no gifts (OR a book as a gift).

Small steps, but always trying!!

Have you found any ways to minimize the stuff chaos in your house?!
You know what’s the trickiest thing to navigate You know what’s the trickiest thing to navigate while solo parenting?

Taking your car to the shop with car seat aged kids. 

Do you hang out in the shop with the kids for hours? Do you bring travel car seats and install them to get them home? Honestly, what have y’all done? Having another human help isn’t the solution here for me this time…😅
There is no one more present than a baby. Our kidd There is no one more present than a baby. Our kiddos have so much to teach us. 

#babyrodycheberle2
🎶’Cause I got a roof over my head I got a war 🎶’Cause I got a roof over my head
I got a warm body in bed
I'm doing alright right where I'm at
With what I have

[I got a Jeep, I got a dog]
I got what they call a dream job
Plenty to want, nothing wrong with that
But I'm happy with what I have

I got the air, good eyes to see
Got so much more than I'll ever need
Even the bad days ain't all that bad
With what I have🎶
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It’s not a competition, but if J was trying to w It’s not a competition, but if J was trying to win at Christmas, he did. For my gift he booked @throughcarrieslens to come follow our family on our Anniversary hike this year and take pictures of our butts…🤣 Maybe it’s because he knows pictures of him wearing our babies has me like…😍

Countdown to see you, @throughcarrieslens!
“Don’t worry so much about raising good kids t “Don’t worry so much about raising good kids that you forget you already have them.”🤍
J: Can we start weekly date night again? Also J: J: Can we start weekly date night again?

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