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Best meal to take to new moms? new moms w/ toddlers? new moms w/family staying with them?
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Anonymous
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I'm not a cook and I always struggle with this. Do I make something the adults will like and bring nuggets for the toddler or try for universal appeal? Do I forgot quality for quantity (due to cost)? Do I make something that freezes? Do I bring it uncooked w/ directions, cooked but cold for reheating or (the biggest pain) bring it hot at dinner time (so hard to do when you have 3 of your own to feed at that time).
Thoughts? |
Anonymous
| I always took food that was ready to be warmed up and eaten, but could be frozen if needed. One or two dish type things are easiest - lasagna, shepherds pie, turkey tetrazzini, curry with rice, etc. My 3 yo loves all of those things (and has since she started eating table foodsso you would probably be safe just making an "adult" meal that can also be toddler friendly. |
Anonymous
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Our standard new-baby meal is chicken marbella, which is easily reheated, stays moist, and is good at room temp:
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chicken_marbella/ Add a salad in a bag, without dressing, and cooked rice, plus an easy dessert. Other ideas: http://annies-eats.com/2009/05/11/meals-for-new-parents/ http://baby.about.com/od/welcomingbabyhome/a/quick_meals_and_recipe_ideas.htm http://www.chow.com/food-news/55632/what-food-to-bring-new-parents/ |
Anonymous
| The best meal we got was a roast chicken with potatoes and brussel sprouts. It was hot, but also at 9pm or so (we were up and starving, as it was the first week). It was delicious and we ate it for three days. |
Anonymous
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Another comfort food idea: meatloaf (skip the onions), mashed potatoes, homemade beef gravy, green beans or carrots, and mac & cheese.
Add a batch of homemade cookies and they will love it. |
Anonymous
| PP here. My MIL made us a brisket w/potatoes and vegetables and I was in heaven. Food like that tastes SO GOOD during those early days. |
Anonymous
| I use to cook for friends with new babies, but can't find the time. Now I bring two roasted chickens, a baguette, side of cooked rice, side of roasted veggies, and a dessert, usually from Whole Foods. |
Anonymous
| A friend brought me baked ziti, baguette, bag salad, and brownies. It was perfect. |
Anonymous
| I usually bring spinach enchiladas (plus rice and salad and brownies) or vegetable lasagna (plus salad and brownies). |
Anonymous
Friend of ours brought us food from Whole Foods. It was great! |
Anonymous
| Veggie lasagna. There are a lot of meat-oriented dishes here, and unless you *know* that your friends eat meat, you might want to be conservative about this. Someone just brought me a meat dinner and it was incredibly nice of them, but I'm a vegetarian so they went to all that trouble for nothing. Cold or frozen is totally acceptable. |
Anonymous
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I always go the roast chicken/potatoes/salad/dessert route.
I avoid anything with tomato sauce or spice because in case the moms are breastfeeding, that is usually not good. I also avoid broccoli or brussels sprouts for that reason. |
Anonymous
| why is tomato sauce bad for breastfeeding?? |
Anonymous
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tomato sauce is acidic and maybe it makes breast milk acidic?
a second vote for skipping the onions in anything. a very kind friend dropped off a meatloaf during my maternity leave. it tasted good, but had so many diced onions - which I absolutely abhor - that it took over 10 minutes to pick out the onions from just one piece and I ended up throwing the rest away because the last thing I (or my daughter's dad) wanted to do was spend more time picking out onions before we ate. you might also want to skip garlic, as I imagine that could affect the breast milk as well. |
Anonymous
| I typically bring healthy-ish muffins, figuring that the mom will like something that she can eat with one hand (as I did). |