This post is part of the baby daze series. In the annual survey I ran last year, when I asked what topics did readers want me to cover, the baby stage came up as a popular one. Through out the series, I will be sharing some of my experiences with babies and some collective wisdom from the readers of Planning With Kids on adjusting and coping with life with a new baby.
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When I asked on my facebook page about what gifts people like to give to new mums, homemade meals was incredibly popular.
So using the wisdom of the Planning With Kids facebook page I have collated a list of recipes that are suitable to cook for mums with newborns. I have linked to my recipes where appropriate and for those suggested meals that I don’t have recipes for on the blog, I have found what I think looks like a good recipe from another website (they are marked with a * so you know).
Main meals
- Lasagne
- Chicken lasagne
- Roast vegetable lasagne
- Pasta bake
- Chicken and pumpkin pasta bake
- Cheeseburger pasta bake*
- Pizza pasta bake*
- Sausage and rice bake*
- Mexibake
- Beef Stroganoff
- Fried rice
- Tuna rice
- Slow cooker beef stew
- Creamy chicken and sweet potato stew
- Homemade pasties
- Shepherd’s pie
- Chicken and vegetable pie*
- Spinach and potato slice*
- Broccoli and cherry tomato quiche*
- Pumpkin, feta and zucchini frittata*
- Moroccan lamb frittata*
- Slow cooker butter chicken
- Apricot chicken*
- Pumpkin soup
- Tomato soup
- Beetroot soup
- Sweet Potato, Caramelised Garlic & Toasted Pine Nut Soup*
- Creamy leak and cauliflower soup*
- Honey-roasted carrot, coriander and ginger soup with crunchy chickpea croutons*
Snacks for mum
- Chocolate cashew cream tart*
- Protein balls
- Banana bread bars
- Macadamia balls
- Cashew and date bars
- Raw chocolate coconut bars
- Chocolate almond cake (dairy and gluten free)
- Chewy mocha power balls*
- Raw chocolate cheesecake
- No bake macadamia nut biscuits
- Salted caramel cake*
- Kale chips
- Sweet potato chips
- Spicy baked eggplant chips*
- Gluten free veggie bread*
- Grain free choccini bread
- Superblast buckini bliss balls*
- Nutty banana oat bars*
Snacks for kids
- Rice bake slice
- Sesame seed slice
- Choc banana muffins (gluten free)
- Banana oat balls
- White chocolate chip and raspberry cookies
- Chocolate weetbix slice
- No bake lemon and coconut balls
- Chocolate zucchini cake
- Quinoa snack balls
- Pear muffins
- Banana and oat muffins
- Easy chocolate slice
- Easy chocolate cake
- Nut free muesli slice*
- Rolled oat slice
- Chocolate balls
- Rice bubble slice
- Lemon slice
- No nut sandwich spread*
- Spiced oat cookies*
- Choc chip muffins
- Big banana cake
- Apple donut muffins*
- Anzacs*
- Butter cake
- Snickers slice (refined sugar and gluten free)*
- Nut free no muesli bars*
Want to make feeding the family easier?
To help families kick start their weekly meal prep habit, I have created an online course called Meal Prep Primer! Meal Prep Primer shows you how to effectively plan your time in the kitchen over the weekend, and prep food that will make your week days easier.
To keep on top of feeding the family, many years ago I started spending some time on the weekend, prepping food for the week ahead. Even if it is was just one or two things, the difference this made during the week was huge.
As I was rewarded each week for my efforts in the kitchen on the weekend, I began increasing the food I prepped. And the more weekly meal prep sessions I did, the better I became at it. The better I became at it, the less time it took me to do the sessions and the better we ate – win-win all around!
In my Meal Prep Primer course I will teach you the process I have developed over these years. The course will:
- save you time
- save you money
- save you stress through the week days
- ensure your family eats well
- allow you to enjoy meal time more with the family
For three weeks you will receive:
- A plan – the plan outlines what you will be cooking and when. You can tailor this plan to suit your family’s needs and the time you have available. The plan also has clickable links to all the recipes you need to cook for the weekend.
- A shopping list – as you may tailor the plan to suit your family’s needs, the shopping list is broken down into items per recipe. That way you can easily cross off items you don’t need to buy, but make sure you have all the ingredients for the recipes you do intend to cook.
- The recipes – a PDF of all the recipes you will need to cook for the week.
- Plus there is a detailed video and other resources on the course website and further support emails to keep the habit going after three weeks.
You can read more and sign up for the short course here.