Freezer Meals - Preparing for Baby #3

I am a very very lucky woman.  I have family from Florida and Sweden volunteering to stay with us for the first few weeks after b3 is born to help us with the day to day cooking, cleaning, and child care for b1 & b2.  This is  a wonderful thing!  However, I also know that there are times when life will be super hectic, and we will just need to have some food ready to go in the freezer so that we don't spend too much time ordering in dinners.  So, below are some of the recipes that I hope to make in the next 6 weeks to store in the freezer for those occasions.  The recipes below are tried and true.  The kids like some of these meals, but not all of them.



Freezer Meals

• Chicken Taquitos (Annie's Eats)
• Slow Cooker Moroccan Chicken (Against All Grain)
• Vegetable lasagna (Family Recipes We Love)
• Crustless quiche (Family Recipes We Love)
• Chicken & Wild Rice Casserole (Family Recipes We Love)
• Dawit's Pasta Sauce (Family Recipes We Love)
• Kielbasa & Lentil Soup (Family Recipes We Love)
• Minestrone Soup (Brown Eyed Baker)
• Moroccan Garlic Chicken with Cous Cous (Family Recipes We Love)
• Garbage Bread - ham & salami calzone with ricotta & mozzarella (Family Recipes We Love)

Also, below are some quick and easy meals that I should be able to bang out, even when I am short on time.

Easy Recipes 

• Potato Cauliflower soup (Family Recipes We Love)
• Chicken Breast with caramelized lemon, tomatoes and olives (Weelicious)
• Tomato & Corn Quiche (Paj) (Family Recipes We Love)
• Creamy Taco Mac (Elly Says Opa)
• Sweet & Spicy Port Tenderloin (Family Recipes We Love)
• Chicken with goat cheese, spinach & fig preserves (Family Recipes We Love)

24 week baby bump - I POPPED

Here it is, it got really big really fast!

One big difference in this picture and the 23 week picture is time of day.  When I wake up in the morning, I'm significantly smaller than I am at the end of the day.  This picture is proof of this phenomenon.

Please sir, could I have some more?

B and I hadn't planned on giving the littlest b any real food until after the holidays, but she just seemed ready. Every time she saw us eat something ourselves, she was super interested, and it almost seemed like she was sad to not be getting to put more new stuff in her mouth too. Here is a quick little video of the second time we fed her rice cereal.

Tea Party - Take Two

Tea was such a success last week that we decided to go all out and do a REAL tea party with the girls.  I woke up on Sunday at 6:30am to get myself up to the Bronx to meet the family.

This was a big day for the girls because it was their first time taking a subway in the city!  During our ride from the Bronx to 72nd street they got to witness two subway preachers and a flute player.  The girls gave him some change because they enjoyed the music.

Eating for two

I have been making a huge effort to eat healthier for the last 27 weeks.  While I have been doing fairly well with this, it is sometimes not the easiest thing to do, particularly when I'm tired.  Tonight, B planned a lovely dinner for us.  We had herb breaded tilapia, oven baked sweet potatoes, and corn bread muffins.  It was all super tasty!  Thanks so much B for making me and our little batman a healthy dinner!

Mmmm, herb breaded tilapia!!! TASTY!

Which was even better because we ate it on the porch on this fine 68 degree evening!

And even though B isn't a huge fan of fish, he was also happy with his meal and the setting.

Bagels with cream cheese

B and I probably used to eat bagels at least 4 times a week for the first 4 years that we lived in NYC.  Sometimes for breakfast, sometimes lunch.  Even growing up, it was a tradition in my family to get a dozen or two of Breggers bagels and a variety of creamcheeses for breakfast every Sunday.  I loved them!   For some reason B and I just stopped eating them. I haven't had a bagel in 2 years until this morning.  We went for Brunch at a friends house and they served bagels with cream cheese (along with a variety of other fixings including home made cheese blintzes).  OMG.  It was so good.  I think my love for bagels and cream cheese has been reignited.  I've been thinking about them all day.  I even asked B if we could have them for dinner tonight.  Alas, he said no (don't worry, he cooked a lovely dinner of pasta with meat sauce instead).