Truth from the Trenches: Pre-Baby Meal Prep

I didn't prep anything before BB was born and looking back, I think that would have really taken some pressure off of me.  So with LL on the way, I decided to fill up the freezer.  I made a variety of meals and snacks. I must say, I am pretty dang proud of myself for pulling this off while 8-10 months pregnant and keeping a 1 year old alive.

Here's my list!

1. Chicken fajita soup (crock pot)  I can't believe I've never shared this recipe before.  It's one of my favorite winter go-to options.  And while the Boy from Texas doesn't really like soup, he seems to doctor this one with enough of the toppings that he doesn't complain.

2.  Kylee's Chicken pot pie   This is going to be perfect for a cold winter evening!  All I've got to do is thaw, dump the freezer bag into a pie crust, and bake until the crust is done.

3.  French toast sticks When BB was born, it was super easy for me to just grab a granola bar for breakfast and call it good.  But now that I'll have a 14 month old to feed, I knew that having some easy breakfast items handy was a must.  So, I just whipped up my favorite recipe and then cut them into strips before freezing.  I think this will be right up our alley.

4.  Pumpkin bread  In all honesty, I haven't tasted this one.  It smelled amazing baking and as soon as they were done, I cooled and froze them so as not to eat it all that night.

5.  Blueberry bread. I figure the more snack type food the better and, if I'm being honest, I caught blueberries buy one get one free at the store, so I figured this was a good option!

6.  Chocolate chip cookies  This is the only cookie recipe I make anymore.  It's easy and they are delicious.  You can't go wrong.  A while back, I doubled the batch and froze half.  I figure there may be some long nights of rocking a baby during which a chocolate chip cookie might just hit the spot!

7. Green chile stew.  I'll owe you the recipe for this one--my friend Shawna sent it to me and it was really good!  I went ahead and made a big pot and just froze our leftovers one night.

8. Tuscan chicken stew (crock pot)  Here's a stew full of fresh veggies that was actually really easy to make!  I just bought double of everything and when I put one batch into the crock pot, I made another batch in a freezer bag to save.

9.  Green chile chicken enchiladas  So for this one, I basically just turn my mom's enchiladas into a casserole by layering them in one of those disposable aluminum pans.  All we'll need to do is heat it up and dinner will be ready to go.

10.  Blueberry pancakes  This is another of our favorite breakfast items.  BB loves pancakes in general, but add in real blueberries and he goes crazy.  These just need zapped in the microwave and he'll have breakfast ready to go.