Taking Stock

3 Steps to Stock Your Freezer Before Baby Arrives

By Heidi Johnson

I had more than 50 meals in the freezer when my third daughter was born! This happened without any conscious planning on my part and with very little extra effort. I just cooked a quadruple meal once a week for the last few months of the pregnancy. This was after 12 weeks of bedrest during the middle of my pregnancy. Imagine my surprise when I counted the meals in my freezer one day and found such a quantity of meals available.

The beauty of this system is that you can do it as little or as much as you want to. You can cook two or three quadruple meals a week for a while and not cook at all during a time when you are not feeling well. You can also go without cooking any quadruple meals for several months if you so choose. This system is so adaptable to your needs.

The first item on the list is: During your pregnancy, use your regular meal preparation time to cook a quadruple meal once a week or less. Focus on one meal you're already cooking. Eat one meal that night and put up to three more in the freezer to eat after your baby is born. Do this three times and you have three good healthy home cooked meals you ate and nine meals in the freezer! Do this three times a month for four or five months and you could have 36-45 meals in your freezer! Wouldn't it be great to not have to worry about what to fix for dinner for three or four months after your baby is born?