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Pre-Made Post-Partum Meals
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items Nourish your post-partum body with nutritious meals & snacks ready to go in your freezer! Prepping my pantry & freezer was one of the best things I did during my pregnancy to help relieve the stress of cooking post-partum.
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Main Meals
Snacks
Hydration
Must Have Pantry Items
Main Meals
No one has time to cook amazing meals post-partum… so here's what I prepared in the third trimester, and had ready to go in the freezer
If freezing the schnitzels skip the frying step. Freeze schnitzels pre-cooked, then remove from freezer and allow to defrost for frying when ready to eat
Schnitzel
Easy, cheap, nutritious meal
Lentil Soup (seriously amazing!)
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Have pasta sauce ready to go in your freezer. You can make a quick pasta dish or lasagne
Bolognese sauce
With pre-made sauce, this is super easy! Be sure to not cook the lasagne just yet… prepare in bake-proof tins, freeze raw (I used instant lasagne sheets). Pull out trays from freezer as you need, defrost and place in the oven. Perfect, easy post-part...
Easy Beef Lasagne
Instant lasagne sheets make it easy for a quick lasagne
San Remo Lasagne Pasta Large 250g | Woolworths
Nourish your post-partum gut with chicken bone broth! Pre-make, freeze and have ready to add to soups!
Homemade Chicken Broth
Pre-cut veggies yourself or purchase already pre-cut (it doesn't take long to cut up your veggies); Portion pre-cut veggies into freezer bags, ready to defrost for soups or roasting. Your future self will thank you for doing this task
Prepacked Vegetables
Snacks
Post-Partum Snacks are super important for easy, quick energy! Check out these recipes, have them ready in your pantry or freezer and defrost as needed
I made these during my second and third trimester, each time I made a batch a put some aside in the freezer, ready for post-partum
Healthy Lactation Cookies
Have these up your sleeve as a great post-partum snack
Lactation Bites
So yummy! I started drinking this in third trimester, a great treat and so easy to make!
Australia's Best Lactation Hot Chocolate
Hydration
The thirst I experienced during pregnancy and breast feeding is a whole new thing! Here's how I often quenched my thirst when water wouldn't cut it
Full of taste and electrolytes to replenish minerals in the body
Straight Up Coconut Water – Raw C
For labour and post-partum
On-The-Go Hydration Box
Must Have Pantry Items
Have your pantry stocked up with pasta packets for a quick meal to go with your pre-made pasta sauce
Cucina Matese Fusilloni No.120 Italian Pasta | 500g
Prunes keep you regular, if you get my drift… a good postpartum snack to prevent unwanted toilet troubles 😌
Angas Park Australian Pitted Prunes | 250g
Rice is such an easy quick meal to cook up! Having a large bag in the pantry means you're running out less often and an easy meal option on hand more often
INDIA GATE EXOTIC BASMATI RICE
An easy grab & go snack... or turn it into a meal with ready made rice
Sirena Tuna In Oil Italian Style 95g | Woolworths
If time poor and can’t make a large batch of fresh rice, these packets are so easy and ready in the microwave in less than two minutes! These have saved me time in the kitchen so many times!
Coles Microwave Rice Basmati | 250g
Yes!!! Keep long life milk (of choice) in the pantry for those 'rainy days'. We don't usually drink long life milk but we normally run out of fresh milk at times when getting to the shops isn't an option, this is handy to keep up your sleeve!
Devondale 100% Pure Full Cream Long Life Milk 1l | Woolworths