Comments on: Cooking

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:24:43 +0000

I was EXACTLY like you until Gwen was born…I actually cooked a lot beforehand & we ate from the freezer for a while. Then I started writing weekly menus on Sunday (gasp) because hubby took over the grocery shopping and it has continued from there. It allowed me to try out new recipes cause I actually had the time to look through them! Looking back, it is actually a lot more relaxing now knowing I don’t have to run to the store all the time :)

By: Marie-Eve

Marie-Eve — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:53:06 +0000

I guess I’m a natural planner and list-maker but still found that challenging at the beginning with a child in the house. I think practice makes perfect though; it comes more naturally to me now, because over time I’ve developed a lot of strategies and generally adapted to quicker meals.
One thing that saved my life when LP was a newborn is freezer cooking. Towards the end of my pregnancy, I started making double batches of everything and freezing them. Then, my mom came over for a weekend and we went on a cooking extravaganza. We stocked both our freezers and it lasted for about two months at the beginning. We didn’t always feel like eating this type of reheated food, but it was great because we always had options.

By: PVVF

PVVF — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:25:03 +0000

No one is cut out for lists and planning but it does
make things easier in the long run. Your time will
be much less. You need to recruit folks to cook for
you for the first little while. : ) Just a couple extra
meals a week that you didn’t have to make, can help.