100+ Freezer Meals for New Moms
We know how helpful having a stocked freezer can be when you’re a new mom. Whether you’re hoping to stock up on meals before the baby arrives or looking for recipe ideas to take to others, you’re sure to find great ideas in this ultimate list of freezer meals for new moms. We’ve used more than 15 years of freezer meal expertise to put this list together. We hope it can be used to bless others!
Why Freezer Meals for New Moms?
Those first few weeks with a newborn are so good but so hard.
Having a meal delivered to our house was a lifeline on some of those hard days. With each delivery, I remember being so humbled that someone would go to the effort of making extra food, drive all the way over to my house, and deliver it. It was such a gesture of love that I will never forget.
Having freezer meals delivered was also a huge help! Freezer meals could be dropped off anytime (not just when they are warm) and it gave me the flexibility to make the meal on nights we needed it most.
Because of the impact of having fresh meals and freezer meals delivered, I am constantly on the lookout for ideas to take to others.
100+ Freezer Meals for New Moms
Breakfast Ideas
1. Freezer Breakfast Burritos – Can be frozen and thawed individually.
2. Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins – I LOVED having a stash of muffins in the freezer. Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins are another great option.
3. Freezer Smoothie Packs – Having a stash of smoothie packs is such a fun, unique idea for new parents! Use our printable labels to help keep them organized too.
4. Chocolate Banana Muffins – packed with great ingredients.
5. Blueberry Baked Oatmeal – Baked oatmeals are an easy meal to bake and transport to a new parent!
6. Pancakes: Great to make a bunch ahead and freeze. They make a quick, healthy breakfast for a new parent. Start with our Oatmeal Pancakes or Whole Wheat Pumpkin Pancakes.
7. Banana Breakfast Cookies – Jam-packed with nutrition and flavor, All ages love them, and they make a great grab-and-go breakfast.
Slow Cooker Recipes
1. French Dip Sandwiches – These can be made in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot! I love to take them as a meal kit.
2. Balsamic Shredded Beef – A great drop-and-go meal that is super easy to prep.
3. Crispy Carnitas – A personal family favorite. Slow cooks all day and makes a ton!
4. Chicken Parmesan Sliders – Another super simple recipe that can easily be prepped ahead of time and ready to throw into the slow cooker.
5. Chicken and Cheese Taquitos – These are a family favorite. I’d recommend preparing them all the way up until they go into the oven. Deliver them like that with baking instructions.
6. Cuban Paninis – Can’t go wrong with pork in the slow cooker! Deliver the sandwich parts along with the meat to freeze as a kit.
7. Slow Cooker Shredded BBQ Beef Sandwiches – You could either deliver the beef cooked or prepped and ready to go into their slow cooker. Make sure to bring buns too!
8. Chicken Taco Soup – Super easy and a crowd favorite.
Soups & Stews
1. Slow Cooker Cheddar & Bacon Potato Soup – This recipe is SO good. Make sure to package the bacon separately so the new parents can add it right when they are going to eat the soup.
2. Chicken Taco Soup – One of my FAVES! Deliver this soup to a new mom along with some tortilla chips, shredded cheese, avocado, and sour cream for a DIVINE dinner.
3. Slow Cooker Turkey Chili with Sweet Potatoes and Black Beans – Packed with great ingredients to keep those new parents healthy!
4. Easy No-Peek Stew – This has SO much flavor. Deliver this stew to new parents with some soft, buttery rolls for a great meal!
5. Mexican Soup – This recipe is SO filling. Deliver to a new parent with a bag of tortilla chips and shredded cheese. Yum!
6. Tomato Bisque – Any new parent is going to love having a stash of this tomato bisque in their freezer or fridge.
7. Vegetarian Tortilla Soup – A super healthy, favorite of mine! It does get thicker as it sits so make sure to eat sooner than later!
8. Crockpot White Chicken Chili – Light and super flavorful. Perfect for a recovering mom.
9. Slow Cooker Steak Chili – A super easy, dump-and-go meal. A fave!
Casserole Recipes
1. Chicken Parmesan Casserole – This recipe is great to assemble right up until baking. Take it to the new parents with baking instructions for a wonderful fresh meal.
2. Croissant Breakfast Casserole – Breakfast for dinner anyone? All ages love this.
3. Beefy Baked Ravioli – So hearty and delicious!
4. Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns – Another great breakfast casserole that works as a filling dinner.
5. Baked Penne Pasta – This recipe makes a TON! Tip: Split it between 2, 8×8 dishes and freeze one for later!
6. Chicken Spaghetti – Another great down-the-pipe chicken recipe to take to new parents. Makes great leftovers too.
7. Make our Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Bake.
More Recipe Ideas
We’re not even close to done! Here are some more favorite meal ideas for new parents from Thriving Home.
1. Pizza Bread – A great one for families that have kiddos.
2. Italian Baked Chicken Thighs – SO easy and so delicious. Totally family-friendly too.
3. Southwest Chicken & Bacon Wraps – These would be such a fun treat to have as a new mom. Cook the chicken all the way and deliver the meal with all the fixings (tortillas, bacon, cheese, etc.)
4. Baked Italian Meatballs – Giving meatballs to a new parent is a GREAT meal. They can put them over pasta or turn them into sub sandwiches. Just prep them up until baking and deliver them with the baking instructions.
5. Turkey Pesto Paninis – These can be assembled and wrapped individually for a great lunch!
6. Simple Granola – One of my go-to snack ideas to take a new mom!
7. Taco Meat – Such a great freezer staple that can be used in taco shells, on baked nachos, or wrapped in tortillas.
8. Homemade Chicken Nuggets – A healthier nugget that parents and kids love.
9. Gourmet Chicken Sandwiches – Similar to the recipe above, cook the chicken and deliver with all the ingredients to make the sandwich.
10. Ham & Cheese Sliders – These are my go-to meal for groups. Kids LOVE them so if the new parents already have kiddos, this would be a HUGE win.
11. Instant Pot Crispy Carnitas – If the new parents have an Instant Pot, these Crispy Carnitas are to DIE for! Just prep the pork in the marinade and either freeze it or give Instant Pot cooking instructions.
12. Powerball Cookies – These would be a great treat to have in any freezer!
What’s the recipe for the pinned photo? It’s something Asian but didn’t see the recipe for it in the list unless I missed it lol
Hi Danielle! Great question. We need to put that info on the post! That photo is of our Asian Turkey Meatballs with Sweet Soy Dipping Sauce: https://thrivinghomeblog.com/asian-turkey-meatballs/ and some Instant Pot Brown Rice: https://thrivinghomeblog.com/how-to-cook-brown-rice-in-the-instant-pot/
You could also serve or freeze the meatballs with our Egg Fried Rice: https://thrivinghomeblog.com/fried-rice-with-sweet-soy-sauce-updated/
Saving this post!! I’m expecting our second baby & will at that time have a 2 year old. Meals were such a struggle for us those first couple weeks (& honestly months) with our first as new parents. We had SO many visitors—but no food. I make it a point now to make sure I take a meal to all new parents after my experience. I lost way too much weight way too fast & we were always scrambling around trying to figure out what to eat for supper during witching hour after our visitors would finally leave. I ate mostly cheez it’s (one handed!) for lunch on days my husband worked LOL. Maybe others are better at that time period but I was not. It was a whirlwind for me. I definitely want to be more prepared this time around for my husband & daughter, as well as myself. I didn’t take as much care of myself as I should have, especially when it came to eating.
This indeed has been such a great article for me as I am a new mother of twins and handling them is such a big task, this post will surely help me in choosing a variety of recipes that I could prepare for them so that they are not annoyed with the boring food I usually make, thank you so much for sharing this and I will also share the same with my other friends as well.
Great! New moms can use all the help they can get!
You’re exactly who I’ve been looking for! There’s always somebody who needs meals: new babies, surgery, funerals, illness, trauma, new neighbors, moving in or out, etc. I recently cleaned out my big chest freezer specifically for room to have meals always on hand ready to go, and am thrilled to find your site with such good and different ideas. Thank you!
So great to hear that!
I am so glad that pizza made the list. I’m in my second trimester now and during the first trimester, I was sick all day. The one thing that would look good no matter what I was feeling was pizza. We ordered pizza, made pizza, got frozen pizzas, had pizza variations like calzones, the whole shebang. We still eat a lot of it – Pepperoni with olives and mushrooms. Yum.
Came looking for recipes for my sister and found some I want to try.
Great to hear that, Trea! I hope you enjoy our recipes.
Great roundup! Some of my favorite recipes are here, but also a couple of new ones I’ve been meaning to try.