Freezer meals - funerals, new babies, etc

[Michele]

A neighbor lost her young 20-something son in a tragic car accident last night. We want to bring over a meal, but didn't want to do a standard lasagna. What meal do you bring?

[DrBandMe]

Pulled chicken or enchilada soup. Both can be frozen easily if they have a deluge of food brought over.

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[Thirteen]

Casserole, usually loads of veggies and easy on the meat.


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[alotofyarn]

I do a chicken and green chile soup. Big salads are always good choice too, because people get tired of casseroles. When I had E some of my favorite meals people brought were chicken pot pie, spaghetti and homemade meatballs, jambalaya, gumbo, and roast beef.

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[SoonerTexan]

Enchiladas is what I usually do. So sad


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[rufflesanddots]

+1 on a big salad. I think people can get really tired of the heavy comfort food that tends to be brought over. Maybe something like couscous, chicken, tomatoes, cucumbers, onion? It will keep a bit longer than a totally fresh romaine salad.

I am so sorry for your friend's loss. How terrible.

[medpedspouse]

I am so late answering....
I usually make homemade chicken soup and freeze it in individual 1 cup containers. (Hello dollar store). I've had friends tell me it is comforting to be able to heat up individual home cooked meals because during tough times everyone is eating at different times. I also make some for myself...it is nice to have when you are sick and feel like crap and hubby is on call, etc, etc.

I guesss you could do the same for casseroles etc.

[Lynnea]

I am also very late answering!
Something I have done which is kind of a different twist is make freezer breakfast sandwiches so they have something easy and individual in the mornings as well. I do it for my SO for school and he has seemed to really enjoy them. I have also done freezer breakfast wraps but the sandwiches are much easier and faster to put together. I simply buy 2 packages of english muffins (usually whole wheat, honey wheat, or double protein), shredded cheese (melts better in the microwave than slices), meat (ham or bacon usually), and then I whisk 12 eggs with 2 cups chopped fresh spinach and bake in a muffin tin for 20-25 minutes at 350. When the eggs are done simply build the sandwiches, wrap tight in foil, and place in a ziplock bag for the freezer! They are very tasty, easy, and inexpensive to have 12 breakfast sandwiches done in 30 minutes or so!

[SuzySunshine]

I'm also late but need help too.

My standard is chicken enchiladas with a side of tortilla chips, a bagged salad and a 9x9 of brownies.

Here is my challenge, I have a friend with a new baby and these are their requirements:
"They are very thankful for help with meals during this time of transition! Their family tries to eat a gluten and dairy free diet (butter is fine...in fact good, but there are still plenty of options! They do not have severe allergic reactions so no worries about contamination with gluten/dairy or even if the soy sauce or salad dressing or whatever has gluten/dairy in it, that is completely fine. They enjoy simple meals of (chicken, beef, pork, fish) with a vegetable and /or potato or rice. Other likes are soups and fresh fruit. And no desserts is preferred. "
Marinated chicken, a side salad and fruit bowl?

Or I thought I could make this six can soup that only takes Chicken brothChicken n' Rice soup
Ranch style beans, undrained
Corn, undrained
Rotel
Chicken breast, chunks

But its going to be 80 degrees on Wednesday, not really soup weather...

Help!

[rufflesanddots]

Hmmm.... You could always do the soup and give it to them in a Ziploc freezer bag. They may want to pull it out once the days cool off and the meal train slows down. You could bring over a bag of fruit with it too if you want something they can use now.

Otherwise, maybe a cold chicken/rice salad? Something like this, but it totally doesn't need to have this many ingredients: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chic...d-with-almonds

[alotofyarn]

Either of those sound good. Or you could do a roast or beef stew in the crock pot (I do potatoes and carrots in mine) with a side of green beans for extra veggies. Or a pork roast?

[alison]

Reviving this thread, bc when I had C, my older daughter's class parents started a meal train for me. I really liked receiving a quiche (something we could eat for any meal of the day). Soups were good too, especially the ones that froze well. One was a lentil soup and the gal made bread to go with it and a huge salad that we could eat with the soup and bread. The salad was great, because we could eat it over the next couple of days with the casseroles we received.

I also received a pre-seasoned salmon that I only had to bake in the oven. Pretty PNW thinking, but it was tasty!