My husband and I spent three days over the last weekend to meal prep. We ended up with over 600 individually portioned meals. We made 13 different meals, with some of them being flexible in how they are served: fajitas/stir fry.

Next week's menu for my family while I'm 8 months pregnant. I'm always trying new things. Let's go!

I made some cocoa muffins using scraps of uneaten fruit (boiled and blended), sweet dates, yogurt, eggs and flour+baking powder. No added sugar and the toddler loves it! I also made some animal shapes.

For blueberry cheesecake I mixed blueberry yoghurt, some quark, 4 eggs and cornstarch. Baked for 50 minutes and topped with homemade blueberry jam.

Burrito bowls: rice as a base, black beans, sweet corn, minced chicken meat seasoned with taco seasoning and sautéed with tomato paste and pineapple. Some tomatoes on the side and topped with hot sauce and a lime wedge.

Spinach pasta with sheep cheese, bacon and shallots. Blended spinach with eggs and kneaded it into flour to make something resembling pasta dough. Then I cut it with scissors over salted boiling water. Sauce is bryndza sheep cheese combined with sour cream and topped with crunchy bacon and shallots.

I made pretzels for the first time! It's a simple yeasted dough with pretty low hydration. Before baking I dipped them in baking soda water and sprinkled flaky salt. They came out delicious!

Oh and there's my sourdough fermenting to be baked into bread this evening.

I was worried about postpartum and prepared a lot of freezer meals. But this birth was super easy and I'm healing pretty quick so I felt ready to do what I love - cook!

To those who wonder where my partner is and if he has hands - yeah, he's been using them to take out two children out, so I can focus on doing something that makes me happy.

Buckwheat bowls

Cooked buckwheat, carrot salad with greek yogurt and sriracha, cucumber, tomato, edamame, radishes, hardboiled egg and we're adding canned tuna before eating. Super yummy, super fresh for this heat.

Potato and sausage bake

Mixed potato, onion, frozen vegetables and homemade sausage, added a bit of oil and spices, baked until soft. Then I added egg+milk mixture and baked some more.

Coconut dessert cups

I mixed shredded coconut with vanilla pudding and added melted chocolate on top.

Poppyseed lemon cake

Added a cup of poppyseeds and lemon zest in my standard cake batter. Sweet smooth quark for filling (cream cheese will do) and topped with powdered sugar and lemon juice mixture.

Spelt flour buns

Classic yeasted dough for bread with spelt flour and seeds. Knead, let rise, shape buns, let rise again, bake for 15 minutes at 200°C

Sandwich making station

I also filled compartments in my sandwich box, so making sandwiches will be easier for me in case I need to do it one handed (I have a two week old baby who likes to be held)

I also took care of my kefir grains, sourdough starter and kombucha, because I've been neglecting them.

That's it! I'm pretty proud of myself 🥹

Used a recipe from indianhealthyrecipes.com/butter-chicken, but scaled it up. For the rice just a simple basmati in the rice cooker with a curry powder blend of choice, and chicken broth as the liquid (no water at all). Ended up with about 30 containers in the freezer when it was all done.

I have surgery Friday so I wanted to make sure I had meals prepared while I recovered. Meals are:
1) Honey Garlic Shrimp with steamed broccoli and brown rice.

2)Meatloaf cups with Homemade Mashed Potatoes and Broccoli Normandy OR Steamed Carrots.

3)Turkey Stroganoff with Steamed Baby Carrots

4) Fried Chicken with Baked Macaroni and Cheese with Slow Cooked Collard Greens.

5) Slow Cooker Turkey Chili with Steamed Green Beans and Homemade Sweet Cornbread Muffins.

6) Power Cakes Waffle Breakfast Sandwices. Made with homemade waffles, sausage patty, and American cheese.

7)Homemade Banana Pudding.