> Make some meals you can easily freeze so you don't have to cook if you don't want to.
I'm glad you mentioned this -- this is my #1 tip for all new parents. But to hell with first few days (or weeks) -- freeze stuff like chili, curries, pasta sauces (with protein in them)... anything you can thaw and put on rice or pasta is great. My wife & I had a friend who was moving and needed to sell a full-size freezer that we put in our basement and totally filled over the 5 months before our daughter was born. That food lasted us months, and every time we thawed out something new we were very happy we'd done it.
I don't even remember who recommended the idea to us, but I wish I did, because we owe them big.
I'm glad you mentioned this -- this is my #1 tip for all new parents. But to hell with first few days (or weeks) -- freeze stuff like chili, curries, pasta sauces (with protein in them)... anything you can thaw and put on rice or pasta is great. My wife & I had a friend who was moving and needed to sell a full-size freezer that we put in our basement and totally filled over the 5 months before our daughter was born. That food lasted us months, and every time we thawed out something new we were very happy we'd done it.
I don't even remember who recommended the idea to us, but I wish I did, because we owe them big.