Food ideas for a new mom?

I cooked a freezer full if meals for a good friend after his wife passed. One of the best and most versatile is en papilliote. Slice onions and shallots, add herbs and white wine. Place a BIG handful of spinach in the middle iof a large piece of foil. Top with a piece of salmon or a boneless chicken breast. Spoon on a few large spoonfuls of the liquid and onions. (My mom uses just stock) top with some favorite flavors, olives, sun dried tomatoes, roasted red peppers, capers, goat cheese, feta.... I make it a little different every time. If you want to amp up the veg, add a few asparagus or baby carrots. Wrap tight. Lay flat and freeze. After frozen, store a number of them in large freezer bags. Even frozen it only takes 30-40 minutes on 400.
Congrats, a nearly fat free, sodium free TV dinner.

I wrote a post about this last year -- maybe it'll be helpful! http://food52.com/blog/2836-freezing-your-way-to-more-home-cooked-meals

A main course soup---corn chowder, pea soup with ham, chicken-rice soup and so on. These please many people, lend themselves to reheating and freezing, and make good lunches, too. A loaf of homemade bread is nice along with these. I speak from experience---I'm a new grandmother giving my son and daughter-in-law a helping hand. (They have also appreciated gift certificates for take-out, which are nice when the food donations disappear and you've spent a day with a fussy baby.)

When I had baby, so many people brought me lasagna! It was wonderful, of course. Great for left overs. I also pre-made a lot of meals while pregnant, my favorite was meatloaf (from this site of course!) that I weighed out into individual sized servings and froze. Also, I breaded fish and froze it for easy baking. Meat pies were great too! Soup and Stews frozen in zip lock freezer bags were so easy to pull and thawed within an hour or two.

I'm about to have surgery and won't be able to do much cooking for a couple of weeks after. My husband also does not cook, but he can reheat. In my freezer right now are two servings of pot roast, chicken soup and chili. Before I go in, I will make a big pot of this stew (we love it) http://food52.com/recipes/19854-yam-and-peanut-stew-with-kale, lentils and rice (for mujaddara), and probably some kind of meat and vegetable sauce for pasta. Hope this helps.

Lasagna freezes really well. Make a couple in loaf pans so they can remove them as needed. Meatballs also freezes really well. Do the same; make a batch but package them in meal size containers. You also can't go wrong with soups -- carrot, squash, zucchini, broccoli, all freeze well.