2-n-1 Baby is Coming Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Meal Plan

On May 18, 2024 by Mindy

10 Recipes that Double to Make 20 Meals for the Slow Cooker or the Instant Pot!

Are you trying to prep freezer meals before your baby arrives? Do you know a new mom that could benefit from freezer meals for a new mom? Then this meal plan is for you! It’s so simple to prep this meal plan for yourself or a deserving mom. Better yet, throw a baby shower cooking party and use this resource as your guide. We do all the math, just pick your serving size!

Here are some of the criteria we used to create these meal plans:

Avoiding Beans, Dairy and Spicy

New moms, especially those that are breast feeding often benefit from avoiding foods like dairy, beans and spicy foods because they upset baby. This meal plan was chosen to avoid those ingredients as much as possible so that baby can enjoy the meals as much as mom!

Added 2 Non-Slow Cooker/Instant Pot Recipes Especially for Mom

Getting her day started with an easy to grab and eat while she’s breast or bottle feeding will help her day get off to a good start. We also have a recipe for lactation cookies we have included to help breastfeeding moms. With a paid membership, you can eliminate or swap those out for another recipe if they are needed/desired.

Dump and Go on Freezer Cooking Day

This means you only have to chop, measure, and dump in the bag. No cooking required! You might need to precook some meats, but when you do it in bulk, it isn’t bad. You can just throw them in the slow cooker or Instant Pot for hands-off prep!

Short Ingredient List

The shorter the better! That means less time in the grocery store, less time chopping, and ultimately less time in the kitchen! Win!

Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Preferred

Many of these recipes make use of the slow cooker on the day you serve it. But we also tried to pick as many recipes that had Instant Pot versions as well, so if you have one, you can choose that option. Because freezer cooking and the Instant Pot are a match made in heaven!

Simple, Tasty Comfort Foods

These are our family favorites! Delicious, but nothing super duper fancy. However, if your family has more specific dietary needs or you know you will need to avoid certain foods while nursing, you can create your own custom meal plan using the same criteria we used to search for recipes in our MenuBuilder database.

2 Meal Plans. The Same Recipes. 2 Different Cooking Methods. You Decide!

Both meal plans include the same set of recipes, and you prepare and assemble them in the exact same ways. However, they have different methods of cooking. Any one recipe can be made in either the Slow Cooker or the Instant Pot. You choose! See the full meal plans below!

Instant POT Meal plan » Slow Cooker Meal plan»

Baby is Coming Recipes Include:

Frozen Paleo Breakfast Muffins
Paleo Breakfast Casserole (Slow Cooker Version | Instant Pot Version)
Honey Bourbon Chicken (Slow Cooker Version | Instant Pot Version)
Pineapple Pepper Chicken Stew (Slow Cooker Version | Instant Pot Version)
Root Beer Pulled Pork (Slow Cooker Version | Instant Pot Version)
Mango Pork (Slow Cooker Version | Instant Pot Version)
Maple Mustard Chicken (Slow Cooker Version | Instant Pot Version)
Cashew Chicken (Slow Cooker Version | Instant Pot Version)
Sweet and Sour Meatballs (Slow Cooker Version | Instant Pot Version)
Gluten Free Lactation Cookies

*Within each meal plan you will make 2 of each to maximize your time, money and ingredients! So when you’re done, you’ll have 20 meals ready for dinner at a moments notice!

How To Cook This Meal Plan (and Fast!)

Receive access to ALL the cooking documents for these meal plans by becoming a Once A Month Meals Member today!*

With a membership*, your meal plan comes with:

A Grocery Shopping List organized by category for faster and easier shopping.
Prep Instructions to help you prepare all your ingredients ahead of time.
Step-by-step Cooking Day Instructions for fast and efficient freezer cooking.
Individual Recipe Cards with detailed cooking and freezing instructions.
Printable Labels for your freezer bags with thawing and reheating instructions.
A Thaw Sheet for a full list of your menu’s defrosting or reheating instructions.
*See a sample of our cooking documents here!

Adjust the Serving Size!

You can also adjust this meal plan to whatever serving size you need! Freezer Cook for 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and more (as well as anything in-between!)

*See more about the different levels of membership here.