A coworker of mine was a mom of 4 and did this. When I was pregnant with my first son she brought me a list and asked me to pick 4 meals. This was the biggest blessing and now I always make food for friends postpartum/post surgery/when things are a little stressful.

@alexandrac6177

Жыл бұрын

Yesss I made around 7 of these, plus about 25 completely cooked meals portioned into compostable containers that we could pop into the microwave, then only have to wash the silverware. It was great for postpartum.

@j.khuster2024

Жыл бұрын

That's so very kind and thoughtful ❤️ she's an angel, as you are too.

@TheStepmonkey

6 ай бұрын

Aww she is such an awesome friend💗

@PotatoChipse

4 ай бұрын

This needs to be a thing

You say that you’re a stay at home Mom but pretty sure you’re also: 1-Full time Teacher 2-Full time Mama 3-Full time Wife 4-Full time Driver 5-Full time Chef 6-Full time Babysitter 7-Full time Maid 8-Full time Cheerleader 9-Full time Business Owner 10-Full time kick backside woman who has 5 kids, homeschools, wife and still finds time to post videos online! Take a moment and pat yourself on the back as I couldn’t do 1/1,000,000,000 of what you accomplish in an hour let alone in a day, week or even month!

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

Tysm!🫶🏼🥹 this seriously just made my day and was so encouraging!

@amysimonbiz

Жыл бұрын

@@AshbayFam You’re so welcome! Remember it’s okay to have some self care time even if it’s locking yourself in the bathroom for 10 minutes so you can do your devotions or just have a hot shower with some of those nice shower bombs they now have. I’m also just a very honest person expressing what I’m seeing all that you do in videos and am always impressed with everything you do and accomplish! Having triplets I’m guessing can be overwhelming at times especially with one of them on the neurodivergent scale (That’s the correct terminology, right?). That and just like another YT family I follow on here for recipes and well because Kimberly makes me laugh is, “The Wads” and she is like you, down to earth and still silly and her husband and her 5 kids are her whole world as well! She also has some really really really amazing recipes that are so simple but also so full of flavor. Kim’s really into counting macros in food and so always has some really healthy options in her recipes but she always has a rule that Friday Night is Brownie Night! She usually finds some amazing looking brownie recipe and has also down cookies but wow so many of the recipes she tries makes me want to jump in the car in the middle of the night and head to the store to pick up ingredients for a chocolate covered strawberry brownie or the s’mores brownies she made a few months ago was pretty fantastic too! Anyways, have a beautiful rest of your weekend!! Much love and positive vibes from Montana!! ✨💖✨

@alexxasmom1825

Жыл бұрын

​@Ashbay Fam we are also a family of 5 and I work full time so cooking takes almost all of my time. Do you have any other recipies you can share?

@VoteBlue4Peace-LoveInUSAagain

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@lisabetramsey20

Жыл бұрын

I wish everyone thought like this. I love being a stay at home mom, my family (mom, dad, sisters) not so much.

Can you please do a detailed video about this? I would love to know more!

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

What other details would you like to see?

@Heather-wy5yv

Жыл бұрын

​@@AshbayFam other meals that you like to prep and what tools to cook those meals with (crockpot, oven, etc)! ❤️

@NancyBayyoud

Жыл бұрын

@@AshbayFam How long can you keep them in the freezer? Does the food change in terms of taste/texture? What do your small kids think of it? ♥️

@tx4horses28

Жыл бұрын

I agree I'd love to know more also

@minimizetomaximize9015

Жыл бұрын

@@AshbayFam I would love to know where I can find recipes. I feel like I can take 4 hours out of my weekend to prepare meals for the week but I have no idea where to start. 😂

Tip to remove air from bag.. fill sink with water and submerge bag to zip lock and seal. Most of the air is pushed out by the water.

@florenceschneider3315

Жыл бұрын

Or a seal a meal I have a small upright and it works great

@jessicadavis3614

17 күн бұрын

Great tip!

stay at home mom/wife underrated ❤ God Bless you do so much more hard work than people can even imagine.

Love your ideas. I'm in awe with your Organization Skills. You keep everything tidy, organized and orderly. Your homeschooling details are admirable. I have respect for you, without meeting you. Good job ❤️🙏

That relief and feeling when you know these things are prepped or ready to go is so heaven!!

This is amazing! Please share more! And how you do it!

Dang Mama! You're a rockstar!!! I admire you so much 😊

I love to get those recipes!☺️🥰

Love your sweater!

Do you have a description of all your meals and how to prepare them?

Can you share your recipes? Prepping for baby #2 and would love to free some stews and other meals for after baby comes!

OMG! You inspire me!!

Looks so well done, need to start doing this

Wow!!! Thousands of thumbs up for u! You are genius and wise!!

Brilliant. Thanks for posting this.

I also feel SO PROUD when I do this for our family of 6 - thanks for the reminder, I'm gonna get back at it! 👏🏼

Thanks so much for Sharing this!!! What an amazing idea, I'm Def going to try this !!!!

So smart. Such an amazing way to do it

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

It’s helped so much!

I can hardly take care of my husband and I Omg. I love you're vids. So encouraging!

I am so impressed and inspired

That’s amazing I use to do this would love to do it for my daughter she has 4 kids 😊

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

Go for it!👏🏼

@zanecheryl8768

Жыл бұрын

Now that groceries are getting to the point of making it hard to eat healthy foods, meal prep is for sure a money saver for big families. Just invested in a vac sealer from amazon that does wet and dry foods. Money saver, I'm going to get one for my step daughter who now has 3 littles of her own.

Fantastic love this

Smart lady! Such a good mama! 💖

Wow, you are amazing!! Very organized.

I’d love to see a video on this!! What meals, what ingredients etc!! Beautiful family!!

Wow this is amazing! Would love to know more details about what ingredients you freeze and in what combination do you pack them for the freezer?

What a fabulous idea💕

I would definitely love the recipes you do each month all at once if possible, so I can get some ideas. I’m about to have my second child.

You just amaze me!!! You really don't stop from the min u open ur eyes to when ur head hits the pillow!! Fudge the haters you're one amazing mother and you and husband make one hell of a team!!! I have so much respect for you Mama!! WOW

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! They are refreshing and encouraging! 🫶🏼

Love it taught me too

You are such an inspiration to everyone. Keep it up girly

Amazing. Great job!

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Tatixox

Жыл бұрын

Hi I love you’re bedroom headboard .Do you have a link please.Thanks!

Love it!! Full videos like this!

Excellent I'll try this

Super smart, simple meals. Very practical! Also, your kitchen is gorgeous!

That’s awesome!! Good job!!

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Good ideas with the sides and other stuff that takes time, all kid friendly foods too. Saving for a freezer seal thingy so I can freeze more stuff. But great idea lady, making things as easy on yourself as possible is self care too cuz you earn your quiet time at night after they are all asleep, and before they wake up… Balancing all of that gets hard and you breeze through it. Thanks again for the sides ideas and just nights with dinners that don’t take much to finish. ❤ You are a good mama 🐻

Wow!!! Great idea!!! Go mom!!!👍🏽👏🏽❤️

Im pregnant and getting inspo to prep me and my little family some nutritious, hearty meals for this winter baby ❤ we really dont have dependable help close by so its all about the work I get to put in before hand.

Thank you! I will definitely try this out too!

Love this!! Thanks!!

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This looks great.

I LOVE having chili prepped in the freezer. I always make a GIGANTIC pot, eat it for dinner when it's fresh and freeze at least 6 meals worth (for our family of 4). Sometimes I use it as an extra meaty pasta sauce. Eat it with corn chips. Chili cheese dogs. Or regular ol chili and a side of bread 👍

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO THIS MORE OFTEN AND IN LONG FORM!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Please I need more details. I just started taking care my elder aunt while going thru IVF. And I am overwhelmed.

@Deelitee

Жыл бұрын

How sweet of you!! ❤

The pasta was great!!!

Great job Mom 👌👌👍👍❤️❣️✌️

God bless you! Women like you teach younger women with your life. Thank you for your videos, I just had my first baby and I feel like I’m just now learning how to be productive each day while still maintaining Jesus’ spirit of peace and joy. Love how your word for the year is Rest! ❤❤

Can you link where you purchased your top? It’s so nice! 🥰🥰

I like that your kitchen has character

Great job!

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

im doing this next week, im expecting and i have a family of 4 soon to be five.. im tired by 5pm

I didn't know you could freeze chopped potatoes, or veg that hasn't been blanched first.

@Angel-002

Жыл бұрын

You can't😂😂

@vcooke7365

Жыл бұрын

You can. You blanch it so that it keeps its color mainly and for it to keep better in the freezer but as she's eating them the same month I don't feel it matters as much

@maryburger1232

Жыл бұрын

​@@vcooke7365 they weren't blanched they were raw !

Good for you! I applaud how you feed healthy home-cooked meals to your family and love that you are saving $$ and your sanity. 😊

I’ve been trying to meals like this that my family would actually eat. We have cultural preferences but hope figure it out soon. You do such a great job keeping on top of things, it definitely motivates me.

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

You can do it! I’m glad these encourage you!

This would've taken me like 4 hrs..props!!!.👏👏👏👏

Meal prep for 7 people for a whole month inly takes you 3-4 hours!?!? Thats crazy! How many meals do you typically make for the month? Love the video btw!

Great job

It's a great idea!! I like to write down all my recipes I'm going to do (if possible according to what's on sale) which everyone can put in their input. When you're a working mom , it's a godsend!!

Motivated!!!! I'm doing this

Very inspiring!

Raw chicken and veg together? No way

@annasulina

Жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking, raw meat should be freezed separately always

@zeroheroes4081

Жыл бұрын

​@@annasulina Why?

Ms Ashbay could you go into more detail about how you prep, store, and prepare these freezer meals? Im new to meal prep and want to make sure I am following food safety and wont make myself sick from improper practices.

Ima have to try this.

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

It makes life way easier during the week!

Did y'all watch Pam on Pam's place get air out of bags by slowly submerging upright but filled bags in water having zipped top almost completely closed then when bag is almost completely submerged quickly zip it the rest of the way. the water pressure pushed the air out of the bag. Very cool if you don't own a vacuum sealer.

Does anyone here have knowledge or resources on how to make freezer meals that dont turn out soggy or have watered down flavor?

Thank you 🎉🎉🎉

I need this in my life, cause sometimes I don’t know what eat anymore.

I prep and cook on my days off like 2 days a week so that I have meals for work days

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

Love that!

where did you get your sweater??!! LOVE!!!

I was hoping you did a detailed video on this but didn’t see it 😢 I agree with the others asking for it though!

Where did you get your sweatshirt? Love it 😊

Don’t the potatoes turn black and mealy in the freezer?

May I have recipes please?

You’re amazing!! Can you share about your sweatshirt?? Love that it’s casual but tailored.

@CalamityCJ

Жыл бұрын

Came to the comments for this info too!

@Deelitee

Жыл бұрын

@@CalamityCJ I looked on Amazon with the image search, but had no luck. 😕

@CalamityCJ

Жыл бұрын

@@Deelitee I paused it and did a reverse image search and found it in a couple boutique stores, one at Walmart too, but not sure if that one's a knockoff.

@Deelitee

Жыл бұрын

@@CalamityCJ do you recall the brands??

You are a Psalms 91 Woman! Read “Becoming the Woman God Wants Me to Be” You’ve got this! And your Mental Health is human, you handle it with grace. 🙏☺️😇

Thank you! So inspiring! 💜😊

What job does your husband have? Just trying to get ideas because my husband doesn’t know what he wants to do, he just has an entry level job right now. But we want babies so badly, and we both want me to be a stay at home mom and homeschool our kids. Any advice?

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

My husband is a senior software developer 🤗 he’s done it for over 10 years now. In the beginning he worked 2 jobs so that I could stay home

Can you do a videos showing meal prep to put it in the freezer thank you

Carrots and potatoes should be parboiled before freezing. The quality sucks if they’re frozen without that step.

Dont some of those veggies need partial cooking before freezing?

@vcooke7365

Жыл бұрын

Mainly only if u care about the color changing

where can I find the recipes?

#meals #prep #goodideas

I need this routine. I'm a mom of 4 living in a house of 8 and I do all of the cooling😭

Could you please do an outline book. This would assist many many mums and dads as well as add income to your life.

@AshbayFam

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I’m hoping to create a few guides for purchase over the summer on my routines, homeschool and a workout program! (I’m an exercise physiologist)

Good idea

I noticed the video: my wife gets up to damn early’s comments was taken down, must have had lots of negative comments.😅😊😂

I used to do that when the kids were younger and my husband with them around he's dying and the kids are grown CS

My mum has 7 kids and doesnt do this it's really helpful thanks for the idea x

Ooof that seemingly unseasoned ground meat being dumped on jarred sauce gave me the chills 😶

@Deelitee

Жыл бұрын

Why?? Is that bad??

@sinead3345

Жыл бұрын

@@Deelitee Honestly can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic - if you want to actually enjoy your food then yeah, I’d say it’s pretty bad. I can see why they’re able to prep a month of food in 3-4 hours. And the sad little shake of Parmesan at the end, I can’t 😭

@Deelitee

Жыл бұрын

@@sinead3345 no… totally not being sarcastic. Lol. Funny I was even thinking my question might be received that way. Do you mean from a taste/flavor standpoint or is there a safety thing? Food handling concern?

recipes please 🙏

Putting raw meat in a freezer bag with cut up veggies is a bit cross contamination issue.

Can you show making them

Where do you get your recipes for freezer meals please?

Arr there recipes that come w this video?

😍😍😍😍

Also looking for the info on the top please!

Lol whaaaaa??? mom if what 5?? Lol u look like a kid yourself momma 🎉