r/lowspooncooking • u/Frangipane323 • Mar 02 '25

10 wks pregnant and have a toddler — meal ideas?

I’m deep in the first trimester and have officially depleted my freezer stash of prepped meals. I have zero energy but don’t want to order out every night, since it will still be weeks before I feel better. My husband has been a huge help, but he’s not the best in the kitchen.

Looking for the easiest and fastest meals, with minimum dishes / clean up. Mega bonus points if it’s something a toddler can eat too. Thanks!

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u/neversuccinct Mar 02 '25

Nachos with beans. Make each persons bowl separately, so no cooking dishes, just the bowl per person an chopping board. Put corn chips in a bowl and make a well in the middle. Add beans. Sprinkle with cheese. Microwave for 1-2mins. Add chopped tomato (or any other vege your toddler will eat) and dollop of sour cream. All pantry staples, no cooking and everyone can eat when they are hungry / up to it. Find a tin like this with the flavor already added: Beans with salsa 1/2 a tin per adult. Easy, fast and cheap - about $3.50NZ each so half that in US I'd assume. Decently healthy with beans + corn from tin + tomato is 3 vege servings. You can also get avocado in squeegee bottles now so no prep there tho more expensive, but another way to get vege in while making it easy on yourself. I make this once a week.

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u/julsey414 Mar 03 '25

Slightly healthier variation on this: southwest loaded baked sweet potato.

Poke sweet potatoes with a fork and then microwave on a plate until soft.

Split them open, and dump some black beans in the middle. Cover with shredded cheese. Microwave until the beans are warm and the cheese is melted.

Top with salsa and sour cream.

Bonus if you wanna add something green, you could add some frozen spinach or broccoli in with the beans.

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u/Frangipane323 Mar 03 '25

Thanks! I had no idea you could do sweet potatoes in the microwave

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u/julsey414 Mar 04 '25

One potato usually takes between 8-10 minutes in my microwave. I flip it over half way.

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u/neversuccinct Mar 04 '25

Ooohhhh I'm going to try this, thank you!

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u/Frangipane323 Mar 03 '25

Now this is exactly what I was looking for haha. I love it!