I am supposed to take dinner tonight to a girl in our church who just adopted a baby, and I cannot think of anything to bring. I think I'm just so overwhelmed w/ school stuff that I can't think of making any decisions--I don't know what to fix for Ken and me much less what to fix for someone else.
So what do you all fix to take to other people? And what things did you like/not like when you had meals delivered to you? Thanks for your help. Sorry this is such late notice, but I kept thinking that something brilliant would hit me. : )
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Hey Ryan,
I think Lisa's probably the go-to person on this one, but I usually bring something they can freeze in case they have too many leftovers. Which usually leaves me with chicken and broccoli, lasagna, baked ziti, stuffed shells, or chili...I'm sure there's more. If you're short on time ziti is probably the fastest b/c then you can just grab some bread and a salad to go with it. I know it's hard to do when you're as busy as you are, but it's such a ministry to the family so good job!
I've actually never made a meal and frozen it. How does that work? Do you put all the ingredients together and then freeze it, or do you bake it first before freezing it?
some of the things that I liked that were made for me...
soup (taco and white chicken chili), chicken pot pie, chicken and rice dinner, stuffed shells, lasagna, dirty rice and beef
Ryan,
Things that are fast that we actually really enjoyed were Mr. T's pizza and a store-bought lasagna and frozen garlic bread. I'm sure the people may have felt bad about not actually making us something, but both of those meals came from people who worked and were really busy, so if it comes down to it, you could always pick them something up. If you want to make something, Karen gave a great list of things that are fast. Since she adopted, you probably don't have to worry about spicy, so you could do your taco soup or chili - perfect for this weather! If you do want to do something that they can freeze, I usually just put the dish together and not cook it (which would save you time!) and send it with baking instructions. One thing I'll do for us is make one thing and split it in half - they get 1/2 and we get 1/2, so it takes care of our dinner, too! That way I don't have to make 2 meals...or I guess in your case, you could just double the recipe so you have lots of leftovers! Anyway, hope this helps...just know that whatever you take is a HUGE blessing to them! Oh, one more idea...you could call them and see what they want from Mojo - that's always a treat for us! Let us know what you end up doing! (And sorry this is so long!)
I agree with Lisa about picking something up for the family if you don't have time to make something. It TRULY is fine to do that ... what you're doing for them is taking the thinking and hassle of dinner off their hands so it really doesn't matter if it's homemade or not! Anything thing that you bring over is just like going out to dinner for them anyway! :) They will appreciate it all! AND if you do make something homemade give it to them in a tupperware container that you DON'T want back. I just returned some dishes that I've had for oh... about 4 months and I've had the guilt of not returning them hanging over my head for all 4 months! :)
Sorry my comment earlier was so void of emotion...I was trying to type and hold Jonas (I kept it short since typing with one hand is hard). Anyways, I just wanted to confirm everything Lisa and Tab said about being busy and bringing whatever. It was so nice to have dinner taken care of for us. We just appreciated not having to think about it - it was hard to even get to the grocery store to get ingredients much less have the energy to cook something. Oh, and don't feel like you have to make dessert either. We enjoyed the desserts that were made for us (esp. that pb pie from you). But if we got dessert and ate all of it every time someone brought food - I would still look like I was pregnant (except I wouldn't have any excuses). :) You are so busy and you have such a big heart to help so many people - you don't have to make your best meal ever for them - they will enjoy it b/c it was brought with LOVE! Cheesy, but true.
Thanks. These are all great suggestions. There are lots of people in our church needing meals these days, and I can't ever think of what to fix.
I asked Yvonne at lunch, and she had another great thought. The girl we're taking dinner to is not married, so it's just for her. Yvonne said that quiche might be something a little different, and since it's kind of a girly food, it could work well.
And thanks for the encouragement that it doesn't have to be something elaborate. I think I have this idea in my head that it should be something fancy.
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