(I created a group for single parents and posted this question there also, but thought this would be a good forum to post the question.)

I am a single parent and have a 7 year old daughter. I'm trying to plan ahead (surgery in 3 weeks!!!) to have meals on-hand for my kiddo while I'm doing the pre and post-op diet. I want this to be a new, healthy beginning for both of us because, let's face it, I didn't just make bad food choices for myself and she's developed bad eating habits as well! I have talked openly with her about the surgery and she is all excited and wants to eat healthier too (what can I say, I have a great kid!!!)

Sooo... I'm trying to think of healthy food I can prep in advance and have in the freezer to easily re-heat for her dinners. Does anyone have suggestions or experience doing this? What worked well for your kids and family?

Update... I went to Super Target over the weekend and stocked up on meats for my kiddo's meals while I'm on liquid diet (starts next week, wow!). OH, have any of you tried using the ziploc "perfect portion" bags?! They are FAB for buying bulk meat items and them portioning it out to keep in freezer.

I've also ordered a toaster/convection oven from Walmart - woohoo!

I'm going to enlist my daughter's help in planning her dinner menus for the next several weeks! I'll post back here when we come up with a plan

Single mom here too, my daughter is 4 and thank god she is not very picky because I worked my hardest to NOT have her take over my eating habits (she didn't even have a french fry until she was almost 4!!!! This seemed to have worked since she doesn't really like sweets and loves fruits and veggies :-) I didn't want her to have the struggles I have had!)

CHILI! Maybe for further down the road when you can eat it too but it was really the only thing I could get down when I started really eating food. Made it with Turkey and LOTS of beans (protein) I lived on it for at least a week and my daughter loved it too! Also made a white bean chicken chili recently and we both loved that too!

awesome ideas !!!! love the teriayaki ckn !!!

This looked good. Can make them up ahead of time. Maybe omit bread crumbs because of carbs... or change the kind of cheese for little kids

http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/217151/blue-cheese-spinach-meat-loaf-muffins?ms=1&prop25=103018826&prop26=DailyDish&prop27=2013-01-13&prop28=DailyRecipe&prop29=FullRecipeLink&me=1