Meal service for new parents?

One my oldest friends is about to have her second baby and her brithday. She has been an amazing support to me, DD and DH even though she lives so far away.

I would like to get her and her family a few free meals on us something similiar, I'm sure I read about someone starting up a business offering these kind of services for new parents (and if why haven't they? Hmmm...maybe I should??). Does this ring a bell. They live in Herne Bay, Auckland.

rings a bell to me too, but have no idea of the name...

I googled home delivery meal service and a few sites came up but nothing was for new parents..

Bellyful is an organisation that provides meals for families with newborn babies, who have little family or social support.

This is what a friend sent me on it as she helps out:

Bellyful was founded by 4 mums who have all experienced how difficult it can be to have a new baby in the family. Many mums with new babies find that the most difficult time of the day is dinner time; especially if you have other children that need feeding!

Bellyful have meals that have been previously prepared and frozen and when called upon, one of our mums will hand deliver one of these meals. As we mums know, that meal can be a real sanity saver! All of the ingredients are donated by businesses or people in the Green Bay area community and meals are provided at no cost to those that receive them.

Who is Bellyful for?

Families with babies under 3 months old or who have little family or social support.

What’s the catch?

Isn’t it terrible that we wonder this? But we all think it, so let’s just get it out of the way now…..there isn’t one! We are just doing this because we want to make someone else’s life just a little bit easier.

What’s for dinner?

What we have in the freezer can vary from week to week, but the types of meals may include:

Shepherds Pie/Macaroni Cheese/Soup/Sausage Casserole & Mashed Potato

Our food is designed by Mums for families that may include pre-school food critics!

They are simple and wholesome meals.

Im not sure of the names - but there are heaps of companies in Auckland that do Meals on Wheels type food deliveries that are actually pretty decent and cost around $10 per meal, per person. If I was at work I could get details for you, but I wont be back till Tuesday - Ill ahve a look then

I saw these guys on another thread ( might have been December). Im tempted to order some meals from them except Im very fussy. They deliver to Auckland if you read the FAQ.

http://www.eatunlimited.co.nz

oh that is a lovely idea!  Did you find somewhere?

eat unlimited have a good rep from people I know who have used them. The meals arrive snap chilled and don't need to be frozen if eaten within a certain time frame (I think it's 10 days??? foggy brain sorry).
Delivery nation wide and you can get quite a few meals in the one delivery thingy. They have some yummy sounding meals too. Can be upsized to a mega size for only $1 more per meal so if they are small eaters this would be cheap for two.

I think it was Baby Angel I saw...but lordy its expensive. I don't know if they would qualify for the more social support type ones, as will have family staying and they live a pretty comfortable extistence, but will be pushed for time like everyone else.