24 servings
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Restorative Roots freezer meal stacks with soup bowls and vegetables
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best food for postpartum a bowl of pink and brown shatavari rice pudding organic and regenerative and gluten-free
Bowl of purple postpartum porridge with berries that is organic and regenerative and gluten-free
A bowl of high protein postpartum breakfast porridge on a white cloth
Bowl of healing postpartum chicken and rice with garnishes on a wooden table
Bowl of high protein meat postpartum stew on a wooden table
Mongolian Beef with mushrooms, carrots, and peppers in a large bowl
Bowl of soup with carrots, celery, and onions crafted for postpartum nutrition
Bowl of healing postpartum food on a wooden table
best food for postpartum a bowl of yellow chicken curry organic and regenerative and gluten-free
Golden red lentil soup with carrots and broccoli beside fresh kale, lemon, and ginger

The Essentials Package

Regular price$465.00
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  • 100% organic, regenerative and gluten-free ingredients
  • Slow-cooked in small batches without seed oils
  • Simmered using Regenerative bone broth
  • Compostable bamboo packaging
  • Designed specifically to nourish postpartum moms
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The Essentials Package is perfect for any Mama (plus a partner) who wants about two weeks of delicious, nutrient-dense postpartum meals without cooking from scratch or cleaning up.  You'll get 8 breakfast servings and 16 lunch/dinner servings!

*Each container is 1.75lbs of food.  For some, this is two servings; for others, it's three.  It depends on your appetite.  You can stretch these meals further by adding extra water or broth when reheating, or by adding more protein.*

Breakdown (12 containers = 24 servings):
(2) Shatavari Rice Pudding
(1) Very Berry Oatmeal Congee + Collagen
(1) Venison Breakfast Porridge
(2) Creamy Chicken + Rice Congee
(1) Hearty Sausage Stew
(1) Mongolian Beef Stew
(1) Primal Chili
(1) Traditional Lentil Stew
(1) Yellow Chicken Curry
(1) Golden Red Lentil

Want to pick your own entrées? Build your custom box here!

Orders ship every Tuesday. Place yours by Monday at 12 pm PST to make the cutoff. Curious about when to order, how shipping works, or how much freezer space you’ll need? Read our FAQs for all the details!

Stockout Notice. We cook in small batches using ultra-premium ingredients. In the rare event of a stockout we will replace the stocked-out meal with a comparable one.

Our Menu contains a complete ingredients list for each item.

Includes 8 Breakfasts + 16 Lunch/Dinners

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Customer Love...

I wish I knew about Mama Meals before I had my first baby!  Postpartum is so hard as it is, and cooking is even harder. The oatmeals saved me in the morning and those lactation cookies are seriously delicious. I’m 9 months postpartum now and I still order meals! They are so hearty and quick to heat. I recommend this to every mom, especially right after having a baby.

Lina
Orange County, CA

These meals were a lifesaver during postpartum. I actually ate a few of them the final weeks of pregnancy since I was too exhausted to cook. My kids loved them too!  All the food is so healing, and cooked with such intention and love. It’s obvious Holly is passionate about what she does. I can’t recommend her service enough and so grateful to have found her!

Claire
Orange County, CA 

Mama Meals was a lifesaver for me postpartum, especially when my husband went back to work. They were easy to warm up and super filling, plus the lactation cookies were a delicious treat to have throughout the day. It took so much anxiety away knowing I had high quality nutrient dense meals for myself ready to go so I could relax and heal with my babe. Cannot recommend them enough!

Dani
Orange County, CA

If you’re like me and looking for healthy, nutrient dense postpartum meals (that are also delicious) you have to try Mama Meals. Holly goes above and beyond with quality, which I highly appreciate. Every ingredient has a purpose. And she uses the proper fats and cooking techniques to make the most nutritious, easily digestible foods for mamas.

Jess
Orange County, CA 

I reached out to Holly when my milk supply started to crash early postpartum. She gave me a list of things to help and whipped me up some amazingly tasty oatmeal and lactation cookies that were better than anything I had tried! Everything she made helped, and the lactation cookies were so good my husband couldn't stop eating them.

Nikki
Orange County, CA

It took me until my third birth to realize the power of having healthy, nutrient-dense FOOD is the first line of healing for a new mom.  Mama Meals was 100% the difference between my last postpartum journeys and the success I’ve had this time around. The meals are crafted with love, packed with great quality ingredients, absolutely delicious AND set me up for great success with having my milk come in!

Anna
Orange County, CA 

Postpartum is hard, and trying to eat a healthy balanced diet is harder when you’re sleep deprived and getting to know your new baby. Mama Meals took all of the hard work off our plate (pun intended). It made preparing nourishing and delicious meals something we didn’t have to worry about, which was such a relief for me and my husband. He was able to be more present with us during such a special but exhausting time.

Ashley
Orange County, CA
★★★★★

I had my baby 1.5 weeks ago and these meals have been an absolute GODSEND.  It’s all so delicious, nutritious, comforting, and best of all easy to make.  This has been my easiest recovery and I think a lot has to do with the lack of stress to feed myself.  Also, my baby has reacted well to everything!  Thank you Holly!!  I will order again!

Amy
Orange County, CA
  • 5 stars: 32 (82%)
  • 4 stars: 4 (10%)
  • 3 stars: 3 (8%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Sara
Lifesaver!!

I’m so glad I stumbled on this company and took the plunge to get these meals - in fact, I’m probably placing another order as I truly can’t get enough and already can’t imagine my days without them. I just had my 4th baby at home so my husband has had quite a lot on his plate…these meals have made it completely effortless to keep me nourished and well fed while he can focus on our other kiddos and himself. We are extremely picky with the ingredients we allow in our home, but I feel 100% confident putting these meals in my body. It has been an incredible blessing. Yes, it’s not “cheap” to buy, but when you calculate the thoughtful ingredients, time, and energy it would take to have these waiting in your freezer it’s more than worth it. Just make your life easy and get these! I know I will 1000% be gifting these to any special postpartum moms I know.

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Bethany Beal
A MUST for every postpartum woman

The essentials package is a MUST for every postpartum woman. Having these nourishing freezer ready meals to go is the biggest blessing in the world. I feel so spoiled.

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Jade Bharadwaj
Super helpful

I can’t imagine my postpartum without those meals! It help me have better mood, energy to take care of my littlest one, and even my husband enjoy some of those meals. Many thanks!!
Ps- I chose to order some more. Just because they’re GOOD! I’m telling you. It’s good!

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Paulina Ulrich
Delicious, thoughtful, and convenient

As someone who is truly the cook of the family but often puts herself last when it comes to making sure I have enough food, these mama meals were a life saver. I was able to meal prep for my son and husband and then rely on mama meals to feed me nutritious, healing and delicious food. This took a lot of stress off my husband and myself knowing everyone is being fed well including me. So far, everything I’ve tried from the chai pancakes, primal chili, Ayurvedic kitchari and berry oatmeal congee, has tasted absolutely delicious.

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Kel
Ease and Support

We are so happy with our purchase of Restorative Roots Essentials Package. It’s super easy to select what you want to eat from the freezer and defrost. My husband prepares it for me and in most cases we’ve gotten two servings out of each of box, so it feeds both of us. I love how nourishing and filling each meal is. When I eat it I feel relieved and cared for. My body can feel the research, wisdom and love crafted into each recipe, something I know I couldn’t accomplish cooking for myself during this postpartum time. The amount of ease it creates for my family is abundantly clear. It’s a great investment, a great product, and a great small business to buy from.
I looked into a few options for postpartum meals, and chose Restorative Roots for the value of the size and prices of the meals, the included shipping in the products prices, the gluten-free emphasis and the all-organic sourcing.
I hope to be able to send this package to friends in the future, and to have for myself with future pregnancies. Thank you for creating such amazing support for women and families during one of the most challenging and special seasons of life. We are so grateful.

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Emily

Very nutritious and flavorful. Not bland or needs much added to it.

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Nikki Morgan
Post Partum Self Care

Two years ago I used Restorative Roots for my first post partum journey, and now I’m back for the second time. I cannot wait to have my baby and have the Shatavari Rice Pudding as my first meal again! The care and love put into these meals is felt and appreciated for those early days.

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Torie Z.
Delicious and perfect!

I absolutely love the meals and treats from Restorative Roots. Each ingredient and recipe was carefully crafted with our bodies and souls in mind. Thank you for these meals, they made mealtime very easy! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Jacqueline Canny
Great gift

Send to my daughter in law post partum as I couldn't be there. She's very happy, loves the nutritious ingredients!

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Shann C
Good quality - wish it was more protein dense

I love that these meals use high quality ingredients that I would use to prep and cook at home. And that they follow traditional postpartum diet. My only negative is that the meals feel 'light' for the price. I understand the ingredients are high quality and thus cost more, so I'd say it's still worth it for someone who doesn't have time to prep at home. It also makes a lovely gift for mamas. I was able to stretch them out by adding my own bone broth, extra cooked protein, raw milk, etc so that's an option.

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Caitlin

Delicious absolutely delicious. It such a peace of mind knowing im eating such high quality and good food after giving birth that I can just heat up. It makes postpartum much easier and also it tastes so good! The lactation brownies are delicious!

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Katrina Topolinski
Good but needs more protein

The meals were tasty and easy to make but they don’t have enough protein for my liking when I’m breastfeeding. My favorite food was the rice pudding, so delicious!

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Laura Howe
Mama meals

So crucial in our post partum period. They feel so nourishing and are easy to prepare

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Amanda Bautista
Checks all the boxes

I’m on day 5 postpartum and made sure to add Mama Meals gift cards to my registry as I knew I wanted to be nourished and have something easy for my first 40 postpartum days to go to. I got the Essentials Package and so far the meals have not disappointed. The pudding is my favorite breakfast, and the stew was great too. I look forward to exploring all of the meals. I especially wanted to try the lactation brownies and they are amazing. The perfect little dessert or sweet tooth filling and my supply is doing well. Thanks Mama Meals for what you are doing!

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janet Estes

Wonderful meals

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Kaila
A Postpartum Essential

Absolutely loved having these meals for my second postpartum period. They were nutrition dense and there were a variety of enough recipes that I didn’t get tired of anything. I managed to have these meals last for about 9 days and it was great. Easy for my spouse to prepare! There were 1-2 dishes that were lacking in seasoning/spices/flavor but we just added a bit extra on our own and then they were fine! So happy we used this service!

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Kendall Kempf
Best gift to myself postpartum!

The chicken congee, Shatavari rice pudding, lactation brownies and chia pancakes are delicious!! I really loved all the meals and the ingredients in each one. Would recommend to any of my girlfriends!

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Vick Cox

Would like more protein in each meal.

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Inessa Zhernokleyev
Great idea but flavors can be improved

I love the idea of this, and the convenience for pp mamas. The fact that it’s made with great ingredients is 10/10. The flavors however were just ok to me personally. Chicken and rice is considered their best dish and it was my least favorite. I liked the rice pudding and the chili. Also the meals are very rice heavy which isn’t good for glucose stability. I was wearing a Libre glucose monitor and would get pretty high spikes after the meals bc they all have so much rice in them (I’m non diabetic). I think having a variety of base ingredients would be a good improvement. Overall I’m glad I tried it, but considering the price I probably wouldn’t buy it again personally.

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Jessica Bradt

Essentials Package

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Michael Williams
Great, except they forgot the note...

We ordered this for a couple who just had a baby and they love the meals so far! It was just frustrating that our note was not included when it was delivered so they didn't know it was from us.

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Lauren Taglialavore
Amazing!

I wish the protein content was higher but they are still sooo good!

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Krista venti
Couldn’t be happier with these meals!

My baby was born 8 days ago and I’ve been completely living off of the mama meals.
They’re delicious, and the ingredients are so clean.
I usually do all the cooking in our house, so I knew I had to make it easy on my husband while I recovered postpartum.
These meals have made it so easy for him to just warm up and serve to me.
I can definitely tell a difference in how I’m feeling more nourished after this baby, compared to my others.

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Kim Cozzi
DEEELICIOUS & Nutritious

Outstanding quality, packaged for easy prep& heating, so tasty and nutritious. ♥️

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Anastassia

Love, love, LOVE everything about these meals & this company. Each meal felt like a warm hug. They brought a smile to my face and I looked forward to every meal. I also believe my milk production was significantly higher due to these meals :) You can immediately taste, see, and feel the effort & detail that goes into each meal. They all tasted fresh & exceeded my expectations. I would highly recommend Mama Meals for every new mom. Thanks for taking care of us

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Grace

Absolutely loved every meal from them. This is the perfect way to invest in yourself as a new -and very hungry- mom. <3 tysm for using organic, pasture raised and grass fed!

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Christina Levine
Delicious

Great food and helped me lose baby weight!

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Paulina Wilczega

Not a type of food I like,but I order it to eat healthy.Dishes missing veggies and meats,,too much rice,a little bit of meat,My favorite things was lactation cookies,soups.Mama meals arrived well packed and frozen,good for postpatrum