Edible Baby Shower Gift Ideas

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After a woman has a baby, she and older members of her household may not have time to prepare meals.  Many women don’t have the luxury of having someone come into the home to help prepare meals for her and her family.  Consequently, an edible baby shower gift will make a significant contribution to providing meals to a family with a newborn in the home.

1.  Give restaurant gift certificates.  These restaurants should not be fast-food restaurants, but restaurants that offer healthy dishes.  If you can, give gift certificates that offer delivery service. 
2. Purchase meal packages for the family from businesses like Dinner by Design (dinnerbydesignkitchen.com).  They will prepare the dishes, and the customer just has to cook them at home.  Some of the locations offer delivery services.
3. Commit to making and delivering a meal a week for one month or longer to the family.  If you really want to be ambitious, you can organize a group of people to prepare meals for the family with the newborn.
4. Give frozen entrees.  Deliver frozen entrees or dishes to the family after the baby is born.  They can put them in the freezer and pull them out when they’re ready to heat them.

 If you’ve been in a home with a newborn, you know how difficult planning and preparing meals can be for families.  So next time you’re invited to a baby shower consider giving an edible baby shower gift.

July 20th, 2009 by Yolanda D. Young | Posted in Baby Showers, Gift ideas | (0)