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Fueling Your Pregnancy & Postpartum Journey with Expert Insights, Practical Tips, and Delicious Recipes
I'm breaking down the research behind nutrition to make it feel positive and actionable (instead of unrealistic!) Whether you're a mom-to-be, a new mom, or a professional serving pregnant/postpartum clients, this blog is for you.
Magnesium Magic Bars
A one-handed, chocolatey snack that actually helps with postpartum exhaustion, stress and sugar cravings? Meet the Magnesium Magic Bars. Packed with pumpkin seeds, almonds, oats, quinoa, dark chocolate and more, these freezer-friendly bars are loaded with “mom-nesium” — one of the most important (and often low) minerals in early motherhood.
Salted Maple Pecan Collagen Bites
These Salted Maple Pecan Collagen Bites are a postpartum mama’s best friend: easy to prep, nutrient-packed, naturally sweetened, and freezer-friendly. They’re one-handed, satisfying, and made with ingredients that help replenish your body during recovery.
Postpartum Sheet Pan Sausage + Veggie Breakfast Burritos
These Sheet Pan Sausage + Veggie Breakfast Burritos from The Nourished Mother cookbook are a true postpartum mom hack: one pan, twelve servings, and a nutrient-rich breakfast or anytime of day snack you can reheat in seconds. These ready-to-go breakfast burritos are packed with protein and nutrients, and are easy to customize with whatever veggies, meat, or wraps you have on hand.
The Banana Bread Cookie
These cookies turn the banana bread flavour you know and love into a portable, crumble-free cookie form perfect for postpartum snacking with a baby on your chest. Breastfeeding and freezer-friendly, these GF and DF cookies are full of the nourishing ingredients that support your postpartum season including oats, hemp seeds, nut butter and pecans. If you have two ripe bananas at home (or in the freezer) - it’s time to make The Banana Bread Cookie!
Double Chocolate Toasted Walnut + Sesame Cookies
The first recipe sneak peak from The Nourished Mother cookbook is here! These Double Chocolate Toasted Walnut + Sesame Cookies are packed with nutrition AND taste like brownies. The postpartum friendly one-handed chocolate-lovers dream!
Apple Pie Oat Bars
Sometimes, the simplest snacks are the most comforting when you need steady energy, nourishing ingredients, and food that can be eaten one-handed while holding your little one. These Apple Pie Oat Bars are soft, chewy, and warmly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. They’re naturally sweetened with applesauce and maple syrup, packed with oats and flax for fiber, and easy to batch-prep for the week (or freezer).
What to Eat for Postpartum Hair Loss to Support Hair Health + Growth
The hair growth many women experience during pregnancy can take a noticeable turn after giving birth. Postpartum hair loss affects many new mothers and can leave them wondering what they can do to restore the lush, thick hair they had before pregnancy. While hormones play a large role, your diet is one of the most powerful tools for supporting healthy hair after childbirth.
What to Eat in The Third Trimester for Better Postpartum Recovery
The third trimester of pregnancy is an amazing opportunity to not only nourish yourself to support baby’s growth and health, but to set yourself up for a smooth postpartum recovery as you prepare for birth and the fourth trimester.
Healthy Holiday Chocolate Bark
This healthy holiday chocolate bark is really ideal for pregnancy and postpartum because the red, green, and white toppings used here are full of protein, healthy fats, fibre, and key nutrients like vitamin E, zinc, magnesium, and even iron.
Gingerbread Lactation Cookies
These gingerbread lactation cookies are a spin on my original lactation cookies and they are the absolute perfect thing to bake if you want a sweet holiday treat, if you’re prepping a festive snack for your family, of if you’re just looking for a little lactation support!
Here's How Much Fibre you need in Pregnancy (and how to get it)
Here’s how much fibre you need and why getting in enough can be so helpful to feeling good, supporting your body, and even lowering your risk of serious complications. Learn the easiest ways to boost your fibre with simple high fibre foods and and easy pregnancy meal and snack ideas.
Top 10 Nutrition Tips For Getting Pregnant
Here are 10 practical pre-pregnancy nutrition strategies you can start using today to boost your fertility, balance hormones, improve egg quality, support regular ovulation, and reduce the risk of fertility challenges and even pregnancy loss.
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Protein Muffins
These healthy pumpkin muffins have 6g of protein each (plus awesome fibre and good fats!) but taste like a seasonal sweet treat you’d get at a coffee shop while you look out at the turning leaves and autumn decor on the front stoop.
Top 7 Healing Drinks and Teas for Postpartum
Looking for simple yet powerful ways to support your postpartum recovery? Healing drinks like nutrient-packed broths, calming herbal teas, and hydrating chia drinks offer essential nutrients, support gut health, and ease stress in a way that’s easy to fit into a busy day with a new baby. Sip your way to replenishment and balance with these comforting, nourishing postpartum drinks.
Slow Cooker Cauliflower and Sweet Potato Soup
This Slow Cooker Sweet Potato and Cauliflower soup is the perfect nutrient dense warming recipe for pregnancy or postpartum (for freezer prep or real life with a baby!). With just 10 minutes of hands-on time needed, you’ll get a hearty dose of the nutrients you need most.
Nourishing Your Body After Miscarriage
Learn how to nourish your body after a miscarriage for healing, pain management, uterine recovery, and to support your physical, mental, and emotional health.
Golden Milk Latte
Learn how to make an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant rich Golden Milk Latte with the healing spices turmeric and ginger and get the scoop on why this drink is so supportive for you during preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum.
Pre-Pregnancy Diet: How to eat for fertility and a healthy pregnancy
Focusing on your nutrition before you get pregnant can significantly impact your fertility, pregnancy, and your baby’s future health. Learn about what to eat to lay the groundwork for a healthy pregnancy, easier postpartum recovery, and your child’s lifelong well-being.
Double Chocolate Lentil Muffins
The perfect chocolate muffin recipe for pregnancy (including pregnancy nausea!) or postpartum that hides some of the most important nutrients (like folate, iron, and protein) in a freezer-friendly muffin that tastes like a chocolate cupcake!
The Safest Cookware for Pregnancy and Beyond
Learn why the cookware you use in your kitchen matters for your pregnancy health, and what the research is showing about why PFAS chemicals are so harmful during this time. Get recommendations on safe cookware choices, and learn how to get started replacing items in your pregnancy kitchen.
THE RECIPES YOU NEED IN YOUR KITCHEN
Searching for simple, nutritious recipes for pregnancy? Check out The Food Doula Cookbook!
My award-winning collection of easy-to-cook recipes for pregnancy and postpartum, plus real-life advice on nutrition.