6 steps to a Healthy Post-Natal diet. With some recipes!

Hi all,

One of our members asked for some ideas for healthy diet options so I have gathered some nice recipes and food ideas for you here. I have scoured the internet and cookbooks, as well as thrown some of my own in there so you can have the best, most complete and tastiest food.

I am creating 5 booklets with recipe ideas and will push them out over the next 4 weeks. It will consist of 4 normal booklets and a lovely “summer recipes” booklet that I hope you’ll enjoy.

There will be some ideas for breakfast, dinners, lunches and a lovely juice or two. If you’re vegan, vegetarian, lactose intolerant etc there will still be something for you in here.

You don’t have to be a member to download them or anything. Just click on the link at the bottom of the blogs.

Some guidelines for a Healthy Post Natal Diet.

1; Don’t worry if you get it wrong sometimes. I can’t stress this enough. If you have a baby, especially if you have an older child as well, life is busy and hectic enough so don’t worry if a cheese and pickle sandwich is the lunch of choice.

2; Look for the nutritious options NOT the low calorie ones. Nothing depresses me more than having people ask for low calorie options. What you need is a complete and nutritious diet. You need to eat well for yourself and your baby, not low calorie. The early Post-partum days are not the time to start worrying about losing weight. Remember; Your baby is a parasite!

3; Making food from scratch is often the key to a good diet. It’s very difficult to buy healthy convenience food. Almost everything is high in sugar and salt, low in vegetables and low in quality ingredients.

4; Food quality matters. It’s better if you can buy nice quality fresh ingredients. This is not an option for everyone but fresh high quality food doesn’t have to be expensive. I wrote a long time ago how tinned and frozen food is sometimes higher in nutrients than “fresh” food is.

5; Variety really helps. If you can have a wide variety of vegetables, fruit and proteins then you have a more complete diet than someone who eats carrots, kale and chicken every day. Remember, we’re not doing a weight-loss diet.

6; There is no magic ingredient. Turmeric, Quinoa, Kale, Acaii-berries, chia seeds etc. These are all fine foods but they’re not magic. So don’t believe the hype.

And a bonus point

7; Don’t stress about it. Much like in point 1; You don’t have to get it right all the time. If you’re in the right ballpark 80% of the time you’ll be well ahead of the game. And food is there to be enjoyed.

You can download it here; HPNB Post-Natal cookbook week 1

That’s what I’m talking about.

Take care and let me know if there’s anything you’d like to see.

Peter