As a training doula I compiled some recipes that I've enjoyed with my family and tweaked a few I found, to suggest to future clients. Each one offers a well balanced meal and provides vital protein, vitamins, minerals, medicinal herbs, and essential fatty acids that will help to prevent many common pregnancy complaints.
I hope you enjoy them. I would love to keep adding, if you have one you love please share.
Recipes
I hope you enjoy them. I would love to keep adding, if you have one you love please share.
Recipes
GREEN OMLET
3 eggs
1 tablespoon butter
1 clover garlic
1/4 cup onion
1 red or yellow bell pepper
2-3 cups dandelion greens(can be subbed for collard greens)
Pinch cayenne
Pinch sea salt
Pinch pepper
Optional:sauté garlic and greens before adding to onion and peppers
Chop peppers and onion, set to sit
Whisk eggs and seasoning, add to heated pan with butter. Cook over medium heat until firm add peppers, garlic and greens, flip over one side and slide onto plate.
CUCUMBER AND AVOCADO SALAD (vegetarian)
2 cucumbers peeled and cubed
2 alvacados cubed
1 clove garlic
4 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons minced onion
Pinch salt and pepper
1/2 squeezed lemon juice
1/2 squeezed lime juice(optional)
Prepare and toss. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
SIMPLE SALAD(magnesium rich)
5 cups favorite green leaf mix(spinach, collard greens, mustard green ect)
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup green onion
1/2 cup asparagus tips
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
Dressing: 1/4 cup olive oil with dried thyme and oregano
SLEEPY CHERRY ALMOND SMOOTHY(this is a good nigh cap because cherries have natural melatonin in them)
1 cup pitted frozen(or 1&1/2 fresh) black or bing cherries
3/4 cup organic yogurt
1 tablespoon unsweetened almond butter
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract(optional)
1 tablespoon honey
Blend until smooth.
ORANGE GINGER OATMEAL
Prepare 1 serving steel cut oats
1/2 tablespoon orange extract
1/2 tablespoon grated ginger or crystallized ginger
Topped with 1/4 cup almond slices or walnuts
SWEET POTATO FRY SNACK
1 large sweet potato cut into 1/4 strips
2 tablespoons coconut oil
Pinch of salt
Coat fries in melted coconut oils sprinkle with salt. Bake at 450 degrees 30 minutes or until golden.
HERB TURKEY BURGERS
1 pound organic ground turkey meat
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary ground
1 tablespoon fresh sage
1 tablespoon fresh thyme swig
Pinch salt and pepper
Mix ingredients together and press into patties. Grill or bake for 30 minutes or until meat is 165 degrees.
COOL MANGO POPS
2 cups fresh or frozen mango puréed
1/2 cup yogurt or kifer
1 cup chamomile tea-cooled
Combine ingredients and pour into Popsicle molds or ice cube trays
BLACK BEAN BREAKFAST BURRRITOS
4 corn or flour tortillas
1 tablespoon coconut oil or grape seed oil
3 eggs
1 cup cooked brown rice
1 cup precook black beans or 1 can organic black beans
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon Tabasco or to taste1/2 portabela mushroom(optional)
1 clove garlic chopped
1/2 cup cheddar or Monterey cheese
1/2 lemon juice
Scramble and cook eggs with oil, onion and garlic continue to cook. When done add beans and rice. Spread on tortilla squeeze lemon juice and cheese and wrap up.
'MORNING SICKNESS' WATERMELON SALAD
1/2 red onion sliced thin and long
1/4 cup sliced olives of your choice
2 cups large sliced watermelon
2 cups arugula
1&1/2 cup fresh mint sprigs
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/8 cup goat or feta cheese(pasteurized)
Line bowl with watermelon, top with onion and greens. Spread with oil and cheese.
NUTBUTTER/CHOCOLATE ENERGY BARS
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup roasted peanuts or cashews
1/4 cup sunflower or pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup peanut or cashew butter
20 pitted dates
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
Preheat oven to 350 and line baking dish with parchment paper and coconut oil. In food processor pulse until fine; oats, nuts, nutbutter and dates. Whisk eggs and add to food processor. Remove and fold in chocolate and vanilla. Spread in pan and bake about 35 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.
BEEF BROCCOLI
1 pound beef sirloin or rib
1 clove garlic minced
1/2 minced onion
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon organic soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1/2 table spoon sesame seeds
4 cups broccoli cut large and long ways
Combine sliced meat with onion, garlic, honey and oil to marinade for a couple hours in refrigerator. Remove and sauté until beef is well cooked. Steam broccoli and combine to meet. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
PAPAYA MINT SMOOTHY
1 cup frozen or fresh papaya cubed
1 cup yogurt
1/2 fresh orange juice
1/2 cup ice
1/4 cup fresh mint
1/8 grated ginger or crystallized ginger(optional)
Combine in blended until smooth
QUINOA SPRING EGG ROLLS
1 cup quinoa(suggested red)
1 cup arugula or kale
1/2 cup minced carrot
1 clove garlic minced
1/8 cup minced ginger
Pinch salt and pepper
1/2 cup sesame oil
20 rice papers
Combine all ingredients and roll in rice paper. Coat with sesame oil and bake for 25 minutes or until just golden.
SPEGETTI SQUASH WITH SUN DRIED TOMATO
1 medium spegetti squash
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cups sun dried tomatoes
4 cups chopped kale
1/4 cup oregano
1/4 cup rhyme springs
Cup squash in half and bake upside down for 30 minutes. When done scrape out the "squash pasta". In separate pot combine other ingredients until kale is cooked down. Serve over squash.
