This month’s recipes are dedicated to all our wonderful breastfeeding Mums!
World Breastfeeding week is a great initiative each August, to help raise awareness of the importance of breastfeeding and its many benefits. So in order to help our breastfeeding mums, we’ve come up with some recipes to boost your milk supply. Not only will they help those with a lower supply, they provide a wonderful, healthy snack for all of our tired Mummas!
Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Bars, Energy Bites & Banana and Oat Smoothie
Recipe 1 – Lactation Energy Bites
Prep Time – 10 mins
Ingredients –
2 cups Old fashioned oats
1 cup Chocolate chips
1 cup Creamy peanut butter
¾ cup Ground flaxseed
⅔ cup Raw honey
2 tsp Vanilla
Method
- Simply add all the ingredients into the bowl and combine really well.
- Next, form into balls and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Finally, put them into the fridge to set up (about 2-3 hours) and then grab and go!
Source – wereparents.com
Recipe 2 – Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Lactation Bars
Ingredients –
3 cups whole grain old fashioned rolled oats
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup flax seed
1/4 cup brewers yeast
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup coconut oil (melted and cooled, but still liquid)
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup almond butter (or other nut butter)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup dark chocolate chunks
1/2 cup slivered almonds, roughly chopped
1/2 cup dried cranberries, optional
3/4 cup shredded coconut (toasted or untoasted), optional
Method
- Preheat the oven to 175 degrees. Coat the bottom and sides of a 9 x 13 baking pan with nonstick spray or oil. I like to brush on a little coconut oil, but you can use what you would typically use.
- Optional: If you want to toast your coconut, spread it out on a baking sheet and bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown.
- In a large bowl, mix together the oats, flour, wheat germ, flax seed, brewer’s yeast, cinnamon, and salt. Stir to combine thoroughly. (If you are making a second batch for the pantry, put the ingredients in a zip top bag and store until you’re ready to use them.)
- To the oat mixture, add the chocolate chunks, almonds, dried cranberries, and coconut. Stir to distribute evenly.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the brown sugar, coconut oil, honey, egg, almond butter, and vanilla. Whisk until combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well. It will take some coaxing. I find that using my hands works best. Make sure all of the dry ingredients are well incorporated.
- Bake for 25 minutes at 175 degrees. Let cool for about 5 minutes and then cut into 16 even portions. Allow to cool thoroughly before removing from the pan, or they will crumble apart.
Source – wereparents.com
Recipe 3 – Banana and Oat Boobie Smoothie
Ingredients –
1 Ripe Banana
1.25 cups Almond Milk
1/4 cups Rolled Oats
1 tbsp Honey
1 tbsp Peanut Butter
1/8 tsp Cinnamon
1/8 tsp Nutmeg
1 tbsp Brewers Yeast
Method
- Place all the ingredients in a blender with a handful of ice.
- Blend until well combined.
- Enjoy!
Source – stayathomemum.com.au