the best snack guide for postpartum
I love snacks for mommas! Let’s be real here, most days a few snacks might be all you make time for and that’s okay. I just like to focus on nutrient dense and easy digestible meals. That way when you are snacking, you are getting everything you need and more! Let’s dive right into this:
💐 Essential Kitchen Items to Have to Prep Snacks:
Cast Iron Muffin Pan or Silicon Muffin Pan
Large + Medium Cooking Pot
Glass Baking Pans - 8x8 + 9x9
Freezable Silicon Containers - Soup + Tea
Glass Containers for Refrigerator
🧺 What to Look for in an Essential Snack:
Protein - to balance your blood sugar
Grains - to ground you
Nutrients - to fortify you
Easy Digestible - to keep things simple
Warming - versus cold and crunchy, think warm and soothing
Bite Size - to be able to grab while resting
🧺 Essential Snacks to Prep:
🤍Postpartum French Compote
🤍Balancing Seedy Crackers
🤍Momma Midnight Cookies
🤍Jam Coconut Macaroon
🤍Cookie Dough Balls
🤍Pb&J Thumbprint Cookies
….and so so many more!
Looking for these specific snack recipes and meal plans? You can find them in my newest ebook The Postpartum Recipe Book: heal, nourish, cocoon
This is how we heal
Your healing matters
You matter 🤍
Your Doula,
Megan