Menu for the New Year while breastfeeding: recipes for holiday dishes for a nursing mother

If there is a newborn in the family, then it is also necessary to create a New Year’s menu for a nursing mother, because on a holiday she also wants to try special delicacies. At the same time, you need to take into account the needs of the baby; it is quite possible to solve this problem if you put in a little effort. It is not necessary to cook separately; many of the dishes will be enjoyed by the rest of the family.

What a nursing mother should not do

• Alcohol is contraindicated during breastfeeding, however, after the third or fourth month of lactation, you can allow a glass of champagne or wine. Feed your baby before drinking drinks and express breast milk, since after drinking alcohol you cannot breastfeed your baby for at least 4-5 hours;
• Spicy, fatty, smoked and too salty dishes, pickles and marinades (sauerkraut, salted or pickled mushrooms, cucumbers and tomatoes);
• Canned foods, semi-finished products (sausages, sausages, store-bought cutlets and minced meat) and various sauces (mayonnaise, ketchup, mayonnaise-based products);
• Exotic and citrus fruits, except bananas, cause severe allergic reactions in children. In addition, such products are brought from distant countries, where transportation rules and storage standards are not always followed. Such fruits can cause poisoning and infection;
• Hot spices. Onions can be consumed after 2-3 months in the amount of ⅓ of a head; it is better not to include garlic in the menu until 4-5 months and eat no more than two cloves;
• Seafood and gourmet fish;

• Wild meat, raw meat and bloody meat;
• Lard and fatty meats disrupt digestion and often cause indigestion. Such food causes constipation or diarrhea;
• Cow's milk is not recommended until 5-6 months of lactation, as it contains an allergenic protein;
• Mushrooms are a difficult product to digest, so they are not recommended for nursing mothers, children under seven years of age, and people with digestive problems. But, if you really want mushrooms, then after 6-7 months you can try some champignons;
• Carbonated drinks are very harmful to babies. Give preference to ordinary mineral or drinking water, natural juices and compotes;
• Layer cakes and pastries, flour products with cream and cream, dyes and other harmful additives. You can have light desserts and pies prepared at home.

Forbidden food

The nurse is strictly forbidden to eat:

1. Alcoholic drinks – everything, including low-alcohol cocktails. Ten percent of the alcohol consumed by a nursing mother, regardless of its form, passes through mother's milk directly into the baby's body. Quantity also matters, experts insist - not even a sip. You can read more than one lecture about the negative impact of alcohol on a baby’s developing body. We hope that every young mother has a general idea of ​​the degree of danger; intoxication of the child is most likely.
2. Strong tea, coffee, cocoa - drinks overstimulate the baby's developing nervous system.
3. Garlic, onion, red pepper - these products change the taste of mother's milk, and there is a high probability that the baby will refuse breast milk.
4. Cooked foods and various sauces rich in preservatives, artificial colors, flavor enhancers, and other chemicals.
5. Hot, sweet, sour seasonings and spices with a specific taste and additional harmful components. Excessive consumption of such products changes the metabolic process - immediately in the nursing mother, and then in the baby. Try not to eat excessively salty, sour, spicy, sweet foods.
6. Canned food and semi-finished products (meat, fish, vegetables), produced on an industrial scale, provoke colic in a baby.
7. Fermented and fresh cabbage, carrots according to the “Korean” recipe, various beans, black bread, grapes lead to excessive formation of gases.
8. Packaged mayonnaise containing many allergic components (homemade is possible).
9. Seafood - caviar, red fish, spicy herring, squid, mussels.
10. Soy in various variations, this also includes fish and meat dishes with incomplete heat treatment (sushi).
11. Lard, fried meat, smoked sausage - such foods provoke gastric disorders, which is associated with a high content of concentrated fatty acids.
12. Mushrooms prepared according to different recipes have a high risk of food poisoning.
13. Fruits from other geographic areas, especially red and orange in color. And also citrus fruits, strawberries, raspberries. A new fruit can lead to an unexpected reaction from the mother's body. In a newborn, exotic foods will provoke an allergic reaction and colic. Fruits and vegetables “out of season” are products containing large amounts of nitrates.
14. Sweet sparkling water, varying degrees of carbonation. Limit your consumption of milk, chocolate, honey, nuts, and eggs.
15. Sweet dishes and baked goods (cakes and cream pies) in large quantities. Such products are harmful to a nursing mother, only in large quantities. In toddlers, they provoke increased gas formation and colic.

The list initially makes a shocking impression, but once it cools down a little, you can create a varied and tasty holiday menu for the nurse, which is not much inferior to the traditional holiday diet. Let's look specifically at what a nursing mother needs to eat and drink, and how to prepare it.

What you can do while breastfeeding

Despite the great restrictions, there are still many products from which you can prepare delicious and satisfying dishes for the New Year's table. In addition, if the baby is already six months old and is not allergic, the mother’s diet has already expanded significantly. Let's find out what foods and drinks are allowed during lactation, and what should be eaten with caution.

From the products listed, it’s easy to choose a delicious, varied diet while breastfeeding and even prepare many delicious holiday dishes for the New Year. We offer recipes for dishes that every mom can cook and that can feed anyone.

Dessert

Although you shouldn’t eat chocolates in this situation, you don’t have to completely exclude desserts from the menu. During childbirth, the mother loses endorphins, which causes anxiety.

Desserts help normalize hormonal balance. Avoid eating cakes and puff pastries, pastries filled with butter creams, and condensed milk.

Recommended use:

• dried fruits;
• marshmallows;
• meringue;
• fresh and frozen berries – cranberries, blueberries, lingonberries;
• marmalade (not containing dyes);
• shortbread cookies that do not include margarine;
• apple and cranberry strudel;
• sponge cake with quail eggs;
• cottage cheese cake or ice cream;
• fruit salad seasoned with low-fat yogurt (does not contain dyes or preservatives);
• baked fruits;
• souffle, homemade jelly.

Appetizers and salads

As a snack, a vegetable salad would be an excellent solution. Classic Olivier can be easily adapted for nursing by simply replacing dangerous ingredients. So, instead of salted or pickled cucumbers, they put fresh ones, and instead of boiled sausage, they put boiled meat. You can prepare beetroot and Greek salad, vinaigrette. You can take a more unusual recipe.

Meat holiday salad

• Green apple – 1 pc.;
• Turkey or chicken fillet – 200 g;
• Avocado – 1 pc.;
• Lettuce – 1 piece;
• Olive oil and lemon juice for dressing;
• Salt to taste.

Boil the poultry meat and cut into small pieces. Peel and cut the fruit into cubes, tear the lettuce leaves with your hands. Mix the ingredients, season with oil and sprinkle with lemon juice. Add salt and mix.

New Year's puff salad

• Chicken fillet – 400 g;
• Green apples – 2 pcs;
• Hard cheese – 100 g;
• Walnuts – 50 gr;
• Eggs – 4 pcs.;
• Sour cream or natural yoghurt for dressing – 150 ml;
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Boil the fillet and eggs. Peel the apples. Cut the chicken, peeled eggs and fruit into cubes. Chop the soaked nuts and grate the cheese on a fine grater. The salad is laid out in layers. Eggs are placed first, then chicken, nuts, apples and cheese. Each layer is coated with yogurt or sour cream, salt and pepper. The prepared salad can be decorated with greens on top.

Salad with beets and dried apricots

• Beets – 2 pcs.;
• Dried apricots – 30 gr;
• Hard cheese – 50 g;
• Walnuts – 30 gr.

Boil the beets, peel and cut into cubes. Chop the soaked nuts and dried apricots and add to the beets. For dressing, use olive oil and lightly add salt. Easy and quick to prepare, the salad turns out to be very nutritious and satisfying. The dish can be decorated with sprigs of greenery.

Fish salad

• Boiled fish – 250 grams;
• Cherry tomatoes – 5 pieces;
• Bell pepper – 2 pieces;
• Green leaf salad – 1 bunch;
• Olive oil and juice of ½ lemon for dressing;
• Salt to taste.

The finished fish is minced in a meat grinder or chopped in a blender. The peppers are cut into strips, and the cherry tomatoes into halves. The salad is torn into large pieces. Mix the ingredients, add olive oil and lemon juice, and lightly salt.

Caesar with chicken for nursing

• Chicken breast – 400 g;
• Sesame seeds – 1 tbsp. spoon;
• Hard cheese – 100 g;
• Lettuce – 1 bunch;
• Gray wheat bread - 3 slices;
• Vegetable oil and salt to taste.

Boil and cut the chicken, cut the bread and fry in vegetable oil. You can also dry the crackers yourself on a radiator. Grate the cheese. Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands and place in a dish, sprinkle sesame seeds on top, add chicken. Place crackers and cheese on top. For dressing, use oil and add salt if desired.

Don't buy special store-bought Caesar sauce! It includes a large amount of preservatives, garlic and spices! Read about the dangers of mayonnaise, ketchup and other sauces during breastfeeding at https://vskormi.ru/mama/ketchup-i-maionez-pri-grudnom-vskarmlivanii/.

How not to upset your food balance

Now any housewife can easily prepare a varied table for all family members.

However, to avoid having to drink No-shpa after the celebrations, you must adhere to simple rules:

1. You shouldn’t work up an appetite for the New Year’s table all day long. Have small snacks periodically.
2. Carefully monitor the amount of food you eat; excessive food is always harmful.
3. You shouldn’t try all the dishes at once, determine the sequence. Serve and eat dishes in order; when you finish one, move on to another.
4. You should not eat fatty, fried, or heavy-for-the-stomach foods at the beginning of the feast. Start with light snacks, then you can move on to baked or boiled dishes.
5. Eat slowly - you need to chew your food well. This will make it easier for the stomach, satiety will come much faster, with a small amount of food.
6. It is not recommended to consume a lot of liquid when eating food. Having regular meals makes it much more difficult to get enough. When drinking, you can eat much more dishes, just keep in mind that the load on the stomach increases multiple times.

The main rule that a nursing mother should follow when creating the New Year's menu, and in everyday life, is that you cannot harm the little one. Remember that components that enter the mother’s blood pass into the baby’s body through mother’s milk. We wish you and your baby good health!

Hot dishes

You can serve lean meats and fish as a hot dish. It is better to boil, stew or bake the ingredients, since fried foods are difficult for the baby to digest. As a side dish, fluffy rice, boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes, baked vegetables, and boiled cereals are perfect.

Meat in the oven

• Veal;
• Cheese;
• Garlic cloves;
• Tomatoes.

In one portioned piece of meat, cuts are made across the grain at a distance of 1.5-2 centimeters. Place a slice of tomato, a clove of garlic and a slice of cheese into the cuts. Lightly salt and pepper the meat, wrap in foil and place in the oven. The dish is baked for 45-50 minutes at 250 degrees, and 10 minutes before it is ready, the foil is opened to form a crispy crust on the meat.

Stuffed potatoes with minced meat

• Potatoes – 10 pcs.;
• Homemade minced beef – 350 gr.;
• Butter – 1 piece;
• Sour cream – 1 glass;
• Flour – 2 teaspoons;
• Breadcrumbs – 1 tbsp. spoon;
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Peel the potatoes and cut out the centers so that you get “cups”. Place minced meat inside the potatoes and place on a baking sheet, pour sour cream sauce on top. To prepare the sauce, fry the flour in butter, then add sour cream and simmer a little. Sprinkle bread crumbs on top of potatoes with sauce. If desired, you can use grated cheese instead of breading. Potatoes with minced meat are baked for 30-45 minutes at 220 degrees.

Fish in creamy sauce

• Fish fillet – 250 grams;
• Onion – 1 head;
• Cream – 1.5 cups or low-fat sour cream – 1 cup;
• Flour – 2 teaspoons;
• Salt and pepper to taste;
• Bay leaf – 1 piece;
• Vegetable oil.

Cut the fish into portions, the onion into half rings. Pour oil into the pan, add fish and onions. Cover with water and simmer for 10 minutes. Then pour in the cream or sour cream, add flour. If necessary, add more water. Season with salt and pepper, add bay leaf, simmer for another 20 minutes. Cooked fish is best served with mashed potatoes. The dish is decorated with greens.

Oriental sweets, baked apples and pears, fresh berries and fruits, white marshmallows, cottage cheese cakes, sweet salads, homemade souffles and jelly are suitable as desserts for breastfeeding. You can make charlotte, homemade cookies and even a cake. What cakes are allowed during lactation and what dessert to prepare, see here.

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Oatmeal Apple Pie Dessert Recipe

Ingredients

• Kefir – 300 ml;
• Oatmeal - 1 cup;
• Extra flour – 1 cup;
• Granulated sugar – 60 g;
• Baking powder – 1 tsp. with a slide;
• Sweet and sour apples – 2 pcs.;
• Sweet vanilla – 1 pack;
• Cinnamon – ½ tsp;
• Butter – 50 g.

How to make dessert for nursing mothers

1. Mix sifted flour, oatmeal, granulated sugar, vanilla and baking powder in a common bowl.
2. Place the butter in a plate and melt it in the microwave.
3. Pour kefir and melted butter into the dry mixture, then knead the dough as if for pancakes.
4. Prepare the filling: cut the apples, seeds and skins removed, into thin slices, place them on the bottom of the baking dish, after sprinkling it with oatmeal. Sprinkle cinnamon on top of the apples and fill with dough.
5. Bake the pie in the oven (preheated to 180°C) for 40 minutes.