Peanut Butter Lactation Cookies (Gluten-Free, Dairy-free, Vegan!)
In my breastfeeding posts about What to Eat While Breastfeeding and Pumping in Your Classroom, I refer to lactation cookies as a great snack to keep mama energized and the milk flowin’. It was time I shared a recipe of my own! (Read: it was time I stopped sending y’all off my site to other people’s damn cookies.) So, without further ado, a lactation cookie like none other, packed with all the good stuff those mammary glands (and fading energy) could use: protein from peanut butter and coconut flour, iron from brewer’s yeast and oatmeal, and a nice serving of healthy...
Read MoreBack-to-School Breastfeeding: Pumping in Your Classroom
Let’s face it: the necessary task of breast pumping isn’t exactly fun for any woman in any profession. But most don’t understand the unique challenges that face teachers. When the workplace population is comprised of 90% children, adult needs can often be pushed to the back burner. Students want their teachers to be available ALL OF THE TIME and it’s not always (or ever?) appropriate to discuss what you’re doing behind that closed door. Believe me, I’m not one to shy away from telling the truth, but I really didn’t want to have a discussion with my...
Read MoreWhat to Eat & What to Avoid, Take 2: Diet Affects Breast Milk
Months ago, I posted a list of foods to have more of and foods to avoid when breastfeeding, especially in the early weeks, entitled What to Eat & What to Avoid While Breastfeeding. The list got not so much as a glance from many readers until it spread like wildfire on Pinterest recently. Suddenly, a simple list of foods which worked for my personal breastfeeding relationship was under attack. (I’ve turned off the comments now, but I encourage you to read what others had to say.) Certain sources suggest that what a mother eats has no affect on her breast milk, and my list ignited...
Read MoreWhat to Eat & What to Avoid While Breastfeeding
Before my son was born, a friend forwarded me a “+/-” list of foods to enjoy more or imbibe less when lactating. The email was a forward of a forward, and the list was credited to a woman named Helen Gordon. I’ve searched the internet high and low and cannot find a definitive Helen Gordon to whom the list may have belonged. Additionally, it included foods such as parsley and turnips on the “eat more of” side, which I know are incorrect recommendations. (Parsley can affect milk supply and turnips can cause awful gas–for baby AND mom!) Coupled with my own...
Read MoreMeals That Meant Something: Postpartum
We all have defining food moments in our lives. From our first experience with candy, to a fancy dinner in an upscale eatery, to the comforting joys of a familiar holiday meal, the sight, scent, textures, and, of course, taste, become inscribed on our memory. “Meals That Meant Something” serves as a personal pause button from the stresses of genetically-modified warfare, intrusions about the latest food supply dilemma, or news of what is or is not best for the body. I spend more time than I probably should thinking about how food affects my health and my life. These stories come...
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