There’s a new human in my life or as Tom and I call him; our tiniest friend.
Meet Bodhi Nevada, born August 1st. 3.76kg and 53cm long.
It’s been a whirlwind month adjusting to my new job as a mummy. He is very beautiful and requires near constant attention, it’s all about cuddles, sleeping and his favourite… the MILK BAR 🙂
So today I’m baking some lactation cookies to boost milk supply. The key ingredients are brewers yeast, flaxseed meal and oats. i’ve adapted the recipe slightly from Housepoets Famous Lactation Cookies. Find the original here.
In my vesion I replace the wheat flour with qunioa flour and butter with coconut oil as it’s super nutritious for breast feeding because of the high lauric acid content.
“Coconut oil contains large amounts of lauric acid, a powerful anti-microbial fatty acid that protects the immune system of the fetus and newborn. Pregnant and nursing mothers should eat coconut oil to increase the quality of the womb environment and breast milk” – Dr. Claudia Pillow
And I use a banana instead of two eggs (which combined with substituting coconut oil for butter, makes them vegan) and add dried apricots instead of chocolate chips because of their lactogneic properties. I’ve also experimented with using half a cup less sugar and the recipe still works well.
Baking with Bodhi sleeping on me
Ingredients :
* 1 cup coconut oil (can use butter if you prefer)
* 1 cup rapadura sugar (or raw sugar)
* 1/2 cup brown sugar
* 6 tablespoons water
* 3 tablespoons flaxseed meal
* 1 large soft banana
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 cups quinoa flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 3 cups steel cut oats (soaked over night til soft)
* 1 cup dried apricots (or chocolate chips or bit of both)
* 3 heaped tablespoons of brewers yeast (found in a good healthfood/ wholefood grocery store)
Directions:
Preheat oven at 160 degrees C. Mix together 2 tablespoons of flaxseed meal and water, set aside for 3 minutes. Cream (beat well) coconut oil and sugar. Add the banana, mix well. Stir flaxseed mixture and add with vanilla to the coconut oil mix. Beat until blended. Sift together dry ingredients, except oats and sultanas/chips. Add to coconut oil mixture. Stir in oats then sultanas/chips. Scoop teaspoon sized balls onto greased baking sheet. The dough is a little sticky, so it helps to use a scoop.
Bake 8-12 minutes, depending on size of cookies.
Serves: 6 dozen cookies
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Active Ingredients: Oats, flaxseed meal, brewers yeast (you can just add these foods to your diet in other ways: like adding flaxseed meal to your cereal, eating porridge and drinking stout etc)
NOTE: while these cookies are geared towards lactation, they wont make your partner or best friend who’s not breastfeeding begin to spout milk. Totally safe for sharing!
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