Eat to Feed: 80 Nourishing Recipes for Breastfeeding Moms

I purchased this book as a present to my husband before our daughter was born. He wanted to make me healthy meals and snacks during my postpartum to support breastfeeding and he needed ideas(more than just cookies). This book was perfect! It helped him understand what foods boost breastmilk production and energy for mama so he could stock the fridge and pantry. Also, the recipes are easy to follow, execute, and modify - I’m dairy free and most of the recipes didn't even need modifications and so many are also vegetarian! Most importantly these recipes taste amazing! We have been home from the hospital for a week and he has prepared 9 recipes from the book and they have all been some of the best things I’ve ever eaten and my milk supply is plentiful! I would eat all of these recipes even if they didn’t support breastfeeding. The spicy kimchi bowl, carrot/pesto/egg toast, beet salad w/ miso vinaigrette, fig/apricot/goat cheese/honey brown rice cakes, spiced molasses almond milk, peanut/sweet potato stew, crunchy garlic green beans, and apricot soda have all been home runs. Tonight we are planning roasted chicken with fennel and as a treat for later the dark chocolate/fig/almond bark! I’m seriously in heaven, thank you oat mama!

This is my second pregnancy and I wish I had had this resource the first time around. Just got the book and I’ve already made many of the recipes to freeze- bars, balls, muffins, soup...and everything has been easy to make and delicious. Even my husband and toddler love it all. The authors are super knowledgeable and made these nutritious recipes accessible- can’t wait to see how it helps out with nursing. Husband even commented that you don’t have to be a nursing mom to enjoy these recipes. Get the book! It’s beautiful!

Beautiful cookbook with vivid pictures of enticing foods. The important thing is that it teaches you how to incorporate uncommon foods like nutritional yeast, buckwheat, apricots and other food essential to breastfeeding into everyday meals. What I didn't like: -this cookbook is extremely shy of meat and they aren't very upfront about it. -chamomile flowers are featured in many of the food photos and some health specialists advice against chamomile tea while breastfeeding. -they suggest preparing their pancakes for guests who come to meet the baby, which encourages moms to get out of bed when they should be resting. Postpartum rest is essential for healing and for increasing milk supply. Otherwise it's just the sort of book I was looking for—it's not easy to find information on nutrition for nursing mothers.

Enjoy their bars and teas and tried the book. Some ingredients are hard to find, but I found the ingredients nutrient dense and delicious - something everyone will love. Most recipes are vegetarian too. I loved every recipe had a picture too - very aesthetically beautiful book. My favorite recipes so far were the lactation bars, no bake peach apricot oatmeal, and protein balls. Can’t wait to try the savory stuff.

The recipes aren’t bad, but they’re pretty darned involved for someone who just popped out a kid. I’ll be honest, I didn’t make a darned thing from here. I just threw brewer’s yeast and milled flax seed in a bunch of crap and prayed for the days when my baby would eat solids. She’s still not there yet, but I have no time for these recipes. Pick a couple of lactation helping ingredients and pivot around those. Some of these seem like pregnancy cravings in their weirdness. Sorry, just my opinion. One busy new mom to another, hoping that you’ll be able to make one or more of these is just a fever dream. Pray that you’ll have an amazing support group who wants to make you these recipes. Or just shove milled flax seed and brewers yeast into every cookie and meatball you make.

It is rare that I find a cookbook where the majority of recipes are appealing. This is that rare gem! Everything is easy to make even with a newborn or if you have someone helping who is not a master chef. The foods are super nourishing for milk supply, mom's recovery and mental and physical health, and are tasty for the whole family. Every recipe includes a photo, which is a huge plus. A great gift for any expectant mom!

You know the kind of cookbook that you read like a book? The kind of cookbook that you want to show off because of how PRETTY it is? The girls from Oat Mama did it. We just recently got it and can't wait to dive into the recipes. Their lactation bars are delicious so we just trust that their recipes will be of the same standard. Plus, the photos are beautiful and the recipes have their voice throughout. A great gift for a breastfeeding mama or any soon to be mama, plus, it's truly beautiful!!

Excellent resource for lactating mamas. The recipes are unique, fresh and are very easy to prep (as time is very precious when you have a newborn). Love this company and this book is a MUST have for mamas that plan on or are currently breastfeeding. There are so many great recipes and it is quite handy to adapt recipes to your preference if you are out of an ingredient. Made the fennel salad with honey mustard vinegarette and it was amazing! If you're on the fence about it, buy this. It's definitely worth a read and saves so much time looking for lactation friendly recipes on Pinterest!