The Latest Addition

We welcomed our daughter Alice into the world on the 15th of November this past month, and it has been a gruelling three and a bit weeks. Truly brutal. I'm suffering greatly from a lack of sleep; I'm feeling fat and exhausted. And I have mostly been living in my track pants because nothing else seems even remotely comfortable. But none of that really matters because our family is now a little bit bigger.

 

(Alice with her Great Grandmother)

 

During my pregnancy I had the time to be able to prepare my meals and eat healthy; now that I'm a full time Mum this has become increasingly difficult. I had all these grand notions that I would be a kind of "super-mum", but all those ideas jumped overboard about two days in. I can understand how most Mums become slaves to convenience foods early on, and how their diet can just spiral out of control. It is definitely not an easy feat. That being said, I won’t give in that easily. Because I am breastfeeding, everything I eat ends up in the milk that bub drinks. And the last thing any Mother wants to do is feed their child a junk-food addiction. So here’s the skinny on eating healthy for New Mums. Get yourself a blender! This is going to be your best friend for quite some time. There are thousands of great smoothie and juice recipes out there! Or you can just use whatever fresh veggies and fruit you happen to have in your fridge (avoid canned fruit and veg).

I call this one my Morning Kick in the Pants;

 

Ingredients:

(makes two servings)

1 cup filtered water

1 small cucumber (diced)

1 green apple (diced)

1 green pear (diced)

1 ripe banana (sliced)

2 handfuls of dark green leafy veg (I like baby spinach or silverbeet, but you can use whatever dark green leafy veg you like)

 

Wash all your fruits and vegetables thoroughly before proceeding

Method:

Pour filtered water into blender. Add the 2 handfuls of dark green leafy veg, blend until smooth. Add the diced cucumber, blend until smooth. Add the pear and apple, blend until smooth. Finally, add the banana and blend until smooth.

 

 

I’ll catch ya guys another time J

Rhi x

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