Thursday, May 15, 2014

Momma's Milk Enhancing Smoothie


Three months ago our family grew by two feet! I gave birth, at home, to a beautiful 9lb baby boy. For the first month and a half my milk was amazing. But I started to notice some dry spells. Thankfully my baby boy's weight wasn't affected but if I hadn't of caught it who knows what could have happened!

As soon as I noticed the drop in my milk I set to google to find what I could use to up my milk supply. I found a plethora of recipes for things like lactation cookies, bars, and shakes. But they almost all had ingredients that I didn't have. So I decided to research herbs and foods that help to increase your milk supply. There were three things on the list I actually had: oatmeal (old fashion oats), flaxseed, and alfalfa. So I decided to make a smoothie with them!

This smoothie has been such a blessing because not only is it a great milk booster, it's also delicious! If you're not a nursing momma this smoothie would still be great to drink because it is jam packed with vitamins and essential nutrients!

Blueberry Muffin Smoothie
1/3 c old fashion oats
2 tbsp alfalfa
2 tbsp flaxseed
3/4-1 c milk (any kind of milk)
hand full of blueberries
1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
sweetener of choice to taste

Edit to add: I put the oats, alfalfa, and flaxseed all in the blender first. Then once that was grounded up nicely I added everything else.


But we were gentle in your midst, like a nursing mother warmly loving her own children. - 1 Thessalonians 2:7



4 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for sharing this! I didn't have a great (or long) nursing relationship with my daughter, but I am bound and determined with my next one and am always on the lookout for things like this that can help boost milk supply. I have never heard of "lactation smoothies" before! I like this idea a whole lot better than cookies. :)

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    1. Alicia I much prefer smoothies to the cookies too! I've also make this with coffee ice cream more times than I should have ;)

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  2. Thanks for sharing on Mostly Homemade Mondays! Be sure to stop over tomorrow and link up a few more posts :)

    Kelli @ The Sustainable Couple

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  3. Can't wait to try this! Thanks for sharing! I am so grateful to have found this blog. :)

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