10 Delicious Meals to Bring a Postpartum Mother

Here I will share 10 delicious meals to bring a postpartum mother. Each meal is soft, warm and easily digestible, which is optimal for postpartum healing.

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During postpartum, your body needs warm foods for good blood circulation. It needs soft, easily digestible foods as your body should not be working hard to digest food at this stage.

I often tell people that if you want your body to recover well, you must eat well. Eating well during postpartum is essential not just for recovery, but also for building breast milk supply (if you are breastfeeding your baby).

Your body should be treated as if it were sick with a cold or flu. You would not be eating cold foods like ice cream or hard foods like nacho chips.

This is why eating for comfort is essential during postpartum.

Here I will share 10 delicious meals to bring a postpartum mother. This is inspiration for friends and family. This is inspiration for the new mother herself.

What I will cover in this post

• Optimal foods for postpartum recovery
• Foods to aid breastmilk supply
• 10 delicious meals to bring a postpartum mother

Optimal foods for postpartum recovery

There are some nutrients that are more important than others during postpartum. Here are a few:

• Vitamin D3 (for supporting your thyroid, reducing your risk in postpartum depression and supporting your and baby’s immunity).
• Omega 3 (supports your stress regulation, reduces risk of allergies in babies).
• Probiotics (promotes healthy digestion, can assist in protecting babies from lifelong diseases).
• Choline (supports liver health, supports baby’s brain health).

Foods that you can incorporate into meals optimal for postpartum health are:

• Fermented food (sauerkraut, kimchi, miso, kefir)
• Bone broth
• Nut butter
• Sardines
• Chia seeds
• Root vegetables
• Grass-fed liver
• Ginger
• Cardamom
• Cinnamon

I have another post that talks about optimal postpartum foods and how to incorporate them into meals. So make sure to check that out!

Foods to aid breastmilk supply

There are many foods that can naturally build milk supply. Here are a few:

• Barley grass
• Moringa
• Brewer’s yeast
• Spirulina
• Apricots
• Almonds
• Dandelion greens
• Sweet potato
• Watercress
• Garlic
• Ginger

I have a whole post dedicated to boosting milk supply along with beneficial lactogenic herbs that you can consume.

Make sure to check out my e-book, Nutrition For Postpartum Playbook

I have written a book all about optimising your postpartum nutrition. It is designed as a playbook for postpartum 101.

It covers a huge range of topics like:

• How to nourish the early days
• Important nutrients and why
• Breast engorgement
• Breast mastitis
• Postpartum hair loss
• Adrenal fatigue
• Thyroid dysfunction
• Weight
• 15 delicious postpartum recipes (not included in this post).

And so much more!

Check out Nutrition for Postpartum Playbook here.

10 delicious meals to bring to a postpartum mother

Okay, now for the meals! These meals are versatile, delicious, easy to make and can be transportable (if you are delivering them to someone who just had a baby).

1. Bone Broth Chicken Soup

This bone broth chicken soup from Wholly Tasteful is full of versatile nutrients, like bone broth, celery, brown rice and garlic; excellent for postpartum healing.

2. Fish Curry

This fish curry by Indian Healthy Recipes is such a great dish for postpartum, because it contains so many healing spices, like turmeric, cumin and fennel (ideal for breastfeeding). Fish is rich in omega 3 and vitamin D3, which are important nutrients for postpartum.

3. Chicken Congee

This delicious chicken congee by Marion’s Kitchen is simple to make, contains whole ingredients like chicken, ginger and onion and is an ideal warming food for postpartum.

4. Golden Soup

This Golden Soup by Mendwell Mothers is a delicious vegetarian dish. It contains a blend of cashews, ghee, cauliflower and turmeric that make for a warm, postpartum worthy meal.

5. Braised Lamb Shanks with Potatoes, Lemon and Olives

This flavoursome braised lamb shanks recipe by Delicious. is packed with warming foods like various vegetables, lamb, olives, chicken stock (you can replace the stock with a bone broth to make it more nutrient-dense).

6. Mexican Slow Cooked Beef

This colourful Mexican slow cooked beef by Simple Home Edit has so many different herbs and spices, fresh vegetables (if you want to stick with just warm foods, you can swap the fresh vegetables for sauteed tomatoes, capsicum, zucchini and snow peas) and the Mexican beef is full of flavour. A perfect spicy recipe for postpartum.

7. Nutrient-Dense Bolognese Sauce

This Bolognese sauce by Feasting at Home is flavoursome, full of different herbs and vegetables. It can be combined with beef, chicken, turkey or lamb mince of choice. You can pair it with an organic pasta or fresh rice.

8. Gut Loving Dhal

This gut loving dhal by Boob to Food is another vegetarian dish, packed with breastfeeding superfoods like turmeric, coconut milk, lentils and cumin.

9. Zucchini Lasagna

This delicious zucchini lasagna by Farmhouse on Boone is a grain free, vegetable packed, nutrient dense lasagna, with cottage cheese and eggs for extra protein.

10. Classic Dutch Oven Beef Stew

I absolutely love Farmhouse on Boone’s recipes, so I’m linking another one. This is a simple, nutrient-dense beef stew, packed with vegetables, beef and bone broth. A perfect one to pair with some cheeky sourdough bread.

Feel free to comment below if you have tried any of these recipes.