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Meal planning Monday- Eating in pregnancy

by Mumonthebrink 6 Comments

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Over the past week I have found meal planning very useful- it really does help with grocery shopping and reducing the bills! A fun side-effect is also being able to point out to family members what the next meal will be, so they can help preparations too.

We mostly kept on track: on Wednesday I found I didn’t have to cook as we had plenty of left-overs, then Saturday turned into a decluttering day (including decluttering the freezer), so I ended up cooking a couple of meals for this week in advance.

I am sticking to trying to plan food around some health priorities for our meal planning this week too- focussing on foods to increase iron and calcium levels and focussing on low GI foods.

So here it goes:

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Monday Toast (Warburton’s White with oats*) & butter Vegetable broth with noodles Transylvanian cabbage (pork stew cooked with sauerkraut) + crème fraise
Tuesday Porridge with nuts Vegetable broth with noodles

Lentil stew with gammon (prepared in the pressure cooker)

Wednesday Toast and butter Bean rice wraps**

Guests coming–
Broccoli cream soup
Gourmet Bolognese*** (in slow cooker)

Thursday Cereals and milk Bolognese leftovers Sweet potato and butternut squash curry with brown rice  (slow cooker)
Friday Fried egg on toast Broccoli cream soup Quinoa with fish and capers
Saturday Porridge with dried fruits Sweet potato and butternut squash curry with brown rice Tapas- will throw together some nibbles for film night
Sunday Scrambled eggs Travel- sandwiches and DFDS Seaways”special”

* Last week I was struggling to create enough time to make the breakfasts, I missed my quick toast in the morning. So I decided to look at breads. Interestingly, Warburtons have come up with two breads which seem to support my objectives:
First, is a white bread with added milk and calcium, second a white bread with added oats (making it more low GI, i.e. slower to release sugars and better for balancing blood sugar levels.)
Having tried both they are very tasty, so I will try to understand the full story behind the marketing in terms of nutrition, bio-availability of the calcium, etc. I do like the concepts though, especially for kids who are very set on just eating white bread, which my 4.5yo is tending towards.

** Recipe suggestion by Amanda Hargreaves
*** from Sara Lewis’ 200 slow cooker recipes.

How do you incorporate bread in a low GI/ healthy diet? Do you and your family consume a lot of bread? What type?

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Hope you enjoy your week of making delicious foods with your family!

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PS- I’m not a nutritionist, so if you spot any flaws in my planning compared to by objectives, please do comment. I appreciate feedback.

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Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: diet, health, meal planning, Nutrition, Pregnancy, Wiat Diet

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  1. AizzaMarie says

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    This is a good idea and I think a lot of pregnant moms will be interested with this…Thank you for the help!

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  2. Kids One Stop Shop says

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    You are very organised, I plan my evening meals maybe I should start planning them all.

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    • Mumonthebrink says

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      I definitely recommend planning the whole day- It helps greatly with planning shopping and budgeting. Takes away a lot of the guessing.

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  3. Honest Mum says

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    Awesome recipes. I’m 4 months pregnant with my second and have always followed the low Gi principles and continue to. We eat granary bread as a family.

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  4. Susan Mann says

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    These all sound so good. Can you adopt me 🙂 x

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    • Mumonthebrink says

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      Susan, You are always welcome to join our family! 🙂

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