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[MarieWalter]

Originally Posted by BaileyB 

Oh yeah, speaking of yogurt I made some homemade yogurt sweetened with molasses to hopefully cover me in the iron and probiotics category for tomorrow. Should be ready shortly.

Ooh, that sounds like a great snack. I usually do honey or jam - I should see if I can find a jar of molasses.

[TwilightJoy]

Originally Posted by Kate&Joey 

That is totally crazy!  I think we have stumbled onto a secret labor tool. 


DH grilled it on the regular grill.  I used this recipe by Nigella Lawson.  Maybe the Malibu rum added a little something special as well? 

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/caramelised-pineapple-with-hot-chocolate-sauce-198

I want to make this sometime this week! However, what is "double cream"?

[Loogiejane]

Originally Posted by TwilightJoy 


I want to make this sometime this week! However, what is "double cream"?

I bet you it's something like whipping cream/heavy cream, etc. Seems logical given the recipe. 

[pastormama]

Yeah I think double cream is just British for heavy whipping cream

[OtherMother]

Plugging right along!! We are visiting my mom's house for the last time until baby comes ... have green apples and bananas for tomorrow's breakfast  :)

Today ..

Breakfast: Grapefruit, Smoothie (blackstrap molasses, raw cacao, power greens, almond milk, peanut butter, frozen nanner)

Lunch: Dark Chocolate Organic Greens Bar, few bites of DP's steak salad

Snack: Grapefruit, Couple handfuls pecans

Dinner: Organic chicken drums with Annie's organic BBQ sauce, salad with tomatoes and red onions, avocado, balsamic/olive oil dressing, corn on the cob

(and two Reese's cups for dessert)

Edited by OtherMother - 5/5/13 at 8:29am

[TwilightJoy]

Thank you! Bought heavy cream today, and a pineapple! Going to ask DH to grill it for lunch tomorrow.

Breakfast- 2 sausage patties, Coffee with cream

Lunch- Cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches

Snack- White cheddar rice cakes, green smoothie

Supper- Alice Spring Chicken, corn on the cob

Dessert- FroYo with fresh fruit

[OtherMother]

Originally Posted by TwilightJoy 

Thank you! Bought heavy cream today, and a pineapple! Going to ask DH to grill it for lunch tomorrow.

Breakfast- 2 sausage patties, Coffee with cream

Lunch- Cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches

Snack- White cheddar rice cakes, green smoothie

Supper- Alice Spring Chicken, corn on the cob

Dessert- FroYo with fresh fruit

Those sandwiches sound yum! I'll be doing the pineapple too in about a week  :)

[TwilightJoy]

Originally Posted by OtherMother 

Those sandwiches sound yum! I'll be doing the pineapple too in about a week 

They were delicious. I added some fresh dill to them, and ate more than I should have!


The grilled pineapple didn't do the trick for me. Still here. 39+5 today.

[pastormama]

Originally Posted by TwilightJoy 


They were delicious. I added some fresh dill to them, and ate more than I should have!


The grilled pineapple didn't do the trick for me. Still here. 39+5 today.

Haha me neither!  Grilled some last night with friends, along with a delicious eggplant parm.  No baby.  But I did skip the chocolate/malibu sauce - maybe that's the special ingredient!  I tried spicy Mexican shrimp on Saturday night, too.  Nada.  This baby seems impervious to dietary attempts at eviction.

[TwilightJoy]

I melted some 85% dark chocolate, but didn't do the Malibu either. You're right, maybe that was it!

[pastormama]

Brief note to say I have completely fallen off the wagon.  And it's been delightful.  Around my due date, I started thinking that each meal might be the last one I enjoy for a long time without a newborn at the breast or cradled in one arm.  So I've been trying all different new restaurants, old favorites, lunch with friends and family.  Only thing really consistent is breakfast.  After literally months and months of scrambled eggs, they started to sound bad.  Now we have a smoothie with yogurt and fruit, coffee and milk, and homemade granola and milk pretty much every morning.  Or pancakes.

[MarieWalter]

Originally Posted by pastormama 

Brief note to say I have completely fallen off the wagon.  And it's been delightful.  Around my due date, I started thinking that each meal might be the last one I enjoy for a long time without a newborn at the breast or cradled in one arm.  So I've been trying all different new restaurants, old favorites, lunch with friends and family.  Only thing really consistent is breakfast.  After literally months and months of scrambled eggs, they started to sound bad.  Now we have a smoothie with yogurt and fruit, coffee and milk, and homemade granola and milk pretty much every morning.  Or pancakes.

I love this. Why not?

Also, after months of yogurt/muesli/fruit/smoothies, scrambled eggs sounds amazing! I know what I'm making tomorrow ^_^

[OtherMother]

Checking in as well. At last appt I'd lost another lb and baby was measuring a bit small. After "only" 13 lbs total weight gain, midwife is advising me to gain weight. Have been going about it well- just not being strict about when/how much I eat anymore- but still being strict about quality. We'll see how that turns out.

[berrymama]

Just chiming in here to say, "eat now and enjoy it!" I had slow but steady weight gain despite eating lots of high nutrient/calorie foods, but when I delivered at 38 weeks, I was only up about 21 lbs (and I started out a few lbs less than my ideal weight, so really, I was only up about 16 from my healthy weight). Now, one week postpartum, I am already back to my pre-preg weight and am eating all the time it seems! I have also been sick, which is probably taking up energy. I definately don't want to get lower because I am afraid it will affect my milk supply. Nuts, coconut oil, avocados are my new best friends (well, not new...I have been eating lots all pregnancy)!

[OtherMother]

I've had to change my eating style a bit since weight gain/baby's growth began to be an issue, but it's been going well. Since cutting wheat/grains/dairy I'd continued to lose weight weekly/biweekly even in my last 5/10 weeks, and then baby's growth began to stall. Added in coconut butter, some halvah/dk chocolate here and there, and a bit more caloric mass, and have been able to stop losing- gained a lb last week and baby is growing within normal range, though has still been on small side. Will see on Wed. how she is growing this week.

I am love, love, loving fresh fruit ... pretty much only eating fruit/veggies/nuts til dinner, then protein/veggies. The heat makes it hard to really feel like eating anything substantial til dinner. 

Today ...

Breakfast: Smoothie (1 banana, raw cacao, sunflower seeds, flax, blackstrap molasses, almond milk), one apricot, one small peach

"Lunch": Two energy chunks, one fig, almonds, coconut butter, green apple

Dinner: Sprouted tofu, baby boy choy, carrots, avocado; two squares dk chocolate w/ caramel for dessert later