Pregnancy Food Diary: Thirty-Four Weeks

mmmm Stromboli....

Here is a much belated pregnancy food diary for you. I've included a day from a couple weeks ago and one that is more recent.

Monday March 19

Breakfast: 1.5 eggs with potatoes and carrots (leftover from a roast chicken), kale with onion cooked in coconut oil and chicken broth, sourdough biscuit with butter, kombucha.

Snack: Homemade soaked granola bar, apple

Lunch: Leftover Stromboli (soaked whole wheat dough) filled with spinach, nitrate-free pepperoni, olives, mushrooms, mozzarella, and pizza sauce

Snack: Homemade breakfast cereal with raw milk and 1/2 a banana

Dinner: Chicken salad on sprouted bread with butter

Snack: Smoothie (strawberries, banana, yogurt, raw milk), sprouted toast with peanut butter and honey

Servings (recommended in parentheses):

Protein: 4.5 (4)

Eggs: 1.5 (2)

Dairy: 3 (4) 

Butter: 3 (3)
Whole Grains: 6 (2)
Refined Grains: 0 (0)
Veggies: 3 (3-4)
Greens: 2 (2)

Fruit: 3 (1)
Citrus: 0 (1)

Probiotic Foods: 3 (4)


Sunday, April 1
Breakfast: Sprouted wheat bagel with butter, 2 eggs fried in coconut oil, 2 pieces of organic nitrate-free bacon, some cheddar cheese, and sauteed spinach. Kombucha.

Lunch: Pesto baked salmon, roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes, broccoli, and mixed greens salad with apple, cashews, dried cranberries, and homemade vinaigrette

Snack: decaf coffee (a special treat!), two raw cookie dough bites, and a homemade protein bar (recipe coming soon)

Dinner: Mexican Rice (from Nourishing Traditions: brown rice cooked with butter, olive oil, chicken broth, onion, and lots of good spices), beans (black and pinto soaked and cooked with garlic, cumin,  oregano, and hot peppers), guacamole, salsa, cheese, sour cream, and tortilla chips. A few pieces of mango.

Snacks: two dark Dove chocolates, 1/2 an apple, some water kefir (to wash down my cod liver oil)


Servings (recommended in parentheses):
Protein: 4 (4)
Eggs: 2 (2)

Dairy: 2 (4) 

Butter: 3 (3)
Whole Grains: 3 (2)
Refined Grains: 0 (0)
Veggies: 4 (3-4)
Greens: 2 (2)

Fruit: 1.5 (1)
Citrus: 0 (1)

Probiotic Foods: 3 (4)


Are you pregnant? What are you eating lately?