As a Chinese, I have been taught since I was a child: medicinal supplements are not as good as food supplements, and food is the most important thing for the people. As a mother who has just given birth to a baby and is still in confinement, eating good confinement meals naturally becomes a good way to nourish the body. top priority.
A search on the Internet reveals that high-end confinement clubs and confinement meals of celebrities are often disclosed, but the "sky-high price" confinement meals that often cost tens of thousands of yuan are really a bit of a luxury. In fact, in addition to supplementing nutrition, the biggest role of postpartum meals is to help postpartum mothers regulate their bodies. The 42 days of confinement are divided into several stages, and the body is regulated at each stage. Simple and ordinary ingredients can also achieve the purpose. In today’s article, Youma Yuzi’s gold medal confinement sister-in-law will share with you the classic confinement meal for natural delivery.
1st to 2nd week of the first phase: diuresis, swelling, and discharge of lochia
Brown sugar, yam and millet porridge
Ingredients: one stick of Huaishan, appropriate amount of millet, brown sugar Appropriate amount (if you don’t like sweet food, you can replace it with red dates)
Method: Peel and cut the yam into pieces, put it into a casserole with the washed millet and make porridge together. When the porridge becomes thick, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Can.
Efficacy: Whether it is a cesarean section or a normal delivery, the spleen and stomach of mothers who have given birth to a baby for two or three days are relatively weak. Millet porridge that does not add burden to the stomach and provides sufficient nutrition is definitely the most suitable for mothers who have just given birth. For mothers who have given birth.
Adzuki bean and coix seed water
Ingredients: a handful of adzuki bean and coix seed
Method: wash the adzuki bean and coix seed and soak them, add appropriate amount of water to the casserole Boil until the adzuki beans and barley are soft and then drain out the water; if you do not want to soak the beans, you can directly put the ingredients into the stew pot and simmer for 2 hours.
Efficacy: Adzuki bean + barley, a magical combination that removes dampness and promotes diuresis. It has a very good effect in removing postpartum edema. It is highly recommended for mothers to boil water and drink it.
Day lily, mushroom and tofu soup
Ingredients: a handful of dried day lily, 6 fresh mushrooms, a small piece of northern tofu, appropriate amount of green onion and ginger slices
Method: Wash the day lily and soak until set aside, wash the mushrooms and cut into pieces, wash and cut the tofu into pieces; put an appropriate amount of cooking oil in the pot, add ginger slices when the oil is hot, add the tofu and stir-fry, then add the mushrooms and Stir-fry the day lily, add an appropriate amount of water, boil the water and simmer over low heat for 8 minutes. Finally, add salt and an appropriate amount of light soy sauce to taste, and sprinkle in the green onions.
Efficacy: Day lily is also a very good water-digesting food. Dried day lily is not poisonous and mothers can eat it with confidence. It can be paired with mushrooms and tofu to supplement protein and various minerals, and the taste is also very delicious. .
Stir-fried shrimps with winter melon
Ingredients: One piece of winter melon, 10 fresh shrimps, ginger slices, light soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste
Method: Peel the winter melon Wash and cut into pieces, peel the fresh shrimps, take out the shrimps, add an appropriate amount of light soy sauce and pepper and marinate slightly; then put an appropriate amount of oil in the pot, add ginger slices when the pot is hot, then add the shrimps and stir-fry until they change color, then take them out; Then add the cut winter melon and stir-fry. Finally, add the shrimp, stir-fry and season with appropriate amount of salt.
Efficacy: I don’t need to say more about the dehydrating effect of winter melon, everyone knows it. It is paired with fresh prawns to supplement nutrition and satisfy mothers’ taste buds. It is sweet and delicious!
The 3rd to 4th week of the second phase: Regulate qi and blood, promote lactation
Spinach and pork liver porridge
Ingredients: a handful of spinach, a piece of fresh pork liver, rice Appropriate amount of ginger slices, salt, light soy sauce, and appropriate amount of starch
Method: Wash the spinach and cut into small pieces, cut the fresh pork liver into thin slices, add starch and light soy sauce to marinate slightly, put the rice and ginger slices into a casserole and add water Boil the porridge. When the rice grains are thick, add the marinated pork liver, simmer over low heat, then add spinach. It is best to add an appropriate amount of salt.
Efficacy: Spinach and pork liver, a classic food that replenishes iron and blood! Remember to eat it if you have postpartum anemia. In the morning, a bowl of spinach and pork liver porridge paired with a piece of jujube cake is incomparably delicious and has first-class tonic effects.
Papaya and Tremella Milk Lotion
Ingredients: half a papaya, half a white fungus (the white fungus can also be replaced with bird's nest, it's up to you to be generous), a pack of milk
Method: Soak the white fungus and tear it into small pieces, put it into a casserole and add an appropriate amount of water to boil. When the white fungus is soft and waxy, add the cut papaya and milk and cook for a while.
Efficacy: Tremella is a very good nourishing product and is known as bird's nest for common people. According to historical records, Empress Dowager Cixi often ate Tremella soup to beautify her skin. We don’t know the truth, but you can eat more white fungus. Paired with papaya and milk, the protein supplement also increases the layering of the soup and promotes breast milk secretion. You can have both nutrition and deliciousness!
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Ingredients: Two fresh crucian carp, a piece of tofu, ginger slices and shallots, salt, pepper, and light soy sauce
Method: After cleaning the crucian carp, dry it with paper; burn some Boil water and set aside; add more oil to the pot to fry the crucian carp, set both sides and then take it out; use the base oil in the pot to sauté the ginger slices until fragrant, then add the crucian carp and tofu, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, and cook over high heat Reduce the heat to low for 10 minutes so that a milky white soup can be obtained. Finally, add an appropriate amount of salt, light soy sauce, and pepper to taste.
Efficacy: Fresh crucian carp is very delicious, and crucian carp tofu soup and the peanut and pig's feet soup we are going to talk about below can be said to be the "two heroes" in the lactation world. They are very classic lactation soups. Moreover, many mothers who suffer from lactation stasis and mastitis just two or three days after giving birth are due to these two, so the lactation effect is first-rate, but they must not be drunk too early~
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Ingredients: A handful of peanuts, a pig's trotter, appropriate amounts of ginger, green onions, salt, light soy sauce, and pepper
Method: Soak the peanuts, ask the store to handle the pig's trotters, and boil them in water for later use ;Put the pig's feet, ginger, and green onions in a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for 1 hour, add soaked peanuts, simmer for another half an hour, and finally season.
Ingredients: 10 grams of astragalus, 10 grams of angelica, appropriate amount of mutton, ginger slices, salt, scallions, pepper, and green onions
Method: Wash the astragalus and angelica and set aside, cut the mutton into pieces, wash and boil Set aside; wrap the angelica root and astragalus root with non-woven fabric, put them into a casserole together with the mutton, add appropriate amount of water, add ginger slices and green onion accessories and bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for two hours. After the mutton is soft, add seasonings. , add appropriate amount of green onions to garnish.
Efficacy: Can you eat mutton and drink mutton soup in summer? Of course you can! Many people drink mutton soup specifically in summer to warm up the body. In fact, it is similar to the "winter disease and summer treatment". For us breastfeeding mothers, it is more used to replenish qi and blood, regulate the body, and enhance immunity. It couldn’t be better to drink it in the third stage!
Kelp and pork ribs soup
Ingredients: appropriate amount of kelp, appropriate amount of ribs, appropriate amount of ginger, green onions, salt, cooking oil and pepper< /p>
Method: Wash the kelp, soak and cut into pieces; chop and wash the ribs, blanch them in cold water, then wash them well, put an appropriate amount of oil in the pot, add the ribs and fry briefly, then add ginger and green onions. Add an appropriate amount of boiling water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer for 40 minutes, then add kelp knots, simmer for 20 minutes, and finally add salt and pepper to taste.
Efficacy: Kelp is particularly good at softening and dispersing knots. We often recommend mothers with breast hyperplasia to eat more kelp, paired with short ribs. It is delicious, and most importantly, it can promote breast milk secretion and metabolism. !
Sesame black bean soy milk
Ingredients: a handful of black sesame seeds, a handful of black beans, a handful of black rice, three walnuts
Method: black beans, black rice Soak in advance, then add all the ingredients and an appropriate amount of water to a soy milk machine or wall breaker, and blend into soy milk.
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Ingredients: One sweet potato, 6 jujubes, appropriate amount of rice
Method: Wash and peel the sweet potatoes, cut into small pieces, put them together with the rice and jujubes and add appropriate amount of water to make porridge. Wait until the sweet potatoes are soft and the rice is sticky.
Efficacy: Promote defecation and metabolism. Many mothers have constipation problems after giving birth. Eat more potatoes and whole grains to increase gastrointestinal motility. The effect is great!
12 Have you learned all the classic confinement meals? Although it is a confinement meal, there is no problem in eating it on a daily basis, especially for breastfeeding mothers who still bear the heavy responsibility of feeding their babies!