Meal Train ideas for food sensitivities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Breastfeeding mom friendly meals (moms avoiding cruciferous veggies, spicy foods, onions/garlic, tomatoes/acidic foods, etc.)

This is not a real thing. This is based on some old-fashioned WASPY doctors' horror at all that suspect immigrant food. How on earth do you think the other 95% of the world's population feeds their children? Mothers in Thailand, India, Mexico, Italy, etc. do not spend months (or years!) eating bland Yankee pot roast and boiled potatoes in order to nurse their babies.

I would have agreed with you totally until I had my kids. For some reason they were very sensitive to what I ate. Tomatoes, spicy food, chocolate and a few others gave them lots of tummy pain. My daughter turned out to have tons of food allergies, my son just one. Everyone is different though.

It IS a thing, and is baby dependent. Although I’m not from any of the countries mentioned, I eat a lot of “ethnic” foods. I had no problem while breastfeeding with spices or “heat”, but my DD was super sensitive to dairy in my diet, as well as caffeine and chocolate. I literally couldn’t eat the amount of chocolate in a one bite brownie, or have a latte, but I could down sriracha, garlic, cabbage, etc. By the gallon.

So, how these mothers eat is by working around what their babies tolerate, like I did. Of course, this is a while other thread, and not what the OP is asking. There’s nothing wrong with providing “breastfeeding friendly” meals if that’s what the train wants to do, and what the recipient needs and/or wants.

[Anonymous]

Gluten- and dairy-free: beef and broccoli with rice on the side. Could make it vegan by doing a veggie stir fry instead.

Breastfeeding: Pioneer Woman's chicken & noodles recipe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gluten- and dairy-free: beef and broccoli with rice on the side. Could make it vegan by doing a veggie stir fry instead.

Breastfeeding: Pioneer Woman's chicken & noodles recipe.

Except soy sauce is a no go.

Anyone who is truly GF won’t eat anything that a random friend makes and calls Gf. They will likely feed it to their family instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Breastfeeding mom friendly meals (moms avoiding cruciferous veggies, spicy foods, onions/garlic, tomatoes/acidic foods, etc.)

This is not a real thing. This is based on some old-fashioned WASPY doctors' horror at all that suspect immigrant food. How on earth do you think the other 95% of the world's population feeds their children? Mothers in Thailand, India, Mexico, Italy, etc. do not spend months (or years!) eating bland Yankee pot roast and boiled potatoes in order to nurse their babies.

not entirely true. As an Indian, i know new moms are traditionally told to avoid many of these things (this is their moms/women around them saying this, not the doctor) and there is a Indian new mom diet that avoids many of these things.

can't speak to the other cultures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Breastfeeding mom friendly meals (moms avoiding cruciferous veggies, spicy foods, onions/garlic, tomatoes/acidic foods, etc.)

This is not a real thing. This is based on some old-fashioned WASPY doctors' horror at all that suspect immigrant food. How on earth do you think the other 95% of the world's population feeds their children? Mothers in Thailand, India, Mexico, Italy, etc. do not spend months (or years!) eating bland Yankee pot roast and boiled potatoes in order to nurse their babies.

10,000 times this.

[Anonymous]

I would opt out of these meal trains. Real allergies I'm okay with accommodating. This other stuff, no way. Buy your own darn food and cook it the way you want.

[Anonymous]

sweet potato shepherds pie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gluten- and dairy-free: beef and broccoli with rice on the side. Could make it vegan by doing a veggie stir fry instead.

Breastfeeding: Pioneer Woman's chicken & noodles recipe.

Except soy sauce is a no go.

Anyone who is truly GF won’t eat anything that a random friend makes and calls Gf. They will likely feed it to their family instead.

I was desperate, so I did, and regretted it the next day. One friend got it wrong, but the rest took very good care of me.

[Anonymous]

Roast chicken with fingerling potatoes.

Salmon filets ready to cook (but not pre-cooked -- gross!).

Green beans -- could steam, roast, or saute in butter.

Bell peppers stuffed with ground turkey or ground beef.

Roasted butternut squash or sweet potatoes.

This is a beautiful and tasty fall/winter salad, although it could use a zippier dressing. https://littlespicejar.com/autumn-pearl-couscous-salad-with-roasted-butternut-squash/