A woman who is breastfeeding a baby should be especially careful about her own nutrition. The health and well-being of the baby depends on the products that she uses. In addition, after giving birth, the mother needs to get in shape as quickly as possible, dropping those extra pounds. You should not completely abandon desserts, you just need to choose the right delicacies - for example, lean cookies made with your own hands.
Lean cookies for nursing mothers: what to choose
Baking for mothers of nursing babies should be tasty, nutritious, healthy. It is advisable to choose cookies with a small amount of calories, made without harmful additives: flavors, colors, artificial sweeteners. There should be few ingredients, the basis of a healthy dessert includes cottage cheese, oatmeal or flour, dried fruits. For taste, you can add low-fat milk, butter and eggs, but only if the baby is not allergic to them.
An important condition is that even the most useful cookies cannot be consumed in unlimited quantities. A couple of them are enough to pamper yourself and get the right dose of endorphins. Homemade cookies can be eaten for breakfast or afternoon tea; it is undesirable to use them at night.
Galette cookies: the classic version
In the store, you can buy ready-made dry biscuits, which are more often called biscuit biscuits. It is inexpensive, but the composition is far from perfect. The commercial product includes flavors, flavors and other ingredients not useful for babies and their mothers. The best option is to make these cookies yourself. This homemade treat contains a minimum of calories and is perfect for daily meals. For baking to succeed, you need to act step by step and take your time. Galette cookies are well stored, so they can be made for future use.
Ingredients:
- 30 g sugar;
- 10 ml of refined vegetable oil;
- 60 ml of hot filtered water;
- 130 g of high quality wheat flour;
- a pinch of salt;
- 1 tsp baking powder;
- 20 g cornstarch.
Sift flour into a bowl, mix with baking powder and cornstarch. Pour sugar and salt into hot water, add odorless vegetable oil. Gradually add the mixture of dry ingredients, constantly stirring the dough with a spatula. It should be soft and smooth. Collect the dough in a lump, wrap in cling film, put in the refrigerator for half an hour.
On a board sprinkled with flour, roll out the frozen dough into a thin, even layer. Fold it in four and roll it out again. Repeat folding and unrolling 2 more times. The procedure will take additional time, but the finished cookies will be very delicate and flaky.
The final stage is the final rolling of the dough, its thickness should tend to 1 mm. Cut out the cookies with cookie cutters or an ordinary glass, put them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Chop each workpiece with a fork.
Bake the delicacy in an oven preheated to 180 degrees until a beautiful golden color. Remove to a board and refrigerate. Immediately after baking, the biscuits will be soft, after cooling, they will become dry, crunchy, melting in the mouth.
Curd delicacy: a step by step recipe
Low-fat dairy products, especially cottage cheese, are very useful for nursing mothers. It is rich in calcium, valuable amino acids and vitamins, improves digestion and helps to reduce the total caloric intake of the diet. The nutritional value of the product allows it to be used for tasty and healthy baked goods. It is best to take homemade cottage cheese without unnecessary additives and lumps.
Ingredients:
- 200 g of fresh cottage cheese;
- 1 tbsp. l. Sahara;
- 100 g of high-quality butter;
- toasted almonds;
- 150 g of premium wheat flour.
Scald the almonds with boiling water, remove the hard shell. The kernels can be lightly fried in a dry skillet to enhance their flavor.
Mash cottage cheese in a bowl with sugar and melted butter. Pour in the sifted flour in portions and knead the smooth homogeneous dough. Divide it into 2 parts, roll each into a thin layer. Roll it into a roll, helping yourself with a wide knife, cut the resulting sausage into pieces, arrange them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper.
Put an almond nut in the center of each piece, slightly pressing it into the dough. Bake cookies in an oven heated to 180 degrees, they will be ready in about 20 minutes.
Oatmeal Cookies: Step-by-Step Cooking
Oatmeal is well digested, enriches the mother's body with fiber and B vitamins. In addition, they are harmless to the baby, homemade oatmeal cookies can be eaten within a couple of weeks after the birth of the child. If the baby is lactose intolerant, cow's milk should be replaced with soy milk or water. You can reduce the proportion of sugar or replace some of the sand with honey. The mother of a child who does not react well to eggs should exclude them from the recipe. The original sweet-sour aftertaste will be added by dried fruits: finely chopped dates and pitted prunes.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups oatmeal
- 150 ml skim milk;
- 3 eggs;
- 5 tbsp. l. Sahara;
- 4 tbsp. l. finely chopped dates;
- a few prunes;
- 3 tbsp. l. refined vegetable oil (preferably olive oil);
- a pinch of vanillin.
Rinse dried fruits thoroughly, add hot water for half an hour, put in a colander, dry and chop finely. Pour the oatmeal with milk and leave to swell. Beat eggs in a separate container, combine with flakes, sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla. Mix everything well, add chopped dried fruits.
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. With a tablespoon dipped in water, spread the portions of the dough on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Give each piece a round or oval shape. Bake for about 20 minutes until browning, remove from baking sheet and chill on a wire shelf.
