Fueling Your Journey: Essential Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy and Postpartum Recovery… Tuna Melts and Greek Salad!
Nutrition can play a huge part in our pelvic health especially for people who are pregnant and postpartum. There is so much information out there about what the ‘best’ way to fuel your pregnancy journey or postpartum recovery, however, it’s really dependent on the individual!
In terms of maintaining proper blood sugar levels and providing appropriate nutritional both during pregnancy and after, having more fat and protein in your diet is an ideal practice.
As a general rule, think of your plate divided into three equal sections:
🤰1 section is for protein with an emphasis on quality and can be any protein source (preferably animal)
🤰1 section is for fat with an emphasis on omega-3s
🤰1 section is for carbohydrates with an emphasis on vegetables and small amounts of starch or grains
For tuna melts and Greek salad, the breakdown would be:
Protein= tuna and cheese
Fat= Greek dressing, cheese, and mayo
Carbohydrates= sourdough bread and veggies
Ingredients for Tuna Melt
2 pieces of sourdough
1 can of tuna
1 slice of Swiss cheese
Mayo and stone ground mustard to desired wetness of tuna salad
Salt and pepper
Ingredients for Greek Salad
3 Persian cucumbers
10 cherry tomatoes
4 TBSP Primal Kitchen Greek Dressing
1/4 of a small red onion
As much feta cheese as your heart desires
Steps
Cut your veggies for your Greek Salad and place in a bowl
Dress the salad and add feta
Place the bowl to the side
Mix tuna with seasonings, mayo, and mustard
Place tuna mixture on bread and close the sandwich
Heat up skillet and add butter
Place sandwich in the skillet, flip when bread is at desired toastyness
Remove sandwich when second piece of bread is at desired toastyness
Enjoy!
