Full Belly: Good Eats for a Healthy Pregnancy

by Tara Mataraza Desmond, Shirley Fan RD

Overview

For the Most Delicious -- and Healthiest -- Pregnancy Fuel!

As a trained chef, Tara Mataraza Desmond knows how to cook -- and eat. But when she became pregnant, all bets were off, and seemingly all food was suspect. Deli meat, raw milk cheese, and alcohol were out, but what is in? Lists of "verboten" foods were easy to find, but healthful, doable meals that would appeal to a pregnant woman's finicky appetite and also feed her baby in the best way were not. Relying on prenatal vitamins didn't sound very satisfying for this ambitious cook, who is most at ease in front of the stove. So with registered dietitian Shirley Fan, Desmond put together delicious, healthy recipes with the baby bump in mind.

Sections include "What to Eat When You Don't Want to Eat," for that queasy and crucial first trimester, while the six chapters of recipes are accompanied by nutritional facts and bonus info to take you through all nine months (and beyond). An Iced Coffee Thickshake and a slice of Nectarine Pecan Baked Oatmeal can start the morning off right, while the Trail Mix Bars are perfect for a pick-me-up snack. Options like Cranberry Pistachio Salad with Chive Vinaigrette, Pork and Peanut Noodles, and Butternut Ragùagna (which does double-duty as a great freezer-friendly meal for after the baby arrives) fill out lunch and dinner. All of the recipes even benefit the post-pregnancy bod (and feed the rest of the family) by focusing on whole foods that deliver flavor without too much fat, sugar, and empty calories that make baby weight hard to shed. Full Belly is a cookbook designed to foster a healthy, happy pregnancy -- but you'll be coming back to the delicious recipes long after baby arrives!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762455300
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	12/16/2014
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Tara Mataraza Desmond is an author and writer focused on food and cooking for wellness, pregnancy, and parenthood. She is the author of Choosing Sides: From Holidays to Every Day, 130 Delicious Recipes to Make the Meal (Andrews McMeel) and co-author of Almost Meatless: Recipes That Are Better for Your Health and the Planet (Ten Speed Press). Desmond's work has appeared in Parents, Clean Eating, Better Homes and Gardens, Shape, Serious Eats, and The Kitchn. Desmond has been a guest on national radio and television shows, including Martha Stewart Omnimedia Sirius Radio programs, Everyday Food and Whole Living, NPR, and NBC 10's The 10! Show.

Her blog, Crumbs On My Keyboard (http://crumbsonmykeyboard.com) celebrates food and life in words and pictures. She is the proud alumna of two healthy pregnancies. During the first, she ran (OK, jogged) until thirty weeks, cooked the entire nine months (with the exception of a few greenish weeks in the beginning . . .) and was back in the kitchen five days after delivery. The second pregnancy involved cooking with twins, much less exuberance and grace, two months of gripping all-day morning sickness, no running whatsoever, and frantic cookbook writing to birth a book before the two babies. Thereafter, she relied on the good graces of friends and family who brought homemade freezer-friendly food well beyond delivery. Desmond cooks and writes for work and life with three small children afoot in Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 4

Foreword 6

Introduction 9

How to Use This Book 13

General Pregnancy Guidelines 15

Major Nutrients for Pregnancy 20

The Misery of Morning Sickness and NVP 24

What to Eat When You Don't Want to Eat 27

What to Avoid: A Very Short List 30

Full Kitchen: Stocking Up for a Pregnancy Appetite 32

Chapter 1 Breakfast 34

Chapter 2 Snacks and Sips 74

Chapter 3 Easy Meals for Noon and Night 106

Chapter 4 Salads and Soups 148

Chapter 5 For Now and Later 186

Chapter 6 Sweets and Treats 232

References and Resources 266

Index 269

Editorial Reviews

Full Belly is an oasis from the stress-inducing calorie counting and overwhelming ‘no' lists of so many prenatal eating books. Rather, it is like being in a friend's kitchen—a friend who has been there, knows the scoop on nutrition and shares deliciously do-able recipes and tips for a healthful pregnancy. I sure wish I had this book when I was pregnant!”
—Ellie Krieger MS RD, host of Food Network's Healthy Appetite and author of Weeknight Wonders: Delicious Healthy Dinner in 30 Minutes or Less

At last, a clear voice from the kitchen on the importance of eating real food when you're eating for two. Full Belly is many things at once; it's a luscious cookbook; it's a clear guide through the unnecessarily foggy territory of the prenatal diet; and perhaps most profoundly, it's a kind of Bill of Rights for a new generation — one now in diapers —of future real-foodists.”
—Nina Planck, author of Real Food for Mother and Baby and The Real Food Cookbook

From the Publisher

04/15/2015
Desmond (Choosing Sides) and registered dietician Fan share ideas for eating during pregnancy. They focus on major nutrients and what to avoid and give a general orientation to the pregnancy experience, foodwise. Sprinkled throughout are "Belly to Belly" entries in which survey participants comment on coping skills for various conditions such as morning sickness, food cravings, and mindful eating. Many recipes are provided for breakfast, snacks, sweets, and easy meals. Yogurt muesli parfait with strawberry sauce, cherry lime fizzer, citrus ginger pops, and peaches and creamsicle smoothie (with silken tofu) are among the options. Issues on the safety of fish and the use of canned food are highlighted. Also discussed are such digestive troubles as constipation and heartburn. "Belly Bonus" tips offer more pointers, for example, that pregnant women should have about 70g of protein every day. Helpful charts break down the vitamins and minerals in each recipe and nutrition per serving is featured. VERDICT A solid source for pregnancy food ideas and valid advice for expecting women.—Barbara Kundanis, Longmont P.L., CO

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