November is here, and we wanted to share this super easy, pumpkin lactation bite recipe. These protein bites are full of milk-boosting ingredients, including the pumpkin, yet are super healthy and low in sugar. Add these to your snack list, or have them as dessert, and you will be able to keep up with your weight loss goals after pregnancy.
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Pumpkin Pie Lactation Bites (Skinny!)
These skinny pumpkin pie lactation bites will have you feeling like you're biting into pumpkin pie, yet be full of nutrients and milk-boosting goodness.
1/8 cupBaking Stevia (or ganulated sweetener of choice)
1tspSea salt
Instructions
Mix water and peanut flour in a bowl. The consistency should be of heated peanut butter. You can use about 1 cup of heated peanut butter if desired. When peanut butter is heated for about 30 seconds in the microwave, it takes on a thinner consistency. This will be easier to mix. You can mix everything in a large bowl without a food processor, or you can transfer the peanut butter to the food processor, then add the rest of the ingredients. Add in the pumpkin puree, Milk Dust protein, pumpkin pie spice, Stevia and salt. Mix the coconut flour 1 tbsp at a time, to make sure it isn't too dry. The dough should be thick and crumbly, so you can roll into balls. Eat the protein bites right away, or store in the fridge.
Notes
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Pumpkin offers some amazing nutrients for breastfeeding mamas, so make sure to eat it all you want! It is also full of fiber, low in sugar, and easy to add to baked goods. It can really help with weight loss by helping you feel full on less calories due to the amount of fiber per serving.
Combining fiber and protein is a really effective way to feel full for longer, and diminish cravings later in the day. Make sure to check out our smoothie recipes too!
Apple pie overnight lactation oats are AMAZING for a quick breakfast you can grab in the morning, that tastes like dessert! Full of flavor and sweetness, you would never guess that this breakfast is low-carb, nutrient-dense, high in protein and REALLY good for your milk supply.
If you are struggling to lose weight while breastfeeding, our smoothies and overnight oats recipes are FANTASTIC to keep you full all day, while also encouraging your milk supply. We have a pumpkin pie lactation overnight oats recipe as well, so you can make a couple different kinds at the same time!
Overnight Apple Pie Lactation Oats With Protein:
Overnight Apple Pie Protein Lactation Oats
Delicious apple pie lactation oats that are full of protein, and perfect for a quick breakfast to boost your milk supply all day.
Start with your oats and Milk Dust at the bottom of the jar. Add apples on top, then the yogurt. Sprinkle your cinnamon on the yogurt, then pour your milk over the mixture. You can mix by shaking with the lid on tight, or stir before putting in the fridge. Refrigerate over night to enjoy in the morning.
This pumpkin pie lactation overnight oats recipes is one of our favorite recipes yet. The overnight oats are full of protein, and the oats add an extra milk-boosting punch to really boost your milk supply right away in the morning.
If you are looking for something other than a smoothie, which we do have a great pumpkin pie smoothie, this overnight oats recipe will really do the trick!
The key with overnight oats is to add enough liquid for the oats to bulk up and “cook” overnight. This recipe is only one serving, in a smaller mason jar because it is so full of nutrients!
This lactation overnight oats recipe is particularly unique because it offers protein with the oats. Oats will give your body the sustainable carbohydrates, and combined with the protein you will be full for hours! Bye bye breastfeeding hunger!!
This recipe is also LOW SUGAR and super filling, so it is the PERFECT breakfast for any mamas wanting to lose weight while breastfeeding, but keep up your milk supply. Overnight oats is a great alternative to smoothies in the morning, because they still offer so many nutrients.
Overnight Pumpkin Pie Lactation Oats With Protein:
Pumpkin Pie Protein Lactation Oats
These pumpkin pie lactation oats are perfect for breastfeeding mamas because they can be made super quick, and left to "cook" overnight Enjoy them right away in the morning for a big milk boost!
Start with your Milk Dust and oatmeal at the bottom of your mason jar. Add in the pumpkin puree and the yogurt. We layered the ingredients. Sprinkle your pumpkin pie spice on top of the yogurt, followed by the pumpkin seeds if desired. Pour in your milk and mix well, or shake with the lid on tight. Leave in the fridge overnight to enjoy in the morning!
A Chai lactation latte is the perfect, cozy drink to boost your milk supply, while also nourish your body. Our chai lactation recipe is full of milk-boosting herbs and nutrients from our Milk Dust lactation protein powder, in addition to healthy herbs in chai tea. Chai tea is also a great substitute for coffee, with less caffeine.
Chai is a great combination for additional milk supply because of the added cinnamon, cardamon, coriander and ginger. These are warm spices that actually have many health benefits, so when you combine it with the herbs and spices in our lactation protein powder (cinnamon bark, fennel seed, fenugreek and Turmeric), it makes a delicious combination.
This Chai Lactation Latee is absolutely perfect to drink all fall, and super easy to make! If you don’t have a milk forther, you can use a protein shaker, or stir together the ingredients really well and warm up your milk and tea in the microwave.
Chai Lactation Latte To Increase Milk Supply:
Chai Lactation Latte To Increase Milk Supply
This chai lactation latte will increase your milk supply, and it is full of protein and nutrients to keep you nourished all day long.
Start with your chai tea and Milk Dust.We used a liquid, already brewed Chai Tea concentrate from the grocery store, but you can also brew your favorite chai tea. Pour the tea and the Milk Dust together in a frother, so they mix together really well. Pour mixture into your mug. Pour your milk into your frother next, and froth your milk. Pour your milk on top of chai and Milk Dust mixture. Top with whipped cream and cinnamon if wanted, and enjoy!
Notes
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We have a lot of other recipes here on the blog too! Here are a few, and we have a free smoothie recipe ebook you can download for free anytime! You can use code: LACTATION for 10% off your first order, and try a sample pack if you aren’t sure if it will work for you!
Breastfeeding has a funny way of making new mommies obsessed with cookies. Cookies, brownies, ice cream and all the sugary foods really. Milk Dust is amazing for combating those cravings, but we also believe you can have healthy, nutrient-dense cookies too.
Here at Milk Dust we love cookies. We think cookies are a great way to get in some needed nutrients, satisfy cravings and even boost your milk supply. Peanut butter cookies are an even better way to do this! These peanut butter cookies in particular are super simple to make. They take just a few ingredients, are gluten-free, healthy and full of the good stuff.
If you are still pregnant, make these for when baby arrives! If you know someone who just had a baby, make some for them!
Peanut Butter Lactation Cookies – EASY!
These peanut butter lactation cookies are so easy, and so good!
This recipe is so simple because everything can be added to one large bowl, and mixed all together. Mix all the ingredients, then form small balls to place on greased cookie sheet. Use a fork to flatten the cookies into their shape. Put in the oven at 350 for 15 minutes.
If you want to give these babies a try, use code: LACTATION for 10% off your first order! Milk Dust usually offers enough sweetness for the recipe, but if you find you need more, add 1/4 cup of honey to the recipe, and you will be perfect!
Gingerbread cookies are amazing, but all the sugar, fat, carbs and lack of nutrients aren’t amazing for encouraging milk supply. A gingerbread lactation shake is a great option to help curb those cravings for gingerbread cookies, while also nourishing your body and keeping you on-track for increasing milk supply.
Why is Milk Dust so GREEN?
Milk Dust offers super foods such as chlorella and spirulina which are very rich in phytonutrients. These make a bright green color. There are also blueberries and spinach, making the color sometimes more of a deep grey/green. Green is a GOOD color. It means nutrients, so we are okay with the green color. We find it gives Milk Dust character.
Gingerbread Cookie Lactation Shake
This lactation shake tastes like a gingerbread cookie.
These pumpkin chocolate chunk lactation bars are amazing. They taste just like a delicious bite of fall, with all the healthy ingredients new mommies need while breastfeeding. We talked about the nutritional benefits of pumpkin in our pumpkin pie lactation shake post.
Pumpkin is a seasonal ingredient that offers a big nutritional bang for your buck, and we highly recommend it for postpartum mamas. Feel free to eat all the pumpkin this season. And you can start with these lactation bars, which taste like pumpkin bread, with a sweeter twist and some chocolate chunks.
In fact, this recipe is very versatile, so you can make them into bars, bread, or muffins depending on what works best for you.
Pumpkin Chocolate Lactation Bars
These pumpkin lactation bars are topped with chocolate chunks to make an amazing, healthy bar!
1cupBirch's Paleo Pancake Mix or Paleo Baking Flour
1scoopMilk Dust Lactation Powder
1tspsalt
1canPumpkin puree (not pie)
3Eggs
6packetsStevia or sweetener of choice
1tbsphoney
1-3tbspmilk of choice if needed
1/4cupchocolate chips or chocolate chunks for topping
Instructions
Mix dry ingredients in large bowl and set aside. Use a mixer to blend together wet ingredients including eggs, pumpkin, stevia and honey. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients. You may need to add some extra milk to help mix, depending on the flour you use. This is a thicker dough, rather than batter that you have to spread over a greased baking 8×5 or square baking pan. Pour dough into greased pan and spread out evenly. Top with chocolate chips or chopped chocolate chunks. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until fork comes out clean. Makes 12-16 bars.
Notes
These bars are actually gluten-free and full of healthy nutrients for postpartum mamas! No added sugar, low in carbs and high in protein!
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Remember, the “batter” is thicker on these. Here’s a photo that illustrates the thickness, so you know its okay to smooth it out into your pan.
Feel free to top with nuts, apple chunks, chocolate chips, or chocolate chunks like we did. It makes a big difference.
Bake, and keep an eye on the edges, as those cook faster. They taste fabulous both warm and cold the next day. You can eat them for breakfast or as dessert. Warm up with some honey or whipped cream on top, and a sprinkle of sea salt, and it won’t disappoint.
Better yet, this is LOW SUGAR! Yet it tastes so good and sweet. With all the benefits of Milk Dust, pumpkin and eggs, we promise this is a healthy dessert or breakfast to ease those sugar cravings!
This pumpkin pie lactation protein shake is so good and so filling. No need to run through the drive thru for that pumpkin spice any more! We are in love with this recipe for fall, and we hope you will be too.
There are also some amazing nutritional benefits of pumpkin! Here are some benefits you can get from adding pumpkin to your protein shake:
added vitamin A, C and E which are all antioxidants that help reduce inflammation and aid in healing
beta-carotene another amazing antioxidant
Lots of fiber to keep you full
Lutein for your brain and cognitive functioning
Great source of tryptophan to increase mood and help with sleep
So, there you have some amazing reasons to add pumpkin to your lactation smoothie. Here is our recipe to make sure your pumpkin smoothie tastes like pumpkin pie!
Pumpkin Pie Lactation Shake
Delicious and healthy pumpkin pie lactation protein shake for breastfeeding mamas to enjoy the fall, keep their milk supply and lose weight!
4tbspCalifia Pumpkin Spice Creamer or pumpkin spice creamy of choice
1tbsPumpkin pie spice
1cupmilk of choice, we used almond milk unsweetened
2tbspwhipped cream (optional)
Instructions
Blend all ingredients together and serve immediately!
Notes
This pumpkin pie lactation protein shake is super creamy, just like pumpkin pie! The frozen riced cauliflower gives a better texture than ice, but a frozen banana would work well to make it sweeter. The riced cauliflower keeps the calories down, yet still protects the taste.
Keyword lactation recipe, lactation shake, lactatoin smoothie, pumpkin pie protein shake
If you like this recipe, make sure to check out all our recipes on our recipe page, and download our lactation smoothie book!
Lactation brownies are awesome snacks or treats for breastfeeding mamas to increase milk supply and satisfy sugar cravings. But, many of the lactation brownies out there are full of sugar and fat, which is not good for losing any extra baby weight.
Of course a delicious brownie every so often is more than acceptable, but what if you could have a delicious brownie for breakfast every morning? Basically, this brownie recipe is so healthy, low-sugar, low-carb and nutrient-dense, you can have it anytime you want. You can even eat the entire recipe for around 350 calories if you really wanted to. These are perfect for those times when you just can’t stop eating the brownies.
Because there’s a scoop of our Milk Dust in this recipe, there is added protein, which helps make these brownies super filling as well. The protein will actually help keep you from filling hungry again soon after eating these, as well as limiting how many you can actually eat without feeling stuffed. Feeling full is one of the fastest ways to get rid of a sugar craving.
Go ahead, eat these up and reap the benefits to your milk supply and nutrition.
Healthy Lactation Brownies for Milk Supply:
Healthy Lactation Brownies
These lactation brownies are high in protein, low in sugar and carbs and amazing for milk supply.
1/4cupBaking Stevia or granulated sweetener of choice
2tbspStevia honey blend or low-sugar honey
4Egg whites
1Ripe banana or 1/4 cup applesauce
Instructions
Mix dry ingredients in large bowl and wet in another small bowl. Add wet to dry and mix well. Pour into greased 8×10 pan and bake at 350 for about 15 minutes!!
Give these lactation brownies a try for your next chocolate craving. Pair them with a drizzle of peanut butter, a dollop of whipped cream or a little vanilla ice cream between two, and it will be the best dessert you can have every night! Give our Milk Dust a try at 10% off with Code: LACTATION
This is an amazing and simple lactation “nice” cream recipe you can literally eat every night, or for breakfast if you want too!
What is lactation “nice” cream?
Nice cream is made from frozen bananas, which blend into a creamy consistency. You can also get a similar effect with frozen avocados. Both give a texture just like ice cream! When combined with a scoop of Milk Dust, you get added protein, added flavor and sweetness, and lots of milk-boosting ingredients all in one!
Curb that nursing-sweet tooth with ice cream for breakfast!
Yes, you can absolutely eat this for breakfast if you like. Seriously, there isn’t anything “bad” or unhealthy, and it tastes so good! Or, grab some after those super late-night feeds, when you are cravings something sweet and satisfying. This will do the trick!
Add everything to a blender or food processor. Blend until creamy by adding small amounts of milk of choice to get the desired consistency for your nice cream. You can also blend fresh, then put in a pan lined with parchment paper to eat later! The key is to allow it to de-thaw for about 30 minutes in order to scoop some creamy nice scream into your bowl! The green color is from the super foods in Milk Dust. These include Chlorella, Spirulina and spinach. It makes a pretty, green color! Top with toppings of choice like berries, chocolate or nuts!
These spinach lactation muffins are super milk-boosting, nutrient dense, and you can’t taste the spinach at all! They are made with healthy ingredients, including our Milk Dust Protein Powder, which provides all the milk-boosting herbs you need, in addition to some much needed nutrients for breastfeeding mamas.
These spinach lactation muffins are going to help you feel full, provide extra protein and keep your sugar intake low. Even better, they are gluten-free, dairy-free and sugar-free.
Milk Dust is a sweet protein powder, so by adding it to your baked goods, you can reduce the amount of sweetener you need. We suggest Milk Dust be blended as a smoothie, and highly recommend our lactation smoothie recipe book, but sometimes a smoothie isn’t realistic on busy days not at home. These lactation muffins are easy to pack, keep in the fridge and are kid-approved!
Skinny Spinach Lactation Muffins Recipe:
Skinny Spinach Lactation Muffins
These lactation muffins are full of spinach, nutrients and taste amazing while boosting milk supply!
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside. Blend all the wet ingredients in a blender and pour into dry mix. Mix well. Batter is thick, and spoon into greased muffin pan or liners about 3/4 way full. Bake at 375 for 13-15 minutes.
Enjoy these delicious, spinach lactation muffins as a quick breakfast, morning snack, or on-the-go snack as you navigate through life as a new mommy. Make sure to grab our free, 10-Day Sugar Detox + Weight Loss plan with more recipes to help you lose weight and keep up your milk supply!
