With the approach of the New Year or any other holiday, nursing mothers begin to puzzle over what to cook for the holiday table? After all, many foods and drinks are not recommended for breastfeeding, and some are even dangerous for the baby and lactation. In this article we will look at what a nursing mother can eat on holiday, and what she should definitely avoid. Let's select dishes that are allowed during breastfeeding. We will also create a sample menu for the New Year for nursing mothers.

What a nursing mother should not do

• Alcohol is contraindicated during breastfeeding, however, after the third or fourth month of lactation, you can allow a glass of champagne or wine. Feed your baby before drinking drinks, since after drinking alcohol you cannot breastfeed your baby for at least 4-5 hours;
• Spicy, fatty, smoked and too salty dishes, pickles and marinades (sauerkraut, salted or pickled mushrooms, cucumbers and tomatoes);
• Canned foods, semi-finished products (sausages, sausages, store-bought cutlets and minced meat) and various sauces (mayonnaise, ketchup, mayonnaise-based products);
• Exotic and citrus fruits, except bananas, cause severe allergic reactions in children. In addition, such products are brought from distant countries, where transportation rules and storage standards are not always followed. Such fruits can cause poisoning and infection;
• Hot spices. Onions can be consumed after 2-3 months in the amount of ⅓ of a head; it is better not to include garlic in the menu until 4-5 months and eat no more than two cloves;
• Seafood and gourmet fish;

• Wild meat, raw meat and bloody meat;
• Lard and fatty meats disrupt digestion and often cause indigestion. Such food causes constipation or diarrhea;
• Cow's milk is not recommended until 5-6 months of lactation, as it contains an allergenic protein;
• Mushrooms are a difficult product to digest, so they are not recommended for nursing mothers, children under seven years of age, and people with digestive problems. But, if you really want mushrooms, then after 6-7 months you can try some champignons;
• Carbonated drinks are very harmful to babies. Give preference to ordinary mineral or drinking water, natural juices and compotes;
• Layer cakes and pastries, flour products with cream and cream, dyes and other harmful additives. You can have light desserts and pies prepared at home.

What you can do while breastfeeding

Despite the great restrictions, there are still many products from which you can prepare delicious and satisfying dishes for the New Year's table. In addition, if the baby is already six months old and is not allergic, the mother’s diet has already expanded significantly. Let's find out what foods and drinks are allowed during lactation, and what should be eaten with caution.

From the products listed, it’s easy to choose a delicious, varied diet while breastfeeding and even prepare many delicious holiday dishes for the New Year. We offer recipes for dishes that every mom can cook and that can feed anyone.

Appetizers and salads

As a snack, a vegetable salad would be an excellent solution. The classic can be easily adapted for nursing by simply replacing dangerous ingredients. So, instead of salted or pickled cucumbers, they put fresh ones, and instead of boiled sausage, they put boiled meat. You can prepare beetroot and Greek salad,. You can take a more unusual recipe.

Meat holiday salad

• Green apple – 1 pc.;
• Turkey or chicken fillet – 200 g;
• Avocado – 1 pc.;
• Lettuce – 1 piece;
• Olive oil and lemon juice for dressing;
• Salt to taste.

Boil the poultry meat and cut into small pieces. Peel and cut the fruit into cubes, tear the lettuce leaves with your hands. Mix the ingredients, season with oil and sprinkle with lemon juice. Add salt and mix.

New Year's puff salad

• Chicken fillet – 400 g;
• Green apples – 2 pcs;
• Hard cheese – 100 g;
• Walnuts – 50 gr;
• Eggs – 4 pcs.;
• Sour cream or natural yoghurt for dressing – 150 ml;
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Boil the fillet and eggs. Peel the apples. Cut the chicken, peeled eggs and fruit into cubes. Chop the soaked nuts and grate the cheese on a fine grater. The salad is laid out in layers. Eggs are placed first, then chicken, nuts, apples and cheese. Each layer is coated with yogurt or sour cream, salt and pepper. The prepared salad can be decorated with greens on top.

Salad with beets and dried apricots

• Beets – 2 pcs.;
• Dried apricots – 30 gr;
• Hard cheese – 50 g;
• Walnuts – 30 gr.

Boil the beets, peel and cut into cubes. Chop the soaked nuts and dried apricots and add to the beets. For dressing, use olive oil and lightly add salt. Easy and quick to prepare, the salad turns out to be very nutritious and satisfying. The dish can be decorated with sprigs of greenery.

Fish salad

• Boiled fish – 250 grams;
• Cherry tomatoes – 5 pieces;
• Bell pepper – 2 pieces;
• Green leaf salad – 1 bunch;
• Olive oil and juice of ½ lemon for dressing;
• Salt to taste.

The finished fish is minced in a meat grinder or chopped in a blender. The peppers are cut into strips, and the cherry tomatoes into halves. The salad is torn into large pieces. Mix the ingredients, add olive oil and lemon juice, and lightly salt.

Caesar with chicken for nursing

• Chicken breast – 400 g;
• Sesame seeds – 1 tbsp. spoon;
• Hard cheese – 100 g;
• Lettuce – 1 bunch;
• Gray wheat bread - 3 slices;
• Vegetable oil and salt to taste.

Boil and cut the chicken, cut the bread and fry in vegetable oil. You can also dry the crackers yourself on a radiator. Grate the cheese. Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands and place in a dish, sprinkle sesame seeds on top, add chicken. Place crackers and cheese on top. For dressing, use oil and add salt if desired.

Hot dishes

You can serve lean meats and fish as a hot dish. It is better to boil, stew or bake the ingredients, since fried foods are difficult for the baby to digest. Crumbled, boiled or mashed potatoes, baked vegetables, and boiled cereals are perfect as a side dish.

Meat in the oven

• Veal;
• Garlic cloves;
• Tomatoes.

In one portioned piece of meat, cuts are made across the grain at a distance of 1.5-2 centimeters. Place a slice of tomato, a clove of garlic and a slice of cheese into the cuts. Lightly salt and pepper the meat, wrap in foil and place in the oven. The dish is baked for 45-50 minutes at 250 degrees, and 10 minutes before it is ready, the foil is opened to form a crispy crust on the meat.

Stuffed potatoes with minced meat

• Potatoes – 10 pcs.;
• Homemade minced beef – 350 gr.;
• Butter – 1 piece;
• Sour cream – 1 glass;
• Flour – 2 teaspoons;
• Breadcrumbs – 1 tbsp. spoon;
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Peel the potatoes and cut out the centers so that you get “cups”. Place minced meat inside the potatoes and place on a baking sheet, pour sour cream sauce on top. To prepare the sauce, fry the flour in butter, then add sour cream and simmer a little. Sprinkle bread crumbs on top of potatoes with sauce. If desired, you can use grated cheese instead of breading. Potatoes with minced meat are baked for 30-45 minutes at 220 degrees.

Fish in creamy sauce

• Fish fillet – 250 grams;
• Onion – 1 head;
• Cream – 1.5 cups or low-fat sour cream – 1 cup;
• Flour – 2 teaspoons;
• Salt and pepper to taste;
• Bay leaf – 1 piece;
• Vegetable oil.

Cut the fish into portions, the onion into half rings. Pour oil into the pan, add fish and onions. Cover with water and simmer for 10 minutes. Then pour in the cream or sour cream, add flour. If necessary, add more water. Season with salt and pepper, add bay leaf, simmer for another 20 minutes. Cooked fish is best served with mashed potatoes. The dish is decorated with greens.

Oriental sweets, baked apples and pears, fresh berries and fruits, white marshmallows, cottage cheese cakes, sweet salads, homemade souffles and jelly are suitable as desserts for breastfeeding. You can make charlotte, homemade cookies and even a cake. What cakes are allowed during lactation and what dessert to prepare, see.

The New Year holiday is coming, which both adults and children are already looking forward to. On this holiday, the table is set with all sorts of delicious dishes and drinks, which are hard to refuse, and even if you don’t have the strength to eat, you should at least try a little. Every hospitable hostess puts out an abundance of everything and a variety of snacks at once. But what if a young mother is expecting the birth of a baby, because too much food can have negative consequences, so it is necessary to create a special New Year’s menu for a pregnant woman.

The expectant mother should avoid eating too much carbohydrates and fats. This is necessary to avoid heaviness in the stomach and heartburn. This is especially dangerous in the second half of pregnancy, since the body is already working for two and it is difficult for it. As the uterus grows, it puts pressure on the digestive organs and stomach, so it is better to eat often and not too much. Then both mother and baby will feel more comfortable.

Pregnant women need to start their meals with those dishes and snacks that will better produce gastric juice during digestion. Such snacks include, for example, light salads.

It is better to prepare the New Year's menu for a pregnant woman using vegetable oil. If olive oil is added, you need to make sure that there is not a lot of it, otherwise nausea is guaranteed. Such salads are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are necessary for the growth and development of the baby.

It is better to avoid mayonnaise altogether. When preparing it, additives, acids and all kinds of preservatives are added to it, which cause problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
If you want, for example, a traditional Olivier salad, then it is better to season it with sour cream, but with the minimum fat content.

A little saltiness can be eaten only by those mothers who have no problems with edema at all. Otherwise, after salty food, the body will ask for more liquid, but this should not be allowed, because the child has difficulty in receiving oxygen. The cells of the body swell and the passages become narrowed.

You shouldn’t give up saltines at all, you just need to know when to stop. After all, such products have helped and are helping many pregnant women to fight toxicosis. If, for example, you want to eat a whole plate of herring, of course, in no case should you just limit yourself to a couple of pieces.

You should not eat spicy or pickled foods under any circumstances. Dishes that include the addition of pepper, vinegar, mustard or horseradish are best avoided, because this can lead to increased uterine tone. Due to such dishes, fluid will be retained in the body, which puts a strain on it.

If pregnancy occurs in the last months of gestation, you should not eat salty foods, and not at all.

You cannot eat sausages and smoked products. They contain a high content of harmful dyes and preservatives.

It is better to eat weak broths and boiled vegetables. The meat should be boiled and not fatty.

The New Year's menu for pregnant women should contain as few strong flavors as possible; food should not be fried or high in calories.

Now you know what to eat for the expectant mother for the New Year, take care of yourself and then the New Year will be great. It remains to be seen

It can be very difficult for expectant mothers. Many women develop a “brutal” appetite during pregnancy. And this APPETITE does not fall asleep during the entire pregnancy - all nine months! But what about festive table- holiday treat? After all, the variety of the festive table fuels the desire to eat delicious food even more. Expectant mothers, of course, should never think about a strict diet. After all, if they eat only kefir and a couple of lettuce leaves, then what will the baby get, what “benefits”?! And there will be no festive mood with such dishes on the table. But you shouldn’t overeat either. We must observe moderation and eat only healthy foods. At the same time, you should enjoy it!

What do you think: abundant festive table may be beneficial for pregnant women?

Of course. Want to make sure of this? You just need to follow some rules in preparing a festive (and everyday) table for the expectant mother.

Choosing the best

You know how holiday dishes are prepared?! With a lot of spices, seasonings, fats. Therefore, we choose only homemade seasonings. You can’t get carried away with salted, peppered, smoked, fried foods. Only home-cooked dishes should be on the table.

The secret is in the preparation

Are you craving fried chicken? If you replace it with boiled one (put it in a salad, simmer it in sauce) you will get 98 kcal less with the same proportion.

Do not add sugar to cottage cheese and baked apple - reduce their calorie content by about 100 units.

When preparing food, it is important not only to reduce calorie content, but also to preserve the taste of the food. Water will help you with this. Do you still use tap water? IN vain! It contains many dangerous substances. They harm your body and, worst of all, your baby. But the embryo consists of 96% water. Ecologically clean water is an important food product for all people, and even more so for expectant mothers.

Delicious menu for you

Don't forget about the products that will only benefit you and that's why you need them the most.

Hard cheese, spinach.

Folic acid- green vegetables, citrus fruits.

Vitamin E - sweet peppers, turkey meat, broccoli.

Iodine - seafood and fish.

Include these products in your holiday menu, and good health for you and your baby is guaranteed!

Sample menu

1) Salad of greens, lettuce and pieces of salted fish, seasoned with olive oil and lemon juice.

2) Olivier with boiled chicken, homemade mayonnaise, peas (take just a little), boiled carrots and apple.

3) Assorted cheese.

Fish with spinach or turkey rolls with vegetables. Side dish option - baked potatoes. Before baking, brush the potato slices with vegetable oil and sprinkle with a little rosemary and a little salt.

Various jellies, mousses, fruits, nuts

Juice, compote, fruit drink.

I picked it up recipes dishes that can be placed on festive table for pregnant women and other family members. After all, it is mostly women who do the cooking - in our case, expectant mothers. And it’s hard for them to cook many dishes to please everyone. I hope that you recipes you will like them and use them.

Turkey rolls

1 turkey fillet, 1 large onion, salt, mustard.

For the sauce: 1 tbsp. flour, 2 tbsp. sour cream, 100 ml. broth

Preparation:

Cut the turkey across the grain into 10-12 pieces. Lightly beat the slices. Season with salt, mustard and sprinkle with onions. Roll the slices into a tube and tie with thread.

Pour water into the pan. When the water boils, place the rolls there. Cook on low heat.

Make the sauce: grind the mustard with flour, add salt, add sour cream, dilute with the broth in which the rolls are cooked. Pour into meat and bring to a boil.

Chicken breast chops

4 chicken breasts, 3 cloves of garlic, 3 tbsp. l. finely chopped greens, 3 tbsp. l. lemon juice, 3 tbsp. l. olive oil, salt to taste.

Preparation:

Cut the breasts in half, place between two films and beat to a thickness of 0.5-0.7 cm.

Mix lemon juice, oil, chopped garlic and herbs. Pour this marinade over the meat for 30 minutes.

Place the meat in the pan and fry for 5 minutes on each side. You can grill the breasts (it will even be healthier). Serve breasts with green salad.

Fish balls

2 fillets of any fish, 1 egg, 1 onion, salt, 2 tbsp. l. flour, spices.

Preparation:

Cut the fillet into small pieces. Place in a bowl, add salt. Add finely chopped onion, flour, egg, spices and leave for 20 minutes.

Fry the meatballs in vegetable oil.

Fish stewed with sour cream

500 g fish fillet, 2 onions, 200 g sour cream, 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, 1 bunch of herbs, salt to taste.

Preparation:

Cut the fish into pieces, cut the onion into rings. Fry together in a frying pan.

Mix sour cream with chopped herbs. Pour sour cream over the fish and simmer for 15 minutes.

Baked fish

1 any river fish weighing 600 g, 1 lemon, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 2 tbsp. l. olive oil, salt to taste.

Preparation:

Clean and gut the fish, salt inside and outside, grease with oil and juice of half a lemon. Cut the onion into rings, carrots and lemon into slices. Salt the vegetables.

Place the fish on a baking sheet, place vegetables and lemon slices around it.

Bake in the oven at 200°C for about 30 minutes.

Stuffed pepper

4 sweet peppers, 2 onions, 300 g minced turkey, 2 eggs, 2 l. olive oil, salt and herbs to taste.

Preparation:

For the minced meat: lightly fry the chopped onion in olive oil, mix with the minced turkey, add a little water, and simmer until tender. Stir in the beaten eggs, add salt and simmer for another 1-2 minutes, you can add chopped herbs.

Remove seeds from peppers. Fill with minced meat, place in a mold and bake in the oven at 200°C for 15-20 minutes.

Carrot salad

4 medium carrots, juice of one lemon, 2 tbsp. l. olive oil, salt and sugar to taste.

Preparation:

Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Add lemon juice and let the carrots soak. Season the salad with oil, to which add sugar and salt.

Fresh vegetable salad No. 1

2 fresh cucumbers, 1 bell pepper, 200 g white cabbage, a bunch of greens (any), 2 tbsp. l. olive oil, 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice, salt to taste.

Preparation:

Cut the cucumbers and peppers into large rings, chop the cabbage thinly, chop the greens.

Mix everything, add salt and season with oil and lemon juice.

Fresh vegetable salad No. 2

1 bell pepper, 1 bunch of lettuce, 10 cherry tomatoes, 2 tbsp. l. sour cream, salt to taste.

Preparation:

Cut the pepper into rings, tear the salad coarsely, add cherry tomatoes (can be whole or cut - to taste).

Season the salad with sour cream, salt and serve.

Flatbread with salad

4 ready-made corn flour tortillas or thin pita bread, 200 g minced turkey, 1 onion, 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil,

3 tomatoes, 2 sweet peppers, 1 bunch of any lettuce, 4 tbsp. l. soft curd cheese, 10 pitted olives.

Preparation:

Fry the ground turkey with finely chopped onion for about 20 minutes.

Cut the tomatoes into slices, pepper into strips, tear the salad with your hands.

Add fried minced meat and soft cheese to the vegetables.

Serve the salad wrapped in tortillas or pita bread.

Apricots with curd cream

15 fresh (or canned) large apricots or peaches, 100 g soft cottage cheese, 1 tbsp. l. sugar, a pinch of cinnamon.

Preparation:

Cut apricots (peaches) in half (if canned, then they are already in halves). Grind 5 of them in a blender.

Mix cottage cheese with sugar and apricot mass.

Fill the halves of apricots (peaches) with curd mixture and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Baked pears with jam

4 pears, 4 tbsp. l. any jam.

Preparation:

Cut the pears in half, remove the core and bake in the oven preheated to 200°C for about 20 minutes or in the microwave for 2 minutes. Serve with jam.

Banana cocktail

2 bananas, 0.5 l. milk, 2 tsp. sugar, 3 tbsp. l. crushed ice.

Preparation:

Cut the bananas into pieces, put on ice, sprinkle with sugar.

Add milk and mix everything with a mixer for 2 minutes at low speed.

Yogurt cocktail

250 ml. bio-yogurt or kefir, 2 apricots (other fruits, berries)

Preparation:

Place yogurt and apricots in a blender. Beat until smooth. Pour into chilled glasses and serve.

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Pregnancy is by no means a disease, but a state of mind and, sorry, body. Pregnant young ladies will go to great lengths for the sake of their baby: they eat kilos of cottage cheese, grind carrots and apples every day, and wash it all down with homemade compotes and freshly squeezed juices. The list of foods useful during pregnancy is replenished with hitherto unusual steamed turnips and exclusively steamed fish (and always low-fat varieties!) But on the eve of the New Year celebrations, many ladies on a strict “pregnant” diet quietly purr to themselves: “Soon, soon, at least.” a little - I’ll have a blast!” What can you afford if you are in an interesting position? Is it really possible that only healthy spinach will decorate the holiday table, and not your favorite pilaf with lamb? To begin with, I will morally support you with my grandmother’s wisdom: “You can eat everything – if only a little!”

A hit of all times - Olivier salad, pickled mushrooms, aromatic smoked meats... Eh! Was not. Some rules can be canceled for a while, the main thing is not to overdo it and reach for forbidden products. Nobody canceled the reasonable restriction. Obstetricians and gynecologists from all over the country will confirm that after the New Year holidays, their patients arrive noticeably fatter: after several days of feasting, the scales show an extra gain of two or even three kilograms. This, ladies, is useless! You don’t want to turn into obese elephants before the long-awaited arrival of your baby?! It’s not very easy to remove extra pounds later (we know, we’ve done it).

So, there's a feast ahead. Before a festive family dinner, I advise you to eat an apple or a pear. They will fill your stomach, thereby helping to reduce your appetite, and you will not pounce on prepared salads and hot dishes, which means you will not overeat. Instead of fruit, you can use bran; first fill it with warm water so that it swells. To prevent gluttony, which is so typical for many pregnant women (some poor things even feel sick at the sight of any food!), you need to drink a glass of ordinary clean water (still!) half an hour before the start of the feast. By the way, it’s good to drink water after waking up, also about half an hour before meals. The intestines wake up and then work like clockwork all day.

Where to start a pregnant woman's meal in the New Year?

So, New Year is coming soon. God willing, your household let you rest and didn’t bother you with cooking at all on this holiday. And now you are beautiful, tireless, sitting at the festive table, your eyes widening from the abundance of all kinds of delicious things. It's time to imagine yourself as a secret taster in a chic restaurant: try the dishes in small pieces, chew thoroughly, stretch out the feeling of enjoying freshly prepared food! It is ideal to start dinner with fresh vegetables, seasoned not with mayonnaise (try to avoid it altogether, at least during pregnancy), but with olive (or sunflower) oil. If you haven't become a vegetable lover yet, it's time to start getting acquainted with healthy beans and lentils. In general, during pregnancy it is better to give preference to bright yellow and dark green: pumpkin, green sweet peppers, broccoli, spinach... Moreover, experts advise that when going to the store or market, do not torture your brain with the choice of certain vegetables, take them every time new. They are all very helpful. Turn on your curiosity and take action. New dishes, new tastes and recipes are always pleasant and interesting.

Cold cuts traditionally decorate the New Year's table for many Russian housewives. If you really want it, you can allow yourself a couple of pieces. At the same time, it is best to prepare yourself any boiled vegetables (except potatoes) or rice as a side dish. Thanks to the enveloping effect, the harmful substances contained in smoked meats will leave your body naturally (sorry, you can’t erase the words from a song...) If you periodically experience high blood pressure, your legs swell, then you should not eat smoked meats or pickles at all. The consequences can unsettle you so much that you will regret your momentary pleasure.

Do not burden your stomach with canned foods. Pregnant women are generally advised to remove them from the menu for the entire 9 months. Like small children, you should not eat spicy or fatty foods. Your liver will thank you for this.

Let's hit the hot stuff!

You can cook meat as a main course. Moreover, according to all the rules, a pregnant woman should eat at least 200 grams of it per day. I somehow have a deputy. The chief doctor of the maternity hospital said so: “The man needs 100 grams of vodka, and you need 200 grams of meat! And there will be no anemia!” Well, seriously, rabbit meat is considered ideal (easy to digest) for a pregnant woman. You can cook veal, lean poultry (just never buy broiler chickens!), or lean pork. Geese and ducks are rare on the table of city dwellers, but just in case, I’ll say that it’s better not to abuse them for pregnant women. They contain a lot of fat.

It’s good if you buy a chilled piece of meat rather than a frozen one: it retains more beneficial properties. Again, give preference to domestic meat. Imported ones do not meet GOST standards; they contain growth stimulants (including steroid hormones). Even with heat treatment they are not completely destroyed. By the way, I remind you once again, get rid of the bad habit of eating sausages: half of them consist of fat, and half of who knows what. Eat only occasionally, when you’re too lazy to cook. However, we are talking about the holiday, my dear girls, I hope none of you will have SAUSAGES decorating your table!!!

If you're a big fish lover, congratulations (I'm one myself). Perch, pike, pollock, hake, ice fish, you can afford fattier varieties - after all, it’s a holiday. Instead of salt, you can use lemon juice. Add some greens – you are guaranteed aroma and great taste! Vitamin D, phosphorus, well, you know, it’s good to eat fish. The baby’s nervous system really needs these vitamins and microelements. Pamper both yourself and your child. An important addition: since some frozen fish are treated with tetracycline, antibiotics that can lead to fetal deformity, it is recommended to cook it like meat - for several hours. Unless, of course, you live in a fishing region, and you can be completely confident in the freshness of the product.

It is best if you cook delicious dishes “steamed” or in the oven. These methods are first in the usefulness rating. Baking paper, foil, and again traditional clay pots will do. A piece of lean pork in the oven for 3 hours will turn into a delicious meal, the whole family will come running to the smell: you will have to drive it away, otherwise not a single piece will survive until the festive table! This homemade boiled pork is a hundred times healthier than store-bought cuts, and even tastier. You can feel the real taste of carrots, cauliflower, poultry and fish by cooking them in a double boiler (electric or regular, there is no difference).

The second most useful cooking method is stewing. To do this, you need to add a little water to a bowl with thick walls and, of course, the product being prepared: potatoes, lamb, beef, veal. It turns out very tasty.

With cooking, I think you yourself know: vitamins and minerals are preserved, but not to the same extent as in the previous two options.

But pregnant women are advised not to indulge in fried foods. You don't need extra calories. Products prepared in this way irritate the gastric mucosa, and those suffering from gastrointestinal diseases should completely forget what frying pans are.

Snacks and salads

This year you will try the traditional Olivier salad in a new version: instead of industrial mayonnaise, season it with sour cream, preferably not very fat (10-15%). And replace the sausage or ham with boiled veal or tongue: I’m sure you’ll really like it. Drizzle vegetable salads with olive oil. According to the rules, you must first salt the food and then add vegetable oil, otherwise the salt will be distributed unevenly due to the oil film. Polyunsaturated fatty acids contained in oils are very beneficial for both the expectant mother and her baby. The daily dose of vitamin F is contained in one tablespoon of unrefined oil.

“Herring under a fur coat” is another indispensable attribute of the festive table. You can add a couple of spoons of this traditional salad, but be careful not to overdo it with herring. Especially if the pregnancy is nearing the end. And I certainly don’t recommend herring seasoned with horseradish, spices, vinegar, etc. These supplements enhance the tone of the uterus. Such dishes cause fluid retention in the tissues, which will increase the load on the kidneys and liver, and it’s already hard for them now: the baby is pushing on all sides, displacing the internal organs, and they work in an enhanced mode, removing harmful substances from the body mother, and waste products of the child.

When you boil eggs for salads, note the time: to avoid salmonellosis, cook them for at least 6 minutes.

Drinks for the New Year

In general, during pregnancy it is very important to maintain a water regime. Your body vitally needs fluid intake every hour and a half: at least a few sips of clean water.

Lemonades and other commercially promoted drinks are strictly contraindicated for you. You can, of course, buy Coca-Cola or Sprite for your guests, but you don’t need to drink them: it is unknown what dyes are used in their production. Do not irritate the gastric mucosa and intestines with carbonated mineral water. If you intend to breastfeed your baby, you can completely forget about this drink for the coming months. Gases can cause colic in your baby. Prepare cranberry or lingonberry juice. It is easy to prepare and very healthy. Personally, I use a recipe that preserves vitamins to the maximum. If you have a juicer, squeeze the juice out of the cranberries in the usual way, but never throw away the pulp. Collect these berries in a gauze bag, tie it and lower it into boiling water. Bring to a boil again and cook over medium heat for 10-15 minutes. After this, add freshly squeezed cranberry juice to the saucepan. Bring to a boil and turn off. If you sweeten the fruit drink with sugar, add it while the cake is boiling. But it is better to add honey to the vitamin drink after the fruit drink has cooled to a temperature of 40 degrees.

Otherwise, all the beneficial properties of honey will be destroyed by boiling water.

What's for dessert?

For me, for example, the most difficult thing was to resist sweet buns, cookies, cakes, in general, everything that so decorates the life of those with a sweet tooth. My dears, control yourself, especially during the holidays. Because in cakes, etc. full of so-called refined carbohydrates. With their direct participation, calcium is safely and completely washed out of your bones. Which can lead to brittle bones, tooth loss, etc. And yet, extra calories (especially since in sweets they are absolutely empty, containing no nutrients) are imperceptibly deposited not only on your sides. Your baby is also gaining excess, unhealthy weight. Pregnancy is a great time when you can reconsider your eating habits and teach yourself to eat the right foods that will prolong your youth and health and are guaranteed to give the same to your unborn baby. So, go all out on desserts made from dried fruits, homemade jelly (gelatin plus freshly squeezed lingonberry, cranberry juice, etc.), beautiful and very healthy fruit salads. Well, if you really can’t stand it, eat a piece of the “harmful” dessert, but then it will be the last sweet piece of the day - no sweets or glazed cheesecakes!

Bake apples with honey, boil pears in cinnamon syrup, whip real cream (don't buy cans!) and garnish with prunes and dried apricots. Bake the shortbread cakes yourself and fill them with yogurt filling and decorate with berries. If you are a fan of ice cream, allow yourself a low-fat option and decorate the dessert with beautiful slices of different fruits.

By the way, during a feast it is very useful to periodically get up and move away from the table bursting with treats. Dance, have fun in some non-gastronomical way!

Super nude

Super-nude my husband asks when he wants me to cook something like that. Or something beyond the usual everyday menu. Red caviar is the first on the list of super-nudes. And, thank God, it is not contraindicated for pregnant women. Except in cases where a person is allergic to this type of delicacy.

Yes, sandwiches with red caviar are also a must on almost every hospitable table on New Year’s Day. I’ll say right away that caviar is good for pregnant women, but you just need to remember the words of Paracelsus: “Everything is poison, and everything is medicine. Only measure determines both.” Salmon and sturgeon caviar contains about 30 percent of high-value proteins, as well as about 13 percent of easily digestible fats. Iron, phosphorus, vitamins A, E, D and some minerals. However, salmon roe is usually over-salted. So it’s better to buy caviar not loose, but placed in a pasteurized jar - it contains much less sodium chloride. In general, caviar, especially black caviar, is considered a salvation for women suffering from low hemoglobin during pregnancy. But very, very few people can afford to buy the royal snack. I, who was born in the Soviet Union, ate black caviar a couple of times in my life, when I was still little. Today's children don't even know what it is or how tasty it is. Okay, let's not talk about sad things. Red caviar is also quite suitable for benefiting your body. Experts say that the protein of red caviar is completely absorbed, like a mother’s breast milk in a child. Lecithin contained in caviar is involved in the supply of vitamins and minerals to the body's cells. And this is very important now. And folic acid, which doctors recommend taking even several months before pregnancy, is also contained in caviar. Moreover, these are not pills: eating them is tasty and pleasant.

Shrimp, squid, scallops, and mussels can also decorate the festive table of a pregnant lady. They have little fat, but a lot of protein, which is very well absorbed. In addition, unlike meat, non-fish seafood contains more microelements. Eating shrimp, squid and crab meat promotes hematopoiesis. Sea kale is also healthy and praised by all nutritionists. Useful for women who are prone to excess weight, unless, of course, you suffer from diseases of the digestive system. In order to improve the taste of fresh seaweed, it must be boiled three times, each time adding a new portion of warm water.

Can a pregnant woman have some wine?

Very often, even when only relatives gather at the New Year's table, a pregnant woman is practically persuaded to take a sip of a little dry food, saying that there will be no harm. Who cares, you know. We don’t know our body well enough to predict how a glass of dry wine will affect the development of the fetus. Each person reacts differently to alcohol. Everyone hears all sorts of stories about how alcoholics give birth to beautiful, healthy children. You shouldn’t be led by these stories either. Of course, it is unlikely that drinking a glass of wine once can result in a defect in the development of a child.

But... I think we have all drunk more than one bottle of dry food in our lives, we know what it is and what it is eaten with. You won’t get any new impressions from drinking champagne: you already know its taste. It wouldn’t even occur to you to add 50 grams of sparkling drink to your newborn’s bottle. Why do many people easily accept an invitation to drink, knowing that alcohol penetrates the placenta, which means that the baby will drink a glass with you! In short, I am completely against drinking alcohol during pregnancy. Believe me, it’s worth being patient for the sake of the baby’s health - pregnancy is not forever. Non-alcoholic, non-carbonated wine is your way out of the situation: so that your relatives don’t cling, and you don’t feel like an outcast at this celebration of life.

P.S. At the end of the day, I hasten to congratulate you on the feeling of a miracle in your stomach and on the upcoming holidays. Don’t bother yourself with preparing a dozen dishes: a harried expectant mother, tired from chopping salads, is not the best picture of the holiday. Be happy and healthy!

It may seem that there is nothing dangerous in familiar dishes - after all, we have eaten them hundreds of times. But it is during pregnancy that a woman’s immunity decreases many times, and the body becomes susceptible to various ailments.

And yet, watching how others eat and denying yourself everything is not worth it. It’s better to figure out what you can eat and in what quantities, and what you should give up until better times. You may have to cook a couple of dishes just for yourself, even if you are visiting.

You can't refuse to eat

Eating too much delicious food can make your stomach feel worse as your growing uterus puts pressure on your stomach. This is especially true in the last trimester of pregnancy. Therefore, the main rule is to eat a little of everything. Do not put a full plate of different dishes, it is better to try each one in turn. However, you shouldn’t go hungry waiting for everyone to sit down at the table.

It is better to avoid pickles altogether - they retain fluid in the body, and this will lead to edema. However, at the beginning of pregnancy, when toxicosis is tormented, many women want something salty. In this case, you can allow yourself a small portion of pickled tomatoes or cucumbers.

Can you already imagine how everyone is eating manti or beshbarmak, and you have to look at them with envious eyes? Allow yourself a little of your favorite dish; a complete ban can turn into an attack on the dish and overeating. For the rest, it’s worth exchanging fatty meat for a boiled piece or baked fish.

For example, red fish is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for baby's brain development. So, Santa Claus himself ordered a couple of pieces of red fish for the New Year. It is better to choose turkey or chicken as the main dish.

It is important that the meat is well baked or boiled. It is better not to try any rare steaks during this period. In addition, all meals must be stored in the refrigerator.

However, it is better to stop at the rabbit, not the chicken - their meat is almost the same, and on this New Year's Eve it is better to leave the chicken as a symbol of the year. Recommended side dishes include mashed potatoes, rice, and buckwheat. In addition, you should not overuse smoked meats with sausage.

Let's leave mayonnaise until better times

You shouldn’t go heavy on salads either, since one of their main ingredients is mayonnaise, which contains a lot of food additives and acid. So, alas and ah, but Olivier and herring under a fur coat will have to be abandoned until next year. In addition, exclude from the current menu such salads that contain canned peas, corn, and crab sticks.

But you can afford a vinaigrette. After all, it mostly consists of sauerkraut, which contains a sufficient amount of sugar, potassium salt, phosphorus, fiber, fats and vitamins, as well as ascorbic acid. Cabbage is good for the heart and vascular system.

Choose salads seasoned not with mayonnaise, but with sour cream or olive oil. By the way, chopped vegetables, the so-called vitamin salad, will be quite useful - vegetables stimulate rapid digestion of food.

It is not recommended to try exotic dishes during this period - pregnancy is not the best time for experiments, because you may have an allergic reaction, but this is not only not healthy and unpleasant, but will also ruin the whole holiday. It is better to replace everyone’s favorite sandwiches with tartlets with soft cheese or pieces of lean ham. But caviar should be set aside - despite its usefulness, it is a rather allergenic product.

Are cake and champagne prohibited?

No one will deny that in an interesting situation it is better to abstain from even one glass of champagne. You can replace it with fruit drink, compote or juice, but not with lemonade, as soda will lead to the formation of gases in the stomach and cause discomfort. Children's champagne is not an option either, for the same reason.

It is better to choose berry juices, for example, cranberries, rose hips, and currants. They are rich in vitamin C and help the kidneys cope with the increased load. You can prefer water – still or slightly carbonated.

It is better to pour the drink into a glass prepared for champagne. Firstly, this way you will not feel cut off from the company, and secondly, those around you will not persuade you to sip at least a little champagne - many believe that nothing will happen from one sip of a sparkling drink.

For dessert, you can afford a little cake. If you are choosing a cake for tea, then you should give preference to a cottage cheese or yoghurt dessert. They are tasty and will add calcium to the body. But it’s better to replace such a fatty and high-calorie dessert with a fruit salad.

It’s not difficult to make: you need to take, for example, one apple, one banana, a pear and cut the fruit with a curly knife. Then add berries to the figures - grapes, currants or cherries - in a word, whatever you can find in the supermarket.

After mixing the ingredients, pour them with whipped cream. You can also use tropical fruits like pineapple or mango as salad ingredients, but only if you have already tried them before and no allergic reactions have occurred.

But you should be careful with citrus fruits, all because of the same notorious allergies. You can allow yourself a couple of orange slices or a small tangerine, but you still shouldn’t lean on them to compensate for the lack of dessert.

New Year is a holiday of renewal, not overeating. Therefore, the main thing on this magical night is to have fun, make a wish during the chimes and imagine that you will be celebrating the next New Year with a small miracle. After all, for the sake of this wonderful miracle, it is worth waiting for a while and not eating such tasty, but harmful dishes. Although healthy things can taste very good!

Happy New Year to you!

Yulia ABRAMOVA