I have a few favorite recipes I’d like to share with you all.

Apple Cider Oatmeal
(serves 3)
Ingredients:
1-1/4 cup cider
1-1/4 cup water
1-1/4 cup oatmeal
1 diced granny smith apple
1-2 teaspoons of vanilla
1-2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup hemp milk (either flavored or plain)
1/4 cup hemp seeds

Directions:
1. Bring cider and water to a boil.
2. Add oatmeal and cook on low for 3 minutes, stirring occassionally.
3. Add the apple, vanilla, cinnamon and sugar. Cook on low for another 3 minutes, or until oatmeal is tender.
4. Remove from heat, then add milk and seeds. Stir well and then serve.

Chicken and Rice
(serves 2)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup shredded chicken (can be cold or warmed, I prefer it cold)
1/4 cup rice
3/4 cup water
1 can of corn
3 tablespoons hemp seeds
Spices as desired (I dont have a certain mixture of spices, as I generally just reach up and grab whatever looks good at the time)

Directions:
1. Cook the rice until tender (Add the spices at the beginning so it absorbs the flavor).
2. Cook the corn as you like (I prefer to boil it in the juice it was canned in, but I know people who prefer it steamed. If you boil it, drain the water before adding the corn to the finished product).
3. Put the chicken in first, add the rice and then corn, then put the hemp seeds on top. Mix thoroughly, serve and enjoy.

Regular Cinnamon Sugar Oatmeal
(Serves 1)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup hemp milk
1/4 cup oatmeal
2 tablespoons sugar
1-2 teaspoons cinnamon

Directions
1. Boil the milk.
2. Add the oatmeal and bring the temperature down to low, cook for 3 minutes.
3. Add the sugar and cinnamon, then cook until tender.
4. Remove from heat, serve and enjoy.

I would only add to use something like Rejuv! which adds hull lignans to the flaxseed and is cold-milled and ready to use in any baking or for smoothies etc… You can get it exclusively at http://www.rejuvnow.com. I use it every day (well twice a day)

I hope you like them as much as we do. :)

Bran Flax muffins
1 1/2 cups unbleached white flour
3/4 cup flaxseed meal
3/4 cup oat bran
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp baking soda
1 ts baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cups carrots, shredded
2 apples, peeled and shredded
1/2 cup raisins or craisins
1 cup nuts, chopped
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla

mix together flour, flaxssed meal, oat bran, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl. Stir in carrots, apples, raisins and nuts. Combine milk, beaten eggs and vanilla. Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients. Stir until ingredients are moistened. Do not over mix. Fill directly into greased muffin tin molds, 3/4 full. Bake at 350 F for 15-20 minutes (my oven takes 35 min).

I accidently thought he said to take two Tablespoons a day, and I did. Within two days, I felt like a new person. It was amazing! Accidently taking two Tablespoons instead of teaspoons didn’t hurt me, but I did switch to teaspoons. I still take one teaspoon a day. I notice when I forget, I start to feel blue again. (I am still nursing my almost two year old son). Within hours of taking flax seed oil, I feel better.

I think it is so important to let new and nursing mothers know that they need extra Omega-3′s, *especially* if they are nursing. Most nursing mothers don’t get any nutritional advice other than the basics, like drink extra water.

In my case increasing Omega-3′s, and B vitamins cured my post partum depression without drugs. It is an amazing compound.

Heather
A Mama’s Blog
http://www.amamasblog.com

I am in a company of a very few being a black mother who bfeeds, babywears and believes in a green lifestyle. No matter the race, it’s good to find other mothers who believe the same.