One of my precious friends is gearing up for her fourth birth! Her midwives recommend a post-labor soup with Sweet Potato & Kale specifically for healing but she wasn’t into the recipe she had last time. I volunteered to make her one for this go round, which is a pretty hefty task. I mean, after such an INCREDIBLE experience of giving birth and bringing new life into the world, I really wanted to be sure this would be amazing for her. Postpartum nourishment is everything. The way we take care of ourselves every day matters but after surgeries, birth, trauma, etc. a focus on nutrition and healing foods should be emphasized. It made a world of difference after my 3rd birth and my 2nd breast surgery when I focused on healing foods and rest in comparison with how I felt the other times I didn’t plan or place a focus on that aspect of my nutrition.
I think my friend going to be one happy, nourished Mama with this soup. She’s got TWO Stasher bags of soup and I sent her with one jar of the soup to try the day that I gave it to her. (Couldn’t have her getting to labor and being sad with sad soup.
It’s an absolute honor to me to be able to love on or encourage Mamas at any stage of pregnancy & childbirth! One thing that can easily get overlooked is the nutrition needed after birth and into the fourth trimester. Our bodies do INSANE work to create and sustain the life of our child, and so we really need to take care of ourselves afterward. I wanted to make my friend a Sweet Potato – Kale soup with incredible nutrition and lots of anti-inflammatory properties. Here is a bit of the nutrition found in the ingredients of this soup:
Organic Homemade Chicken Broth – Collagen and protein rich, aids in digestion and overall healing.
Sweet Potato – High in A, B, C, D vitamins, calcium, iron, potassium and zinc, to name a few.
Kale – High in Vitamin A, K, B6 and C, Calcium, Potassium, Copper and Manganese.
Turmeric, Ginger, Garlic, and Cinnamon are all anti-inflammatory and medicinal.
Grab the FULL RECIPE HERE
