Another Great Breastfeeding-Friendly Recipe to Help Calm Your Fussy, Colicky Baby

Some breastfeeding babies react quite negatively toPlace them in a resealable freezer bag. In a large
what their mothers are eating. Here's a tastyglass measuring cup, combine the grapefruit juice,
breastfeeding-friendly recipe that will calm your babyolive oil, green onions, Worcestershire sauce, sea salt
and reduce fussiness and crying.and pepper. Mix well, and reserve one cup of the
Here's a tasty recipe that is easy to make and ismarinade. Pour the remaining marinade into the
simply delicious! It contains none of the foods thatfreezer bag along with the steak strips. Continue to
irritate a newborn's digestive system, so as amarinade the steak strips overnight, flipping the bag
breastfeeding mom, you can enjoy the food nowevery time you go into the fridge.
and have a calm, happy baby afterwards.Note: you may want to roast your garlic so that it is
Throughout time, many breastfeeding mothers haveready when you cook the meat the next day. The
noticed that some of the foods that they eat canflavour of roasted garlic is mellow and pleasing. Most
cause their babies to fuss and cry a few hours later.breastfeeding babies do not object to roasted garlic,
The Calm Baby Cookbook was written to outline thebut go easy at first to make sure. To roast a head
foods that most commonly cause a newborn toof garlic, cut off the top so that the tips of the
fuss, cry or experience colic and to provide deliciouscloves are slightly exposed, wrap it in tinfoil (dull side
breastfeeding-friendly recipes to help a new mom getout) and place in your oven when you are baking
started. For more information about how certainsomething else (to conserve energy). The garlic will
foods can irritate a baby's digestive system, pleasetake between 30 - 60 minutes to cook and become
visitsoft. When the garlic head is cooled, squeeze out the
Here is one of our favourite recipes that is a lifecooked garlic, place in an airtight container and use
saver for breastfeeding moms. The meat can bewhen cooking.
marinated overnight and all that's left to do is to heatThe next day, in a large frying pan, sauté the
and serve.onions and mushrooms in the olive oil until golden
Enjoy!brown. Mush up the roasted garlic with a fork and
Marinated Beef Wraps - excerpted from The Calmadd it to the frying pan. Continue to cook for 2 more
Baby Cookbookminutes, and then set aside.
1 lb flank steakWrap up the Greek pitas in a big piece of tinfoil and
2 cups grapefruit juiceplace in your oven at 250° F. Drain the beef
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oilstrips and cook them in the same frying pan over
2 green onions, mincedmedium high heat until cooked through. Add the
2 tsp Worcestershire saucereserved marinade and bring to a boil. In a glass
1/2 tsp sea saltmeasuring cup, mix the cornstarch and cold water
Dash black pepperand add it to the beef mixture. Continue to cook and
2 cups fresh mushrooms, slicedstir until the sauce has thickened.
1 small onion, mincedUsing the warmed Greek pitas, add steak strips to
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oilthe middle of each, and then top with the
2 cloves garlic, roastedmushrooms, onions and lettuce leaves. To help avoid
2 tsp cornstarcha mess wrap the pitas in waxed paper before
1/4 cup cold waterserving.
Lettuce leavesFor more information about pregnancy or
Greek style pitasbreastfeeding, please visit Dr. Melanie's website.
Cut the flank steak in thin slices across the grain.