What my pregnant self is eating (March)

sawasap

Feel free to share your weird food cravings, amazing discoveries, or anything else about food you love!

sawasap

I may have just cracked the code of my pregnancy cravings.

Leftover boxed mac and cheese, heated up with a spoonful of cream cheese and red pepper flakes. It was amazing. But we generally only have one serving left over when we make a box, and we don't make it super often.

AmMcc12

All I want is warm chocolate chip cookies and we are out of eggs 😞 

lindz42

Tacos. I got them twice this week on my way home from work. Avocado. Tomorrow we're getting pad thai for lunch, I've already planned out my order. 

lindz42

Oh, my 2yo son tried this and I couldn't believe it was actually good-- oranges dipped in barbecue sauce. I was surprised by it, but it wasn't bad!

mizzoumomma11

I have been craving allll the spicy foods! There’s a fish and chips truck that comes to my town every few weeks, and they serve a sriracha mayo. They were here today, and I went and ate and I cannot stop thinking about that fish and those chips and that spicy mayo. I know if I eat too much I will 100% get sick, but if someone put another order of it in front of me, I would not be able to resist! 🤣

sawasap

@mizzoumomma11 Me too!! Give me all the spicy food. We got a spicy dip with a shawarma platter we ordered and MH (who is usually much better with spice than I am) declared it too spicy while I ate the whole thing. My nausea seems to have mostly passed so I'm all about that spice now!

linh18

Tortilla chips with hot queso and salsa. And a huge chocolate PB milkshake. I've been wanting one for a while now from a specific place and we finally were in the neighborhood. 

sawasap

@AmMcc12 You may be able to find a recipe for chocolate chip cookies that uses apple sauce (or some other replacer) for eggs, if you want to try that!

AmMcc12

@sawasap turns out we don’t have chocolate chips either so I’m going to the store today

stellaraqua92

I'm craving sushi and sandwiches with deli meat.  neither of which I can have unless it's cooked meat on the sushi and fresh meat for the sandwiches. But that's not what I want. I want a spicy salmon roll and a turkey sandwich or a ham sandwich from a local deli. Otherwise fresh fries with mayo appeals. 

linh18

@stellaraqua92 I've been craving sushi too! I tried one of the online recipes for a sushi bake and it was good enough to satisfy my cravings. Though it's not exactly a spicy salmon roll, if you make one of the options with salmon is the next best thing. 

cteppola11

I’ve been craving Panda Express chow mein, grapes, and s’mores lol I have craved s’mores with all of my pregnancies. And now my mouth is watering… I feel like I am starving all the time but at the same time the thought of food makes me nauseous. 

mizzoumomma11

@cteppola11 Panda Express chow mein is sooo good! Now I’m craving it, too! 🤣 And their sweet fire chicken!

mimser

@stellaraqua92 I started craving sushi this morning. These salmon sashimis must be waiting for me when I get back to my room from my c section

mimser

Instagram is listening to our board! I need those spicy salmon rice muffins: 

alpacamama2

I ordered some veggie sushi the other day. Wasn't the same ☹️


I am also all about chicken soup lately (?????). This was not a craving I had during my last pregnancy 

AmMcc12

I saw someone eating top ramen and now I want ramen for dinner. 

eheap111

you can have the deli meat from your deli! Just heat the turkey or ham or whatever until it’s steaming to kill potential listeria, and then you’re good! (You can take it off the sandwich so the rest doesn’t get warm.) I’ve done this through 3 pregnancies, and have had 4 different (and incredibly cautious OBs who all said this was safe! Sometimes you can’t beat a turkey sandwich craving! 

eheap111

(I also love making turkey paninis when I’m pregnant.) 

mimser

Oh yeah I've had tons of ham sandwiches last time around and I would always pan sear my ham before putting it in my sandwich!

lindz42

I'm so hungry all the time... yesterday I got frozen yogurt. Today, I had a bean burrito for lunch and felt sad when it was gone. I'm thinking about getting another one... 

Anyone else dealing with aversions? I'm really disliking coffee and mint... also some fruits and juices taste too sweet. Last time around, I had a water aversion and I'm afraid I'm approaching that again because I'm not reaching for it as much as I used to...

alpacamama2

I don't know if this qualifies as an "aversion" but I haven't had coffee in three whole days which is really strange for me (hello, coffee addict here!). Instead I have been all about jasmine green tea for my allotted caffeine intake. 

knottie0ea7bceb30f31172

Craving Mashed potatoes, Honey Nut Cheerios, frozen yogurt with boba and nerds on top, and salad. 

As for aversions I can’t handle eggs. Eggs used to be my go to but my stomach just can’t digest it, the sight of naked meat makes me dry heave and every couple of days my coffee tastes like stale cigarettes. 

lindz42

I tried green tea today and couldn't finish it. I'm drinking ginger ale and sparkling water nowadays, apparently. Water is still okay, but I'm not reaching for it as much as I usually do. 

knottie7cfd245b1d34640e

Not a craving, but when I'm feeling nauseous cereal is the only thing palatable. Fewer cereal dinners this pregnancy thanks to nausea meds though!

mamahaley_2

I am craving lemon peel stuffed green olives and the only store near me that carry’s them is out of stock. I fully plan on driving 45 minutes on Saturday to go to a farmers market I know of that sells them. 

mamahaley_2

@lindz42 I can’t stand the smell, look, or taste of shrimp. Usually I love it! 

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llama007

Bad morning sickness so my diet is very…beige. Baked potatoes, bagels, rice, cereal, smoothies….

Fortunately my nurse said it was fine to just eat whatever I could keep down first trimester, and we could catch up on fresh veg etc later. That made me feel a bit better about my current awful diet 

lucy25c

Grapes, bananas, baby carrots, cinnamon raisin bread, peanut butter, Raisin Bran, orange or apple juice

knottieb4d5c9d159655f99

This sounds like my diet rn.

sawasap

I just made a chocolate cake "with" my toddler. No occasion, I wanted chocolate cake.