Need to add more fat into my diet easily - ideas please? (Dairy/eggs/peanuts)

egankn · April 2012

I'm breastfeeding and my supply is tanking quickly because my body is totally rejecting this new diet. I've lost 6lbs in the last 6 days. While that's a nice perk I am changing my diet to feed my son who's allergic to dairy/eggs/peanuts.

I'm already using almond butter on toast, almonds and eating meat 2-3 times a day. Can you think of anything I can add that doesn't take much cooking to add fat daily to my diet? I'm so new to this I'm clueless....

Bella_S · April 2012

What about avocados, flax oil, coconut milk?

martinimomma · April 2012

Coconut milk yogurt? Trail mix with a mix of nuts and dried fruit? Banana bread?

magdusia · April 2012

Almond butter is great!

add hummus, avocados, yogurt (coconut), beans. Add butter (earths best) or olive oil to everything.

Make yourself smoothies using almond milk and/or yogurt.

I was having a supply issue last month and we're Milk, Egg, Nut free in the house and I eat oatmeal with a banana every morning now and that fills me up and i've been having "Mothers milk" tea which is helping. For some reason oatmeal always helps me with my supply.

shotzie · April 2012

Cook with olive oil or drizzle it on veggies, Applegate Farms makes dairy free sausage links. You could also do chicken thighs, bacon, other nuts. Ditto pp about oatmeal, it's a great natural way to boost your supply.

Miller238 · April 2012

Rice Dream ice cream or Almond Dream ice cream smothered with Hershey's syrup!

amy21tom · April 2012

Definitely coconut oil! Don't let the high saturated fat content scare you, it's medium chain fatty acids so they're healthy!

You could easily cook with it, put it on toast, add it to a smoothie, take it straight, etc.

3003girl · May 2012

I just read an article about cutting carbohydrates really tanking some peoples supply, so maybe you can try to get more carbs too.

I did a lot of coconut milk yogurt/ice cream, avocado, earth balance on everything, tuna with olive oil, did I say coconut milk ice cream? I also ate a lot of soy yogurt and made smoothies with added coconut oil.

yeladim · May 2012

When I was losing a lot of weight from BFing, I started eating avocado, nuts (cashews/almonds), and lots of protein bars. How about a bagel spread with margarine or with tuna?