Fertility & Maternity Recipes

Eating nuts while pregnant

Unless you or your partner has any kind of nuts allergies, recent studies showed that consuming nuts during pregnancy may actually lower the risk of your baby developing nuts allergies after being born.

Pine nuts

 

Pine nuts supply all amino acids along with a wealthy source of vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin and niacin, as well as folate and vitamin C.

 

Stir-Fried Chicken Heart & Pine Nut

Ingredients

• chicken heart                            350g
• pine nut                                    50g
• red, green, yellow pepper        1 of each (diced)
• garlic                                        2-3 cloves (chopped)
• ginger                                       5cm (grated)
• corn flour                                 2 teaspoon
• salt (seasoning)
• sugar (seasoning)
• black pepper (seasoning)
• white wine (seasoning)           1-2 tablespoon

 Instructions

1. Wash and rinse chicken heart thoroughly and dry.
2. Mix with 1/2 grated ginger, 1 tablespoon of white wine, corn flour, salt and sugar. 
3. Marinate for half an hour before cooking.
4. Preheat oven at 200C, spread pine nut evenly on a baking tray and bake until light brown.
5. Heat pan with oil, stir-fry chicken heart until light brown, drain oil and set aside.
6. Heat pan again, add garlic and remaining grated ginger. Then, add diced pepper, sugar, salt, black pepper and white wine. Stir-fry on high heat for 5 minutes, then add pine nut. 
7. Fry for another 3 minutes and serve.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published an article last April showing that eating nuts does not cause weight gain or increase the waist line and nuts contain good fibers, unsaturated fats, vitamins, and minerals, which are important things in a good daily diet. The New England Journal of Medicine found that eating nuts increases life expectancy and reduces the chances of getting cancer or cardiovascular disorders later in life.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/

Moms who eat peanuts during pregnancy can lower their babies chances of developing allergies to peanuts or other tree nuts. While mothers are pregnant they simply just eat more nuts in their daily diet.
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/2014-01-08-moms-who-eat-nuts-during-pregnancy-48034/