Journal

I am delighted to welcome our guest blogger Emma Rogers to the Milk + Seed family! Emma is a postpartum doula, artist and functional foods chef from the East Coast who loves traveling, cooking and nurturing new mothers. She has gifted us with a beautiful baked oatmeal recipe which I am delighted to share with you all as we move...

You have a new baby, and maybe some other kids too. When do you make time to eat? Are you eating well? Nutritious food? Is someone cooking for you? If not, you may be asking, what should I fill my fridge with before the baby comes and how can I make this easy? Here are my top ten recommendations for...

A favorite on the postpartum menu, this is my spin on the Kabocha + Red Lentil Soup from wonderful postpartum recipe book, The First Forty Days. What I love about this soup is that it’s very simple to make, incredibly nutritious and filling. I added coconut cream because, well, I add it to pretty much anything I can, and coconut...

Giving birth is an outward motion. Postpartum is an inward motion. Like the cycles of nature, bringing life to earth has its two distinct seasons. These inward and outward times are characterized by what Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to as yin and yang.  For those unfamiliar with yin and yang, the terms are used to characterize energy flow or qualities....