✨Soup for Day 3-5 Postnatal AKA Baby Blues✨

I love this recipe and think it’s a great thing to have on days when you’re feeling hormonal in your cycle or while pregnant. (Click on the photo to purchase the book!)

But this whole book is dedicated to nourishing your body after you’ve given birth so it’s a great thing to get your partner and your family to read to make sure you’re well nourished and supported in that final fourth trimester!

CREAMY KABOCHA & RED LENTIL SOUP

Orange is a colour of celebration, ritual, and happiness a shade that instantly lifts the spirits. This pureed soup is so easy to make from ingredients stocked in your pantry, and it's a great one to ask a visitor to whip up for you. The slightly sweet taste and grounding properties of kabocha squash are especially comforting on days when you might feel teary or blue, and a generous amount of lubricating oil helps to remedy inner dryness and wind, soothing the nerves further.

Combine this soup with the Oxtail Stew (page 149 in The First Forty Days) for a wonderfully rich and satisfying concoction.

• 3 tablespoons sesame oil or coconut oil

• ½ of a white or yellow onion, peeled and roughly chopped

• ½ of a shallot, roughly chopped

• 1 medium kabocha squash, peeled and cut into small cubes (6 cups/690 g), or substitute acorn or butternut squash

• 1 teaspoon ground cumin

• 1 tablespoon curry powder

• 2 quarts (2 L) vegetable broth (Shiitake Immune-Boost Broth, page 134, or store-bought)

• 2 cups (380 g) red lentils

• 2 teaspoons soy sauce, tamari, or Bragg Liquid Aminos, or to taste

• 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast (optional)

Let me know what you think! I’m a super lazy chef and I love it as I usually have all the ingredients in the house apart from the squash so It’s really simple to whip up on an low energy day at the end of pregnancy. Or even better if someone has made it for you and brought it to you in bed with a big chunk of bread and chocolate.