A lovely lady in my Mother's Group bought in some lactation cookies a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't make it that day, but when I heard, I thought yum. I wanted to try these magical cookies that boost your milk production, unfortunately, most of these aren't Paleo.. So I got experimenting!
From what I can see, the main ingredients to boost your milky, are flaxseed, oats and brewers yeast. Now, I don't know if brewer's yeast is Paleo or not, but I know oats aren't. So here is what I used..
150 g raw nuts - I used 50 g almonds, 50 g cashews, 50 g walnuts
150 g dates
50 g flaxseeds
2 T brewers yeast
40 g coconut oil
30 g cacao powder
dessicated coconut to roll
Blitz all ingredients together in some form of chopping machine. I use a Thermomix, my pal uses a Vitamix, any food processor like thing should work.
Roll in the coconut.
Store in freezer in BPA storage container or bag.
Notes
I used three types of nuts because they were in the cupboard. If you use just walnuts, the mixture will be wetter than if you use just almonds - you will need to lessen the amount of coconut oil you use.
The brewers yeast is strongly flavoured. I tried it with two tablespoons first and thought it tasted fine so I added one more. Choose the amount you would like.
The flaxseeds give the balls a chunkier texture, if you don't like this you could use flaxseed meal.
If you want your balls to be smoother (ahem!) then you can just blitz the nuts to a butter consistency first, then add everything else.
Let me know what you think? Do you use any other recipe to boost your supply? I'm happy with mine, but thought it was worth boosting since I am pumping for when I return to work.
