Certain foods are known to increase a woman’s fertility and cooking up a few fertility-boosting soups can help jump-start your baby bump.
Good nutrition not only grows you a healthy, strong body, but it can also help you grow a healthy, strong baby. When you are cooking to increase fertility, you won’t need to sacrifice taste. These fertility-boosting soups not only use ingredients that improve fertility, but they also happen to taste great as well.
Lentils are rich in folic acid, which not only helps your menstrual cycle, but it boosts your partner’s sperm quality. Likewise, folic acid is important for your growing fetus; folic acid can reduce the risk of your baby’s developing a brain or spinal defect.
Ingredients:
1 cup lentils
1 medium onion, minced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 carrots, sliced
4 cups of chicken or vegetable broth
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons curry powder
Directions:
Sauté the onion, garlic and carrots in the olive oil until lightly brown.
Add the chicken or vegetable broth, lentils, and curry powder.
Carrots and butternut squash taste delicious when made into a creamy soup. Both carrots and butternut squash are a good source of beta-carotene, known to help produce progesterone and help improve sperm count.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter
1 bunch of leeks, chopped
6 chopped carrots
3 peeled sweet potatoes, cubed
3 packs frozen cubed butternut squash
1-quart bottle of apple juice
5 cups chicken broth
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
In a large pot, sauté the leeks until lightly brown.
Add all of the other ingredients and simmer until the carrots, squash and sweet potatoes are soft.
Finally, use a hand blender to puree the soup and season with salt and pepper.
Kale is an exceptionally nutrient-dense food, rich in folate, iron, omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamins A, C and K. Likewise, beans are a rich source of vegetable protein, high in fiber and rich in a number of essential vitamins and minerals. Furthermore, researchers have found that women who consume a lot of plant protein had an easier time conceiving.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
8 cloves of garlic, minced
1 large onion, chopped
4 cups of chopped kale
4 cups of chicken or vegetable broth
2 cans of cannellini or navy beans, drained
4 chopped tomatoes
1 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
In a large saucepan, sauté the onions and garlic in the olive oil until lightly brown and soft.
Add the kale and sauté until it’s wilted.
Add three cups of the broth and one can of beans, the tomatoes, parsley and Italian seasoning, and let it simmer.
While that’s simmering, put the other can of beans and one cup of broth in a blender until smooth.
Pour that into the rest of the soup to thicken it and simmer for 15 minutes.
You can use your imagination to combine healthy, fertility-boosting foods into all sorts of recipes. Developing healthy eating habits now will not only benefit you, but also your future growing baby.
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