High Protein Food for Pregnancy
I deeply struggled with getting the recommended 90+ grams of protein daily during pregnancy and had to do some work to find foods that worked for me. Some of these aren’t the *most* healthy but they helped me get that amount when I was basically in survival mode. I’ve since been asked by several friends for advice on this so I want to share what I did and hope it helps!
Chicken breast was the quickest way to get a huge amount in one sitting. I ate that almost every night and just mixed it up with different seasonings.
Eggs. I had eggs for breakfast every single morning and just switched up the way I cooked them.
Nutritional Yeast and Chia seeds are easy to sneak in to many different meals. I added them everywhere I could.
Dave’s Killer Bread is a great brand to get extra protein in different meals. I would eat their bread, bagels and english muffins and they are all good with different flavors.
Kodiak Cakes. Making these can be time consuming so I would just make a batch of them and freeze whatever leftovers for later.
Orgain Protein Powder for shakes, chocolate flavor is my personal favorite!
Chobani Complete Yogurt Drinks
Think Protein Bars. These made it a lot easier to get extra protein while I was snacking and they have a lot of great flavors. Brownie Crunch, Target.
Core Power Protein Shakes by Fairlife Milk. Chocolate Flavor, Walmart.
Lunch meat, cheese, almonds or peanuts as a snack between meals. I know it’s controversial to have lunch meat during pregnancy but I just made sure I was having high quality meat and I never had any issues or concerns.
* This is not health advice, this is just what worked for me personally.