Nutritionist (and local mum) Pip Fleming brings us another kid-friendly recipe—this time with added benefits for mums who may be planning for baby number two (or three). This month’s recipe:
Chicken, Sweet Potato and Lentil Curry
This meal wins on two accounts:
1. It’s great for boosting fertility.
2. It’s mild enough that your child should love it too.
Sweet potatoes have an extremely positive effect on fertility, with over 60 minerals compared with only 3 in white potatoes. So bake, roast and cook with them whenever you can. This recipe also uses lentils, rich in phytoestrogens that help to balance our hormones, and chicken, which is rich in protein needed for egg production and low in fat. If there is one thing you do to boost your health it’s make your own chicken stock from a leftover roast chicken!
Ingredients
1 tbsp coconut oil
2 tsp mild curry paste
2 organic chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
2 medium-size sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
4 tbsp red split lentils
300ml chicken stock
400ml can coconut milk
175g frozen peas
Method
Heat the coconut oil in a deep frying pan or wok, stir in the curry paste and fry for 1 minute. Add the chicken, sweet potatoes and lentils and stir to coat in the paste.
Pour in the stock and coconut milk. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 15 minutes. Tip in the peas, bring back to the boil and simmer for a further 4 to 5 minutes.
Serve with a large helping of green such as kale or tenderstem broccoli, and enjoy.
Pip Fleming has worked as a nutritional therapist for 12 years, helping private clients achieve their health goals. In the past five years Pip has specialised in the areas of pre-conceptual care, weight loss and children’s health—all areas close to her heart. Pip settled in west London after university and lives in Acton with her husband and three young children.
