In the past, I’ve found oatmeal to be great for my breast milk supply, but it wasn’t my favorite thing to eat. That’s because I was doing it wrong! This strawberry banana lactation smoothie is delicious, and a much better way to use oatmeal (and a few other galactagogues) to get your milk supply up.
I’ve mentioned before that when I did my oatmeal experiment, the way that I prepared the oatmeal was to put old fashioned oats in a bowl, add water, microwave it for a minute and a half and stir in some Splenda. This … was pretty gross, frankly.
I’ve been exploring some much better ways to eat oatmeal and boost your milk supply – including brownies and cookies – and this smoothie is another delicious way that has the same amount of oatmeal as that microwaved mess I used to eat. It also has brewer’s yeast and flax seed as a bonus!
(Note: The best way to get brewer’s yeast is on amazon. However, if you don’t have it on hand and want to make the smoothie anyway, go ahead with just the oatmeal and the flax seed!)
To make sure that the oatmeal is ground up as much as possible, I put it in the blender first. Once it’s as finely ground as I think I can get it, I add the other ingredients.
I used 2% milk because that’s what I had on hand, but you can definitely try other types of milk.
Enjoy!
Strawberry Banana Lactation Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup oats old fashioned
- 1 banana
- 8 strawberries frozen
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp brewer's yeast
- 1 tsp flax seed ground
Instructions
- Put oats into blender and process until the oats are well ground.
- Add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.
I used regular yeast and i added more honey than it called and then cinnamon and nutmeg and i dont like frozen fruit so i did then both fresh! And it tases amazing
This is an awesome recipe but the taste is truly awful. I’m not sure if it’s the flax seeds or oatmeal but i can barley drink one. Any ideas to make this taste any better?
Hmm. I thought it was delicious! Are you putting brewer’s yeast in or no? If yes, that’s most likely the culprit. Try it with out that. If not, ditch the flax seeds. I wouldn’t ditch the oatmeal or it probably won’t work as well. Good luck and sorry!
Alea are you using golden flax meal? If not try that instead of brown flax meal 😉
I added almond milk, it was delicious! Have been drinking it for 4 days now and saw an increase immediately. Thank you!
So happy to hear this! Thank you!
Hi! Did you sub the regular milk for almond milk or you added both?
Thanks!
How soon should I see results?
Usually within the same day if it’s going to work for you. Good luck!
Did you soak the flax seed first like you did with the brownies (which are amazing by the way!) ?
Thank you sooooo much! No I didn’t with this one!
Do I need to put the yeast, only thing I don’t have?
You can skip it if you don’t have it. 🙂
How many smoothies a day?
1-2 is great!
Do you cook oatmeal before you blend it?
Hi there! No. 🙂
This works for me too! I put brewers yeast flaxseed and oats into blender with 2% milk I add cinnamon and sometimes a banana or the strawberry. But by the end of the night my supply slips. I need more than just this I’m thinking to try the liquid gold supplements. I dont like the mothers milks teas and I hydrate all day but baby is 6 months and I’m struggling to get 2 oz out during each pumping session!!
Delicious. How many should I drink a day? Can I use instant oats intend or just old fashion?
Thank you so much! Yes you can use instant! I would do it for breakfast but if you want another for a snack that would be good too!