Delicious & Healthy Recipes for Expecting & New Moms
All our recipes meet an approved set of standards for nutrition during pregnancy. Browse based on your personal and dietary needs: gluten-free, vegetarian, folate-rich, pre-conception, etc. Enjoy!
Nourishing News
Get your questions answered. Where is BPA hiding in my kitchen? Should I be eating tuna? How does baby's birthweight indicate risk for diabetes and heart disease later in life? Find out all this and more!
Menu & Recipe Development
Whether you're a restaurant owner or food producer, we will support your business in developing recipes to meet your customers' increasing demands for healthy choices and special dietary needs (gluten free, dairy free, etc.)
Mission
The Heart’s Kitchen aims to reduce obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and several cancers by improving the nutrition of expecting & new moms, providing women the knowledge, motivation, and support to cook whole foods and sustain a healthy lifestyle.
Empowering expecting & new moms to eat nutritious food for their children's lifelong health.
Featured Recipe:
Spiced Butternut Squash Tacos with Microgreens - Microgreens are harvested just 1-2 weeks after germination and usually contain 4-6 times the nutrients compared to the mature leaves of the same plant. We used a combination of broccoli, kale, cabbage, amaranth, and celery greens on these delicious tacos.
read moreMeet Dr. Kent Thornburg
Dr. Kent Thornburg is a leading international expert on the origins of health & disease. His team of scientists at OHSU have discovered that a mother's diet throughout pregnancy is the primary indicator of a baby's lifelong health, including risk for diabetes, heart disease, and several cancers later in life.
read moreNutritional Spotlight:
BPA: A Silent Threat to Your Baby's Health. A must-read article for expectant and new moms. Learn how BPA operates in your body and how to avoid common sources - like the BPA in your canned tomatoes, milk cartons, and shopping receipts.
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