Pregnancy Recipes - 9-12 weeks

During these weeks your baby's entire structure will be completed and good nutrition will help support his development.

• Thai-spiced salmon with new potatoes and green salad
• Stir fried chicken mangetout and okra

Thai-spiced salmon

There is a medley of delicious flavours in this recipe, and not only does it taste good, it is doing you and baby good too. If you prefer a really spicy kick use a red chilli; for a milder taste, use a green chilli.

Serves 2
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15-20 minutes

A good source of:
DHA, EPA, fibre and vitamin C

8 baby sweetcorn, halved lengthwise
2 salmon fillets, skinned
1 stalk lemongrass, trimmed and finely sliced
1 red or green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
1 spring onion, sliced finely
knob of butter
1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander
black pepper, to taste

Preheat the oven to gas mark 5, 190°C. Place the baby sweetcorn in an ovenproof dish and lay the salmon fillets on top. Sprinkle over the lemongrass, chilli, lemon rind and juice, spring onion and garlic.

Place a little butter on top of each fillet and grind over some black pepper. Cover, and cook for 15 minutes, then baste with the cooking juices.

Cook, uncovered for a further 5 minutes until the salmon is cooked through. Sprinkle over the coriander and serve with rice and green vegetables or Apricot Ginger Risotto

Stir-fried chicken with mangetout and okra

Okra provides magnesium, calcium and vitamin E and is best steamed before using in stir-fries, so allow time to do this while you are chopping the other ingredients.

As with all stir-fries it is important to have absolutely everything ready for cooking before you put the first ingredient in the pan.

A good stir-fry should have slightly crisp vegetables, which have had minimal cooking.

Serves 2
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes

Good source of:
calcium, fibre, folate, protein and vitamins C and E

100 g okra, topped and tailed
1-2 tablespoons rapeseed oil
2 chicken breasts, skinned, boned and cut into very fine strips
2 spring onions, finely sliced
2.5 cm piece fresh root ginger, finely grated
100 g mangetout, topped and tailed.
1 orange pepper, finely sliced
1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon dry sherry

Steam the okra for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a wok or large frying pan until hot and stir-fry the chicken for 2-3 minutes until white and cooked.

Remove the chicken from the pan. Add a little more oil to the pan if necessary, and quickly stir-fry the remaining ingredients, except the soy sauce and sherry, for 2 minutes.Return the chicken to the pan, and stir in with the soy sauce and sherry.

Serve at once with rice or noodles.

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