Annabel brings her food knowledge and experience to expectant mothers with her first-ever guide to eating during pregnancy.
Eating for Two (RRP £12.99 Ebury Press) guides expectant mothers throughout each stage of their pregnancy, offering tips and advice on what to eat and avoid. The 192-page, full-colour hardback includes over 90 fabulous recipes developed by Annabel as well as her expert advice.
From the best foods to eat to promote conception, through ideas for avoiding morning sickness in the first trimester, to the best nutrition to combat sleeplessness, anaemia and heartburn later on, the book steers readers through pregnancy and beyond, even suggesting meals to make and freeze ready for when baby arrives.
Annabel has always wanted to create a book for mums-to-be:
“It’s a time when every expectant mother wants to be fully informed, be as healthy as possible and know that they are eating the right things for themselves and for her growing baby.
During each of my own pregnancies I received lots of nutrition advice from all different sources – and a lot of it was confusing. I wanted this book to really help women at such an important stage in their lives. I just wish I had it when I was pregnant!
Many women still believe that they should be eating for two throughout the whole of their pregnancy and are unaware that their energy requirements from food don’t need to increase significantly in the first two trimesters. This book demystifies this, and many other pregnancy myths, providing readers with definitive advice, as well as identifying pregnancy super nutrients for mums-to-be and their baby.”
The book includes ideas for breakfasts, lunches, dinners and desserts, together with snack ideas to keep pregnancy hunger pangs at bay.
