Indulgent Overnight Oats
Warming Chicken Soup
Ancestral Albondigas
Caldo Verde
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The Gift Package

$182.00
$20.22 per meal + 18 brownies
Servings
9 servings
Support for the first week

A thoughtful introduction to postpartum nourishment: 2-3 warming breakfasts, 6 nourishing lunches and dinners, plus those brownies everyone keeps stealing. Perfect for gifting or trying us out.

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What's Inside This Package

This is 2-3 breakfasts and 6 lunches/dinners plus the brownies which are great for snacking.

When someone you care about has just had a baby, you want to help. You want to show up in a way that actually matters. But what does that look like?

Not flowers that need arranging. Not stuffed animals that need storing. Not casseroles of unknown origin that might sit in the freezer, guilt-inducing and untouched.

What matters is food that actually gets eaten. Food designed specifically for what a postpartum body needs. Food that removes decisions, preparation, and the mental load of "am I eating well enough?"

This is the package that shows up correctly.

Five carefully chosen meals that cover the fundamentals: warming, nourishing, designed for recovery. Together: 2-3 breakfasts, 6 substantial lunches or dinners, plus brownies for whenever she needs something sweet.

What this does

Removes the burden of meal planning. She doesn't have to think about what to eat. She doesn't have to cook. She doesn't have to make decisions when decision-making feels impossible. She opens the freezer and there's food designed for exactly what she's going through.

Delivers nutrition designed for recovery

This isn't generic "healthy food." Every dish addresses specific postpartum needs: rebuilding tissue, supporting milk production, restoring blood and energy, healing the gut, dampening inflammation. The nutrition happens while she's just eating food that tastes good.

Communicates care in the most fundamental way

Food is the original language of care. Someone took time to understand what she needs, selected meals designed for this specific transformation, and made sure she has actual nourishment during the most depleted time. That message comes through with every meal.

Why Choose This Package?

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Curated by Experts

Selected by our nutritionist and chef Monika Knapp for optimal postpartum recovery

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Nutrient Dense

Packed with vitamins, minerals, and healing compounds your body needs

Zero Prep Time

Simply heat and eat - perfect for sleep-deprived new mothers

Every Meal in Detail

Click any meal to learn more about its ingredients and benefits.

Indulgent Overnight Oats
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Indulgent Overnight Oats

Organic sprouted oats are soaked overnight and cooked low and slow with cardamom-infused milk, grass-fed butter, local organic eggs, grated carrots, coconut, and collagen peptides. The result is closer to pudding than porridge. Custardy. Rich. Warming. The cardamom-infused milk adds aromatic warmth that lingers. Grass-fed butter creates richness without heaviness and helps you absorb fat-soluble nutrients. Carrots add natural sweetness and vitamin A. Coconut brings healthy fats and subtle texture. Collagen dissolves invisibly, supporting skin, joints, and gut lining. I sweeten only with organic bananas and locally grown dates (no added sugar). This isn't grab-and-go fuel. This is sit-down-and-be-nourished breakfast. The kind that makes you feel held.

Key Ingredients:

Organic sprouted oatsOrganic whole milk with real cardamom podsLocal organic eggsGrass-fed butterOrganic carrots (finely grated)Organic unsweetened coconut+3 more
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Warming Chicken Soup
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Warming Chicken Soup

This chicken soup is designed to be familiar yet new-- not quite your grandma's chicken soup, but still a chicken soup for the postpartum soul. Like any good chicken soup, it's built in layers: dashi made with kombu and local, organic dried mushrooms, our 48-hour bone broth, fresh ginger and organic white miso for depth and beneficial probiotics. While the pastured chicken thighs slowly cook in the dashi, local, organic mushrooms-- typically trumpets, shiitakes and oysters-- roast in a rich miso butter in the oven before finishing in the broth. Across Asian postpartum traditions, the prescription stays consistent: keep the mother warm. The ginger spreads warmth through your body, improving circulation, waking up digestion gently. The kombu delivers iodine for thyroid function (essential when your thyroid is recalibrating postpartum). All that umami from kombu, dried shiitakes, miso, bone broth, and roasted local mushrooms creates deep satisfaction. Just a touch of coconut aminos at the end creates an X factor that gives, dare we say it... mac and cheese vibes.

Key Ingredients:

Organic pastured chicken thighsKombu (dried kelp) for iodine and umamiDried shiitake mushroomsOrganic white miso (probiotics)48-hour bone brothFresh ginger+2 more
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Ancestral Albondigas
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Ancestral Albondigas

Albondigas is a traditional Mexican stew of meatballs and vegetables in broth-- ours is catered specifically to postpartum mothers. We use a blend of grass-fed beef, beef heart and beef liver. The ratio matters: enough organ meat to give you concentrated nutrition, enough regular beef to keep the flavor rich and familiar. Traditional Mexican spices (cumin, oregano, garlic, and a little bit of mint-- crucial for an authentic albondigas!) create warming, aromatic flavor that makes organ meats approachable rather than intimidating. The meatballs are bolstered with organic, locally grown brown rice and get crisped in grass-fed tallow before simmering in our 48-hour bone broth along with whatever seasonal vegetables look best at the market: butternut squash, carrots, slow-cooked red cabbage, or sometimes sweet peppers.

Key Ingredients:

Organic grass-fed beefBeef heart (CoQ10, B vitamins)Beef liver (iron, vitamin A, folate, B12)Traditional Mexican spices (cumin, oregano, garlic, mint)48-hour bone broth baseSeasonal local vegetables
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Caldo Verde
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Caldo Verde

Caldo verde is a staple in Portuguese cuisine, and for good reason. We simmer local, organic pork sausage in our 48-hour bone broth alongside organic potatoes, farmer's market kale, sliced onion and lots of garlic. A good dose of paprika ups the flavor without adding too much heat. This Portuguese comfort food hits every note new mothers need: easy to digest, warming, satisfying, and nourishing without being heavy. Dark, leafy greens for iron and folate. Protein and fat from sausage. The grounding quality of potatoes. Simple ingredients done well create something transcendent.

Key Ingredients:

Local organic pork sausageOrganic potatoesOrganic kaleGood paprika (sweet or smoked)Fresh garlic48-hour bone broth base
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Dark Chocolate & Salted Caramel Lactation Brownies
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Dark Chocolate & Salted Caramel Lactation Brownies

18 dark chocolate brownies made with sprouted oat flour and almond flour, enriched with flaxseeds (for lignans that may support milk production), swirled with salted caramel, and sweetened just enough to let the dark chocolate shine. They're fudgy and rich without being cloying. Your partner might steal them even though he's not trying to lactate (fair warning). Organic sprouted oat flour provides beta-glucans that may support lactation. Almond flour creates that fudgy texture along with healthy fats, protein, vitamin E, and magnesium. The organic cacao is the real stuff: dark and complex, high in flavonoids and magnesium. Grass-fed butter and salted caramel swirl create ribbons of sweet-salty richness against dark chocolate.

Key Ingredients:

Sprouted oat flourAlmond flourOrganic cacao powderFlaxseedsGrass-fed butterOrganic cane sugar+2 more
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