Postpartum Meal Prep for Milk Supply: Black Bean and Quinoa Burgers

Ahhhh, the galactagogue. The milk making bestie. The ingredient all lactating moms who struggle with supply search for and consume loads of….

And boy do I understand. 

I nursed all 3 of my kiddos…. I also had a low milk supply with all 3 of my kiddos. I can honestly say I’ve probably tried every single galactogogue, supplement, and method to increase my milk supply. 

While I was never fully able to provide solely breastmilk for my babies, save for my third when my boobs magically decided to understand the assignment around 7 months into our nursing journey, I did my fair share of cooking and baking with various galactagogues. 

I also came up with some really great recipes that we still use, even though my nursing days are long over.

I found a black bean quinoa burger recipe to use for Meatless Monday one night when I was early postpartum with my third baby. It contains quinoa and oats, which are common galactogogues, so I gave it a try. It was SO good- and I had yet to find a quinoa/black bean burger that wasn’t kinda dry and boring. 

So I’ve been doing adaptations of it since. 

Recently we busted out this recipe for dinner. Usually, I make the quinoa and chop the veggies to add, but this time I had a bag of quinoa in the freezer I picked up on sale and HOLY MOLY did it make this recipe SO EASY. 

I really wish I’d known this hack back when I was postpartum with Zoey, because I really did notice a supply difference after eating these burgers. But the prep time was often too intimidating or just not possible as a mom of 3. 

You can make and freeze them for an easy postpartum meal. This frozen quinoa shortcut makes this recipe quick and easy that you can throw these burgers together in under 30 minutes!

Note: I used Path of Life Mango Southwest Quinoa blend, but you can use any brand frozen quinoa you’d like. I like that this brand had veggies already in it.

Did you make this recipe? Let me know in the comments!