I need meals that boost iron levels AND prevent constipation

[Cies]

Iron for me - am pg and waning, constipation for ds who's potty training and having a mental block with poos on the potty.

So, please, your best ideas for meals to appeal to 2.5yo and a tired cook.

So far we've had baked potatoes with tinned sardines and brocolli.

Spinach. Prunes. Steak. Hard to improve anaemia by diet alone but I managed it by eating high quality red meat twice a week. Any stewed fruit will sort out constipation, especially in a LO .

Dried apricots are your friend

Try the spatone supplement for you and fruit juice for your dc?

Beans on wholemeal toast, with a glass of orange juice

Hummus and wholemeal pitta. Porridge with sesame or sunflower seeds.

try fruit nectar rather than juice if you can get it - I found peach or apricot nectar worked a treat on DS

Cut down on tea / coffee as caffiene inhibits iron absorbtion.

Drink orange juice (vit c) with iron rich meals as it helps it absorb.

something eggy (scrambled? omelette?) with orange juice for pg iron? When pg I used to take a daily multi-vit-with-iron with orange juice, which just kept my Hb levels up without the major constipation actual iron tabs caused.

for DS, BIWI's suggestion is good - the others too but maybe not so small-child friendly

how much exercise does he get? could you encourage him to touch his toes 10 times, or run up & down the stairs a dozen times, a few times a day?

Spatone in juice for you, juice for him

oooh, maples, I haven't seen a satsuma for months - only a few clementines - very disappointing

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this is mostly for adults I think, but take what you can from it for your DS

Spinach and mixed cheese (cottage, mozzarella, ricotta and feta) cannelloni is an easy one. Look up ribollita, a lovely Tuscan stew/soup usually spinach and bean based but delicious I make this version www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/ribollita-recipe/index.html dh loves it even though he hates spinach! A big fat steak. I have heard chicken liver is on top of the list of iron rich foods. Breakfast cereals are usually fortified w iron

Btw iron is constipating

I thought liver is good.
And liquorice for afters.

liver is good, but whereas health advice used to be liver 3 times a week (or thereabouts) for pregnant women, the advice was changed due to worries about excess Vit A (which is stored in the body & can be toxic)

Oh I misread it as being for the ds.Yes,absolutely right,I was told not to have liver when pregnant.Sorry!

You can still have liquorice though!

Agree about spinach n cheese pasta or similar. Orange (juice) even aids iron absorption I thought so don't worry about seasonal oranges juice drink it
Red meat, cottage pie mixed with green veg?

Peas - high in iron, vit c and fibre

egg and beans on wholemeal toast
fortified orange juice and cereal - like weetabix - with some dried fruit

That'll get you going, and lots of iron there too!

Cornflakes

all of the above and
figs,fig roll biscuits,marmite/vegemite,rich fruit cake,hummous,lentil soup any peas and beans [baked , haricot,canneloni,black-eyed],apricots

I highly recommend Floradix

Yes ditto to Floradix