Confinement food is a must for mums recovering from labour, catering is often the most convenient option.
Although confinement seems like an outdated practice, studies have shown that dedicating time for physical recovery following childbirth helps a new mother tremendously in many ways. Given that pregnancy and childbirth take a great toll on the body, a new mother needs plenty of rest and good food to regain lost blood and essential minerals, such as calcium and iron. A good diet rich in nutrients will also help lactating mothers with milk production.
While some mums choose to hire a confinement nanny, those who do without can consider a hassle-free confinement delivery package while caring for a newborn. This will help reduce the postpartum stress of cooking nutritional meals!
Confinement Food Delivery Services In Singapore
Here are 8 home delivery services of both halal and non-halal options you can consider or recommend to soon-to-be mummies in need of confinement food!
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Chilli Padi Group
Singaporeans are no strangers to Chilli Padi, one of the most established names in the local catering business. If you’re partial to Peranakan dishes, then Chilli Padi is the perfect confinement caterer for you!
From Grilled Salmon Fillet with Mirin Sauce, to Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup & Shabu Shabu with XO wine, these Asian-inspired confinement dishes are carefully prepared by Chilli Padi’s experienced chefs to ensure great tasting meals that are low in salt and fat, but high in nutritional value.
Chilli Padi’s confinement meals consist of ingredients such as Ginger, Dates, Sesame Oil, Black Vinegar, Chinese Rice Wine, Pepper, Mushrooms, and other traditional Chinese herbs like Chinese Wolfberry (Gou Qi), Angelica Sinensis (Dang Gui), Red Dates, Black Date and Dried Longans.
Meals are prepared MSG-free and low in sodium. Many friends agree that Chilli Padi confinement meals are tasty and nutritious!
Rates: Prices range from 7 day dual at $498, 14 day single at $498 to 28 day dual meals at $1768
Chilli Padi Confinement Catering
NouRiche
NouRiche by the RichFood Group has been serving confinement food for over a decade now. With Chef Gordon Wang at the helm, NouRiche makes sure to choose the best combination of herbs to use in their confinement meals so as to optimise the health benefits to new mothers.
NouRiche’s menu features a wide variety of Staples, Meat dishes, Vegetable dishes. It comes with a Nourishing soup and Breastfeeding Friendly Red Date Longan Tea!
Never compromising on taste, you can expect dishes such as Sheng Hua Tonic with Pork Ribs and Lotus Seeds Soup in your very first week of meals from NouRiche by the RichFood Group.
Not only does NouRiche offer a Vegan confinement menu, they are also quite accommodating when it comes to requests such as omitting a specific ingredient like pork, or seafood.
Rates: Prices range from 7 day twin at $508, 14 day single at $508 to 28 day dual meals at $1788
Sizzling Dyyana Halal Confinement Meals
Sizzling Dyyana is a halal-certified confinement meal delivery service, run by Dyyana Awang who prepares and delivers your meals from her home kitchen.
After visiting the wet market daily, Dyyana will inform you of the menu, based on what’s fresh at the market that day!
Think Pan-Fried Salmon with Brown Rice one day, and Thai Green Curry Black Snapper with Red Rice the next. To finish the meal off, you will get to enjoy her lactation-friendly home bakes that are yummy and nutritious.
We hear that organic ingredients are used as far as possible, and there’s no MSG or deep-fried items in Dyyanas’s confinement menu.
Rates: Enquire directly
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Umma Fazwill’s confinement meal packages are perfect for mothers who are looking for fresh and healthy meals to boost recovery throughout the postnatal phase.The range of halal confinement meals are designed to suit the different needs of mothers. There are options of Chinese confinement food or something with a western influence.
Each meal consists of a base dish (carb), meat dish, side dish, lactation dessert and a 350ml drink of red date tea.
Rates: $650 for 10 days lunch and dinner to $2200 for 44 days lunch and dinner
Thomson Nutri
Thomson Nutri, part of the Thomson Medical family, offers confinement meals catering services. Each recipe is thoughtfully developed in conjunction with Thomson’s in-house team of Lactation Consultants, Traditional Chinese Medicine Physicians and Dieticians to aid mothers on their journey to recovery.
From the choice of herbs to the use of the highest quality ingredients, every single component and detail of the Thomson Nutri confinement menu is carefully crafted. The meals contain no sodium salt and MSG, are low in fat, rich in nutritional value, and full of flavour. All soup dishes are double boiled for hours to lock in the nutrients and natural goodness of the ingredients.
To enhance and ease the postpartum experience, all meals are freshly prepared, packed in eco-friendly thermal containers, and delivered on time to the doorstep. Mothers can enjoy warm and delicious meals in their own comfort without the hassle of heating up and washing.
Rates: Prices range from 7 day lunch and dinner at $808 to 28 day lunch and dinner at $2012
Yue Zi Le Confinement Catering
月子樂 Yue Zi Le caters exclusively confinement meals in Singapore. It specialises in confinement meal delivery and are able to better understand the needs of our consumers and specialize in food preparation methods for new mothers. It is also one of the few postnatal confinement caterer that allow mummies to make choices of the meat dish.
Whether you like western cuisines or traditional Chinese confinement food, Yue Zi Le confinement meals are tasty. The goal is to provide mums with wholesome meals that you will enjoy, including 31 nourishing soups, 20 carbohydrate selections, 59 meat dishes, and 42 vegetable items. Each confinement meal comes with a litre of homemade confinement tea – either Osmanthus Red Dates Tea or Premium Red Dates Dang Shen Tea.
Nourish your postnatal diet and turn your confinement days into a hassle-free experience.
Rates: Prices range from 7 day lunch and dinner at $550 to 28 day lunch and dinner at $1800
Yue Zi Le Confinement Catering
Mama J’s Confinement Catering
Mama J’s was born in the midst of the pandemic. A humble homebased business has now grown and is excited to help even more mummies with their recovery! Mama J’s mission is to help mums recover physically, mentally and emotionally one meal at a time.
Mama J has since helped over 300 mothers in confinement with highly nutritious meals to aid digestion, expel wind & toxins, regain energy, strengthen their joints, and support their breastfeeding needs. It has 28 days all different varieties of dishes, and everyday is like a surprise bento box!
Rates: Prices range from 7 day lunch and dinner at $608 to 28 day lunch and dinner at $2320
Tian Wei Signature
New mums who would like to keep traditional confinement meals to the bare minimum may enjoy Tian Wei Signature’s balanced meal offerings of time-honoured confinement classics like Braised Pig Trotters in Black Vinegar, and a variety of modern fusion dishes such as Coq Au Vin and Seared Salmon with Cauliflower Cream and Tri-Coloured Grains.
Fired by the understanding that good confinement meals are essential in boosting the postpartum mood, Tian Wei Signature believes that a twist in regular confinement meals will help to whet the new mother’s appetite and keep her eating well and healthily! Happy Mother, Happy Baby!
All of Tian Wei’s herbal soups are reviewed by Ma Kuang TCM practitioners, with the menu dietician-reviewed to ensure postpartum nutritional needs are met.
Rates: Prices range from 7 day double at $518, 14 day single at $518 to 28 day double meals at $1818
