Eliza Larson

Eliza Larson is a recipe developer and co-founder of Oat Mama, a food business created to support mothers during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Eat to Feed, written with fellow co-founder Kristy Kohler, is their first cookbook and carries the fuller subtitle 80 Nourishing Recipes for Breastfeeding Moms. Balance published the volume in 2019. Its eighty recipes range across breakfasts, main meals, snacks, broths, baked goods, and drinks, using ingredients such as oats, almonds, barley, and brewer's yeast. The book also includes guidance on meal preparation, pantry planning, and nutrition during the demanding months after childbirth. Larson and Kohler developed the recipes from the same practical concerns that shaped their Tucson-based company, where they produced lactation granola bars and teas. This connection between entrepreneurship and recipe writing gives the cookbook a specific purpose: it approaches feeding a new parent as everyday care, with food designed to be manageable as well as nourishing.