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Sarah Wallace is a curator. The 37-year-old shares her day on a plate.
6am Decaf filter coffee at home.
6.30am A smoothie made with a banana, oats, chocolate protein powder, peanut butter, dates and oat milk on my way to a reformer Pilates class.
10.30am A red apple and a handful of roasted almonds.
12.30pm We have an artist on site for the installation of a new exhibition, so I join them for lunch at MONA’s wine bar and have a Tassie burrito – pulled smoked wallaby. I’m pregnant, so I also have a flat white to keep me going through the afternoon.
3.45pm I snack on a mandarin.
6.30pm A bowl of homemade potato and leek soup with crusty homemade white bread and butter.
7.45pm A small bowl of berries and Greek yoghurt for dessert.
Dr Joanna McMillan says
Top marks for… A beautiful pregnancy-friendly start – your smoothie is spot-on for protein, fibre, calcium, healthy fats and polyphenols. Iron needs rise substantially in pregnancy, so the wallaby burrito provides a clever iron boost from lean game meat.
If you keep eating like this you’ll… Steadily support your energy needs but risk falling short on key pregnancy nutrients, including iodine and omega-3s. Your calcium intake is also worth watching if your oat milk is not fortified. Dinner is the weak link; it’s comforting but too light on protein and other key pregnancy nutrients.
Why don’t you try… Upgrading the soup with lentils, cannellini beans or chicken to boost protein, and switching to high fibre bread. Add eggs and seafood (especially low-mercury oily fish such as salmon, sardines, mackerel or trout) a few times a week to boost omega-3s, choline and iodine.
Sarah Wallace is a judge of the 2026 Hadley’s Art Prize and a curator at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Tasmania.
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