Read these du’as before and after you eat.
Dua before eating
When anyone of you begins eating, say
بِسْمِ الله
And if you forget then, when you remember, say
بِسْمِ اللهِ في أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِـرِه
Transliteration
Bismillaah.
Bismillaahifee ‘awwalihi wa ‘aakhirihi.
Translation
In the Name of Allah.
In the Name of Allah, in the beginning and in the end.
Abu Dawud 3/347, At-Tirmidhi 4/288. See Al- Albani’s Sahih At-Tirmidhi 2/167.
2: Whomever Allah has given food, should say
اللّهُـمَّ بارِكْ لَنا فيهِ وَأَطْـعِمْنا خَـيْراً مِنْـه
اللّهُـمَّ بارِكْ لَنا فيهِ وَأَطْـعِمْنا خَـيْراً مِنْـه
Transliteration
Allaahumma baarik lanaafeehi wa ‘at’imnaa khayranminhu.
Translation
O Allah, bless us in it and provide us with better than it.
At-Tirmidhi 5/506. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/158.
Dua for drinking Milk:
Whomever Allah has given milk to drink, should say
اللّهُـمَّ بارِكْ لَنا فيهِ وَزِدْنا مِنْه
اللّهُـمَّ بارِكْ لَنا فيهِ وَزِدْنا مِنْه
Transliteration
Allaahumma baarik lanaa feehi wa zidnaa minhu.
Translation
O Allah, bless us in it and give us more of it.
At-Tirmidhi 5/506. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/158
Dua after eating
الْحَمْـدُ للهِ الَّذي أَطْعَمَنـي هـذا وَرَزَقَنـيهِ مِنْ غَـيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلا قُوَّة
Transliteration
Alhamdu lillaahil-lathee ‘at’amanee haathaa, wa razaqaneehi, min ghayri hawlin minnee wa laa quwwatin.
Translation
Praise is to Allah Who has given me this food and sustained me with it though I was unable to doit and powerless.
At-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/159.
Dua 2
Transliteration
Alhamdu lillaahi hamdan katheeran tayyiban mubaarakan feehi, ghayra [makfiyyin wa laa] muwadda’in, wa laa mustaghnan ‘anhu Rabbanaa.
Translation
All praise is to Allah, praise in abundance, good and blessed. It cannot [be compensated for, nor can it] be left, nor can it be done without, our Lord.
Al-Bukhari 6/214, At-Tirmidhi 5/507.
