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Let’s get more plants on the plate.

Most kids aren’t eating enough plant foods. We provide evidence-based guidance to help you fill that gap.

We’re Whitney and Alex – pediatric dietitian nutritionists, best-selling authors, and most importantly moms.

Mealtimes should be joyful and feeding kids should be fun. We’ll teach you how to foster healthy eating habits so you can stress less and enjoy more.

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Join our community and get a free 5-day mini course on pediatric nutrition for parents. You’ll also get access to our most popular downloads — including our PB3 Plate, Meal Builder, Food Focus Guide and our easy to follow Supplement Guide.

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    Baby Led Weaning

    10 Best First Foods For Plant-Based Baby-Led Weaning

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    10 Healthy Plant-Based Meals for Kids

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    Nutrients

    3 Common Nutrition Mistakes Parents Make (And How to Fix Them)

  • Let’s face it: feeding little ones is a challenge and confusing! I love that Alex and Whitney share the answers to oodles of baby and toddler feeding questions, in a warm and non-judgemental way, while offering a variety of choices for a parent’s unique needs…

    Angela Liddon
    New York Times bestselling author of the
    Oh She Glows Cookbook

  • While never too late to invite the great advantages of lifestyle as medicine into our lives, the earlier the better…Whitney and Alexandra provide everything needed to make optimal diet a birthright—to the benefit of mother, baby, and family alike. The balanced, evidence-based guidance here should be a standard of prenatal care.

    David L. Katz, MD, MPH
    past president
    American College of Lifestyle Medicine

  • An absolutely essential read for anyone wanting to feed their little ones a plant-based diet. With a thoughtful layout from building your baby’s first plate to sample feeding schedules for toddlers, this book prepares you for the whole journey.

    Ali Maffucci
    New York Times bestselling author and founder of Inspiralized

The Plant-Based Baby & Toddler

We translate nutrition information in a practical non-anxiety-inducing way and provide everything you need to raise healthy, conscious kids.

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We know finding a health professional who understands pediatric nutrition can be overwhelming. Practitioners in our directory are accredited in their field and have completed and passed our Pediatric Nutrition for Health Professionals Course.

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Why most kids 🌟 even omnivores 🌟 need a vita Why most kids 🌟 even omnivores 🌟 need a vitamin D supplement! 💊 

Vitamin D is made in our skin from sunlight. Back in the day this would have been enough to support needs but today we live and work indoors, wear sunscreen, and many of us - kids and adults alike - don’t get enough.

In the United States, 50% of children ages 1 to 5 and 70% of children ages 6 to 11 have vitamin D deficiency (PMID: 28722941)

Vitamin D isn’t naturally found in many foods - seafoods and mushrooms  are a source, but most kids aren’t consuming a lot of these.

The majority of kids get their vitamin D from fortified cows or plant milk - fortified meaning it’s been added to these. It’s not naturally present.

❗️Unfortunately, it takes about 5 cups of milk in order to meet a child’s daily needs 😳

Not only is this amount unrealistic but it would crowd out other important nutrients and put kiddos at risk of anemia since milk is low in iron (PMID: 22043881). This is one reason my the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no more than 16 oz (2 cups) of milk per day for toddlers.

And the risk of vitamin D deficiency is present for both plant-based kids and omnivores alike. - the 2021 Vechi Youth study 1/3 of kids 6-18 years old had low vitamin D levels regardless of diet (PMID: 34069944).

A daily vitamin D supplement is easy and affordable way for all kids to ensure proper intake 💊 👍

In fact, vitamin D supplementation is recommended for all children ages 6 months to 5 years in the UK. Here in the US we recommend it for all breastfed babies until fortified cows milk consumption begins, however, this clearly isn’t enough given the data on deficiency. 

You can learn more in our free supplement guide at the link in our bio 🙌 #kidsnutrition #pediatricdietitian #plantbasedjuniors
What I made for dinner this week as a predominantl What I made for dinner this week as a predominantly plant-based, registered dietitian mama of 2 ✌️ 

1️⃣ Instant Pot Cauliflower Tikka Masala. From the @veganricha cookbook— I added chickpeas too! Served with a mix of rice and quinoa plus some whole wheat naan. 🫓 

2️⃣ Tempeh Bacon BLTs! Made easy with @lightlifefoods tempeh bacon. Plus probably the last of the corn from the summer + baked beans + thawed from frozen mango. 🥭 

3️⃣ Chickenless Noodle Soup! Just shared this recipe earlier this week— @daringfoods chicken, chickpeas, kale, carrots, onion, noodles and broth. Getting very excited about soup season. 🥰

4️⃣ Tofu BBQ sandwiches! Shredded tofu that I bake with seasonings and then toss with bBQ sauce and serve with a quick slaw. Served with roasted potato & squash that I forgot to take a video of. 😑 

5️⃣ Spaghetti! I know some families do pizza night for Friday and jarred pasta kinda feels like my go-to Friday night dinner as of late. Canned lentils in @raoshomemade sauce and served with pasta.

What did you have for dinner this week?

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It’s (sorta, kinda) sweater weather! And this no It’s (sorta, kinda) sweater weather! And this no-chicken chicken noodle soup is a weekday favorite in our house. 🥣 

We like using plant-based chicken here, like the kind from @daringfoods and @sweetearthfoods but you can omit and just use the chickpeas if desired. 

Sauté 1 minced yellow/white onion in olive oil, then add 4 minced garlic cloves, 3 chopped celery & carrot stalks. Add a package of chopped vegan chicken if desired. 

Add in 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning & 1 bay leaf along with 8 cups chickenless/veggie broth.

Simmer for 20 minutes, then add in a can of rinsed chickpeas and 1 cup chopped kale or spinach leaves. Stir in 8 ounces of cooked noodles of choice. 

Right before serving, add a squeeze of lemon juice! 🍋 

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Our Favorite High-Protein, Plant-Based, Packaged F Our Favorite High-Protein, Plant-Based, Packaged Foods 🌱 

As you know, we don’t shy away from packaged and “processed foods.” Heck, chopping veggies is a form of “processing” it says nothing about a food’s nutritional value! 

Here are a few of our favorite high-protein, packaged, plant-based foods that we keep on hand to quickly and simply boost the nutritional content of our kiddos meals.

FYI his is not an exhaustive list, just a few that Ella and I picked up on our recent grocery trip 👍 🛒 

#plantbasedjuniors #groceryhaul #plantbasedkids #plantbasedproducts #dietitianapproved
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