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Two Registered Dietitian Nutritionist helping you raise your plant-based babies, toddlers, children and teens.

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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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  • 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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Cookie Dough Bites! 🍪 If you liked our oatmeal Cookie Dough Bites! 🍪 If you liked our oatmeal raisin cookie dough balls, then you’ll love this chocolate chip version. 🍫 

Cashews are the secret weapon here in making it taste like cookie dough. For cashew allergies, you can sub in another nut or seed with mixed results— we’d recommend checking out one of our other cashew-free bite recipes. 

The coconut oil is needed to help keep these firm. You can also sub in cashew butter (will keep the cookie dough flavor) or another nut butter— but that will alter the cookie flavor. 

You can also make these into balls! We switched things up with making them into bars. Leftovers can be frozen and then stored in the fridge for 2-3 months. 

This one will be posted to our website soon. 🖥️ For now, recipe below! 

1️⃣ Place 1 cup rolled or quick oats and 1 cup raw cashews in a food processor and process until a fine flour forms. 
2️⃣ Add in 3 Tablespoons hemp seeds, 1 cup pitted dates (about 7-8) and process again until a sticky crumble forms
3️⃣ Add in 3 tablespoons coconut oil, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (alcohol-free extract if desired) a pinch of salt, and 1-2 tablespoons maple syrup (optional, if you want it more sweet). Process until a dough forms. 
4️⃣ Pulse in 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips. 

Press into a 8x8 pan and place in the fridge for 20-30 minutes to firm up. Remove and slice! Can also roll into balls. 

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Fairy Bites! 🧚‍♀️ All you need is bananas Fairy Bites! 🧚‍♀️ All you need is bananas, almond butter (or nut butter of your choice), chocolate, and sprinkles if you want them. 🍌 But— we highly recommend the sprinkles as that’s what makes them fairy according to my 3-year old. 👍 

🍌 Slice a large banana and make little sandwiches with two banana slices and a smidge of whatever nut butter you’d like. 🥜 Pop these in the freezer for 15-30 minutes. This just makes them easier to dunk in chocolate! 🍫 

Melt chocolate. My go-to method is placing chocolate chips in a microwave-safe container, microwaving for 30 seconds, removing and stirring vigorously, then popping back in for 30 seconds if needed. 🔥 

Cover the banana sandwiches in chocolate and sprinkle with sprinkles before hardening! 🧚‍♂️ 

We keep these in the freezer, then place them at room temperature for about 5 minutes before eating. 

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What my kids ate! 👧👦 A peak of a day worth o What my kids ate! 👧👦 A peak of a day worth of eats with my two kiddos— age 3 & 5! 

We get asked for meal ideas all the time, which is why we share these posts often. However, we also know it’s easy to compare— remember that this is just a snapshot into one of our days. Appetites, preferences and food choices change day by day. ☀️ 
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1️⃣ Breakfast:  Oatmeal with frozen @wildblueberries on top. I don’t know why my kids love the frozen blueberries on top and not mixed in— but they do! 

Plus supplements— B12, Vitamin D & DHA from @livewisenaturals 

💊 We have a free UPDATED supplement guide breaking down various considerations for if your kiddo needs to supplement and which ones— link in our profile.

2️⃣ Snack: Peach yogurt. Unsweetened yogurt puréed with frozen peaches. 

3️⃣ Lunch: Pesto pasta, edamame, corn, strawberries, thin mint cookies! 🍪 

4️⃣ Snack: Fairy Bites! 🧚 Recipe coming to you later this week! These are so fun to make and eat! 

5️⃣ Dinner: Tacos! Slaw, black beans, tortillas, cilantro lime rice (with riced cauliflower mixed in) and strawberries. 🍓 Cup of fortified milk as well! 
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Your turn! What did your LO’s eat?
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Just in time for ☘️ Edamame Sushi Rice Balls! Just in time for ☘️ Edamame Sushi Rice Balls! 🍙 A fun, packable snack that’s got all elements of the PB3 Plate: legumes, grains, veggie & fat. 

Here’s how to make it:
1️⃣ Combine 1 3/4 cup water + 1 cup short grain white or brown rice (sushi rice) in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to low and simmer until rice is tender. Let sit for 10 minutes to cool slightly. 
2️⃣ Place 1 cup spinach + 1 cup cooked edamame + 2 tablespoons sesame seeds in a food processor and pulse until finely ground. Add in cooked rice and pulse 8-10 times until just combined. 
3️⃣ Stir in 1 teaspoon each rice wine vinegar + toasted sesame oil + soy sauce (can use tamari for gluten-free and may need more.) Taste, adding more seasoning as desired. 
4️⃣ Portion into 2 tablespoon balls! 😋 

Great for lunchboxes as well! 🍱 

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  • About
  • Books
    • The Plant-Based Baby and Toddler Book
    • PBJ’s Nut-Free Plant-Based Lunch Box Book
    • Batch Cook Ebook
    • Plant-Based Juniors: Pregnancy Guide
    • First Bites
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    • Recipes
    • Pregnancy & Prenatal Nutrition
    • Infant Feeding
    • Baby Led Weaning
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