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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.

The PB3 Plate

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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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    Plant-Based Kids

    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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What My Kids Ate! We’re ✌️Registered Dietiti What My Kids Ate! We’re ✌️Registered Dietitians Nutritionists 👩‍⚕️ raising four predominantly plant-based kiddos 👧 Here’s what Whitney’s 2 and 4-year-olds ate in a day 🍽️
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As always, these posts are for inspiration not comparison. Every child is different and their preferences/appetites vary greatly day by day.
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7 am - supplements (vitamin D, B12 + iodine - see our supplement guide *link in bio* for our recs)
7:30 am - Breakfast: banana oat pancakes (we have a Reel on these pancakes a few posts back) + fruit for faces + peanut butter added later for healthy fat 👍 
10 am - Snack: dried mango + whole grain crackers + soy milk 🥛 
12 - Lunch: whole wheat pita with hummus, coconut yogurt, carrots, grapes, and a date.
3:30 pm - Snack: @skoutorganic bar + seaweed snacks.
6 pm - Dinner: black bean burritos with whole wheat tortillas, avocado, tangelos + tomatoes 🍅 
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Need help meal planning? 🍽️ Sign up for our free 5-day Pediatric Nutrition Mini Course at the link in our bio! We cover nutrients of focus, meal planning, picky eating tips, and more - all straight to your inbox 🙌 You’ll also get our top handouts: the PB3 Plate, meal planner, food focus guide and supplement guide. #plantbasedjuniors #WhatPBJsEat #kidsnutrition #plantbasedkids #toddlernutrition #kidsfood #kidsrecipes
Increase Kids’ Curiosity About Veggies! 🍆 W Increase Kids’ Curiosity About Veggies! 🍆 

Want your kids to eat their veggies? Well, that’s not something we can guarantee 🤪 But we can help create positive experiences around them and promote curiosity which will increase the likelihood that kids will eventually try these foods and enjoy them 🤩

Here are some ideas! 👉

1️⃣ Take them grocery shopping or to the farmers market. Let them pick out the veggies they want to try and cook them together at home.
2️⃣ Start a garden and eat produce right from the earth. Carrots, broccoli, and kale were my kid’s favorites. You can also try regrowing veggies like lettuce or onions right in your kitchen (we have a reel showing you how)!
3️⃣ Have kids help in the kitchen by cutting veggies or adding them to smoothies.
4️⃣ Try food play - broccoli trees are a hit in our house 🦖 
5️⃣ Share cool facts about veggies. Did you know that carrots help you see at night? 🥕 Did you know that there is purple broccoli? 🥦 
6️⃣ Engage all their senses. Try a crunch contest with carrots. Have them snap peas out of their pod. Let them scoop the stringy strands out of a spaghetti squash.

What do you do to encourage your kid’s curiosity about veggies? Share below!👇#plantbasedjuniors #kidsnutrition #rdapproved
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 Fajitas! Peppers, onions, @sweetearth chicken plus olive oil to coat and spices— onion powder, chili powder, cumin, oreganos, garlic powder, smoked paprika, salt. Served with @tortillalandtortillas tortillas, canned black beans & cilantro lime rice that I made in my @nutribullet for ease. 

2️⃣ Lentil Tacos but make it tostadas! My kids each get a night to pick what they want to have for dinner that week. This is my sons pick 97% of the time. To switch things up, I choose tostadas over tacos. This recipe is on @delishknowledge until ‘instant pot lentil tacos’ With strawberries. 

3️⃣ Pea Pesto Pasta! Experimented with a new recipe, kids were meh on it but husband and I liked it. Less peas, more basil next time! 

4️⃣ Leftover bean & rice burritos with strawberries 🍓 

5️⃣ Enchilada Casserole! I guess it was bean week! Don’t really have a recipe for this— kinda threw everything in that I had in fridge— zucchini, peppers, corn, garlic, a little squash, plus Pinto, black beans and my enchilada sauce and corn tortillas. 

Plus a simple cabbage salad. I’m pretty sure the only way my kids eat salad is when they help mix it! Kids are funny. 

What did you have for dinner this week?

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Watermelon Lime Ice Pops! 🍉 Or Otter Pops as Watermelon Lime Ice Pops! 🍉 

Or Otter Pops as they are known in my house (though I really don’t know why— must be a regional thing!? 🦦)

All you need is watermelon (~4 cups), 1 lime (zest and juice— can use more for more lime flavor!) and a pinch of salt (optional, but enhances the sweet flavor). 🧂 

Blend! If you want a sweeter pop, then you can add a little sugar/syrup it in. 

We are using these reusable bags and this small funnel to help fill (it’s not a diva cup 😂) Silicone Popsicle molds also work as do others! Because these are kinda ice-y, I like this mold best as it contains the juice as it melts. (Products linked in our store on website— link in profile 🖥️) 

Place in freezer for 6-8 hours until hardened and enjoy! So refreshing on hot summer days. ☀️ 

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#plantbasedjuniors #popsicles #popsiclesfordays #watermelon #kidfood #kidfoodideas #dietitian #pickyeaters #dietitiansofinstagram #registereddietitian
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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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