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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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    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 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
DAD PACKED VS MOM PACKED! 🥪🎒🤣 Anyone els DAD PACKED VS MOM PACKED! 🥪🎒🤣

Anyone else flabbergasted by the lunch and snack choices made by their significant other? 🙋‍♀️

If yours needs a tutorial on how to make a balanced meal, print them out a copy of our PB3 Plate (in our book and free to download at the link in our bio) and hang it on the fridge 🙌

The PB3 Plate breaks down the main food categories we like to see in all meals and most snacks:
✅ Grains/starches (mostly whole grains)
✅ Fruits/Veggies
✅ Protein-Rich Foods (legumes, nuts, seeds, soy foods)

It doesn’t need to be fancy, it just needs to be there!

And course, don’t forget something sweet 🍫 to satisfy vitamin P (pleasure) 😋

*This video is meant for comedic purposes. We know there are many excellent lunch-packing dads out there 😉 #kidsnutrition #parentlife #momlife
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  • About
  • Books
    • Easy Dinners for Busy Parents
    • Plant-Based Juniors: Pregnancy Guide
    • PBJ’s Nut-Free Plant-Based Lunch Box Book
    • Batch Cook Ebook
    • First Bites
    • The Plant-Based Baby and Toddler Book
  • Resources
    • Recipes
    • Pregnancy & Prenatal Nutrition
    • Infant Feeding
    • Baby Led Weaning
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