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- 10 Strategies to Get Your Child to Eat More Vegan Foods
Are you tired of cooking "kid-friendly vegan recipes" only to face push back at the table? These 10 research-backed strategies will help.
Source: Vegan Family Kitchen
- A Vegan Mom’s Guide to Stress-Free, Fun and Healthy Meals for the Family
66 healthy but fun kid friendly vegan recipes sorted out by breakfast, meals, snacks, desserts. Cheesy, savory, sweet recipes, glutenfree, nutfree options. And tips on helping kids learn to eat healthy.
Source: Holy Cow! Vegan Recipes
- Raising Dairy-Free Babies & Kids
Experts and experienced dairy-free moms answer questions from breastfeeding to dairy-free infant formula for dairy-free babies.
Two moms explain what to feed dairy-free kids and toddlers, sample dairy-free meals, and parents’ advice on dairy-free kid nutrition.
Source: Switch4Good
Recipes
- Easy Vegan Lunch Ideas For Kids
Quick and easy vegan lunch ideas for kids for every plant-based family. A list of a variety of options to break out of that bored lunch phase.
Source: Veggies Don’t Bite
- Vegan Kid Friendly Recipes
The perfect place for vegan recipes that are baby and kid friendly. Most of these are adult recipes with tips on how to adapt them for the entire family.
Source: Veggies Don’t Bite
- Kid Friendly Vegan Recipes
From breakfast to desserts and everything in between, you’ll find great kid-friendly plant-based recipes that the whole family will enjoy.
Source: The Simple Veganista
Online Communities
- Vegan Pregnancy & Parenting
The Largest Vegan Parenting Community Worldwide. Vegan Pregnancy and Parenting is a community of passionate people who have come together with the goal of spreading compassion for animals as well as humans.
Facebook Group
- How Vegan Children Thrive!
They aim to provide support and guidance for fellow parents raising vegan children. Share your worries, problems, ideas, experiences and the joys of being a parent to vegan children. They realise that parents within the vegan community often face challenges when negotiating the non-vegan world we live in and this is your place to find help, support and guidance.
Facebook Group
- Vegan Family Meal Planning
Facebook Group
- Kids Vegan Lunch Box
Post photos of your vegan lunch boxes or lunch box ideas for kids. Feel free to ask for recipes.
Facebook Group
- Disease Proof Your Child: Nutritarian Group
Disease-Proof Your Child is a must read book by Dr. Joel Fuhrman who recommends we feed our kids a nutritarian diet to have a greater chance for a disease-free life. This group is for anyone who is interested in learning more about following this healthy nutritarian plant based lifestyle to enhance children’s health and well being (as well as your own).
Facebook Group
Books
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- The Vegucated Family Table: Irresistible Vegan Recipes and Proven Tips for Feeding Plant-Powered Babies, Toddlers, and Kids
Raise happy and healthy plant-powered children with more than 125 family favorite recipes by Find the book on Amazon.
- Nourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families
An evidence-based, practical resource that explores the many benefits of a plant-based diet and provides parents with the tools they need to feed their families for health and with joy. Nourish offers the solution parents have been waiting for when it comes to deciding what and how to feed their families. Authors Reshma Shah, MD, a plant-based pediatrician and affiliate clinical instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Brenda Davis, RD, a world-renowned expert and pioneer in plant-based nutrition, will empower parents to become the experts of nourishing their families. Find the book on Amazon.
- Disease-Proof Your Child
Disease-Proof Your Child features easy-to-prepare, kid-friendly recipes that will satisfy even the pickiest eaters, and will help your whole family establish life-long healthful eating habits. Dr. Joel Fuhrman explains how you can make sure your children are eating right to maintain a healthy mind and body, and how eating certain foods and avoiding others can positively impact your child’s IQ and success in school. Find the book on Amazon.
- Plant-Powered Families: Over 100 Kid-Tested, Whole-Foods Vegan Recipes
Veteran cookbook author Dreena Burton shows a whole foods, plant-based diet can be easy, delicious, and healthy for your entire family. In Plant-Powered Families, Burton shares over 100 whole-food, vegan recipes—tested and approved by her own three children. Your family will love the variety of breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts, and snacks. Burton shares advice and solutions from her own experience for everything from pleasing picky eaters and stocking a vegan pantry to packing school lunches and dealing with challenging social situations. Plant-Powered Families also includes nutritionist-approved references for dietary concerns that will ensure a smooth and successful transition for your own plant-powered family. Find the book on Amazon.
- Forks Over Knives Family: Every Parent’s Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy Kids on a Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet
From the authors of the New York Times bestselling Forks Over Knives Plan comes a complete guide to a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle for your entire family, with more than 125 delicious kid-friendly recipes and tips for raising a whole-foods-loving child in a junk-food-laden world. With a comprehensive look at every stage of a child’s development, the Forks Over Knives team will help get kids on track to a sustainable, whole foods lifestyle. Beginning with pregnancy, through birth and childhood, and continuing into the teenage years, this guide tackles all the most important topics to keep your children healthy, from dealing with allergies to traveling to sleepovers. Find the book on Amazon.
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Guide Updated January 5, 2023