A Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families That Are Plant-Based or Simply Plant Curious

While nearly all parents agree that a nutritious diet is important for children to thrive, most feel that their children are not eating a healthy diet. This is not surprising, given the challenges many families face including busy schedules and confusing research about what diet is really best for health. 

Authors Reshma Shah, MD, a plant-based pediatrician, and Brenda Davis, RD, a world-renowned expert and pioneer in plant-based nutrition, will empower parents to become experts at nourishing their families for health and with joy. You will discover:

How a diet centered around plants can optimize health, prevent chronic disease, protect our planet, and be an act of radical compassion.

Nutrition specifics for every stage of childhood—from pregnancy and breastfeeding all the way through the teen years.

Answers to many of the common questions that often worry parents (picky eating, nutritional supplements, pediatric weight-related issues, and more ) 

Tips, strategies, and recipes to bring all of this information to your dinner table as you transition to plant-based eating.

It's nice to know that you don't have to commit to 100% plant-based eating: Simply changing up your family’s menu a week at a time can really make a difference! 

With over 40 plant-powered recipes including hearty soups, smoothies, make-ahead breakfast ideas, delicious snacks, and easy weeknight dinners, Nourish will become your family's go-to nutrition resource.  

Just Some of the Recipes Include:

Pumpkin Muffins / Cranberry Orange Almond Muffins / Banana Walnut Pancakes / Creamy Broccoli Soup / Roasted Pepper and Tomato Soup / Peanut Dragon Bowl / Lemony Chickpea Pasta with Mushrooms and Broccoli / Crispy Tofu Fingers / The Ultimate Veggie Lasagna / Kind Shepherd’s Pie / Curried Chickpea Salad Spread / Lentil, Wheat Berry, and Roasted Veggie Salad / Taco Night / Tofu Tikka Masala / Peanut Butter Brownies / Oatmeal Bars / Apple Crisp / Nice Cream  

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Reshma Shah, M.D., is a board-certified pediatrician and an affiliate clinical instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine. She has nearly two decades of experience in primary care pediatrics and has served as an assistant clinical professor at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She currently cares for patients at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and has additional training and certification in plant-based nutrition and cooking. 

Brenda Davis, registered dietitian, is widely regarded as a rock star of plant-based nutrition. Davis has been a featured speaker at medical and nutrition conferences in over twenty countries on five continents and is the prolific author of eleven vegetarian and vegan nutrition classics with close to eight hundred thousand copies sold, in fourteen languages. Her book, Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition, won the REAL Best of 2014 Book Award, and Becoming Vegan: Express Edition won the Canada Book Award and was a finalist and received honorable mention in the Foreward Book of the Year Award. Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive and Express Editions have also received a star rating by the American Library Association as the “go-to books” on plant-based nutrition.