Culinary Expert Grace Parisi and Josh Witkin cooking in the kitchen

Anyone, but particularly expectant parents, needs a healthy diet. Start with a few "nutrient-packed" recipes that will make the transition as the family grows. If you're pregnant, make sure to consult your doctor about proper portions and diet plans.

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Some solutions:

• Consider these nutrition-packed foods and recipes: flank steak, sweet potatoes, a green salad, broccoli and fruit and berry parfaits.
  • Sweet potatoes are high in potassium, vitamin C, and vitamin A and Beta-
    carotene.
    
  • Green salad adds fiber and bulk.
    
  • Broccoli offers calcium, vitamin C and other antioxidants.
    
  • Blueberries, raspberries and strawberries are all high in vitamin C and antioxidants.
• For all the flavor but half the salt, marinade the flank steak in low-sodium soy sauce as opposed to regular.

Recipes in this episode:

• Soy-Marinated Flank Steak
  
• Roasted Sweet Potatoes
  
• Twice-Cooked Broccoli
  
• Mixed Green Salad
  
• Fresh Berry Parfaits