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Peaches and Cream Overnight Oats

Maple-roasted peaches top creamy kefir-soaked overnight oats in this easy make-ahead breakfast perfect for rushed mornings and back-to-school.    Pin the Recipe This post is sponsored by The Quaker Oats Company. I was compensated for my time and received some of the ingredients included in this recipe. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own. I have something to confess that…

5 Ways to Help Kids Meet Their Calcium Requirements

In honor of National Dairy Month, here are my top five ways to help kids meet their calcium requirements throughout the week! This post is sponsored by Chobani in honor of National Dairy Month. I was compensated for my time, but as always all opinions are my own. June is National Dairy Month and if your kids are anything like mine…

8 Reasons to Love Yogurt – My Interview at Yogurt In Nutrition

Versatile and nutrient-rich yogurt is easy to love. Find out my eight reasons to love yogurt and why I recommend it to kids and adults alike! Dairy is a hot topic these days and I for one am a proponent of this food group. I’ve heard people say it’s bad for their skin, it’s inflammatory, it gives them gas, and…

MilkBite Milk & Granola Bars

Granola and milk are a pretty good match, wouldn’t you say?! Now you can find them together as one in Kraft’s new MilkBite Milk & Granola Bars. The bars come in five flavors (strawberry, chocolate, mixed berry, oatmeal raisin, and peanut butter) and contain dried fruit, nuts, oats, and milk (along with a bunch of other ingredients). That’s right –…

A Different Kind of Cheese

Over Passover I tend to eat a lot of cottage cheese — more so than any other time of year. I like cottage cheese, but the rest of the year I don’t eat much of it because I base my breakfast and snacks around whole grain cereals, granola bars, and crackers and have nut butters, milk, string cheese, or yogurt…

Calcium Supplementation

Yesterday I told you why you need calcium, how much to get, and how to get it. I often get asked about calcium supplements, either because people don’t like dairy or they find it difficult to take in the required amount from food. While I believe that nutrients should come primarily from food, I do think that calcium is one…

Calcium, It Does a Body Good

A couple of weeks ago I told you about vitamin D and the role it plays in calcium absorption. Even though calcium can’t do its job in the body without vitamin D, it’s still important that you get adequate amounts of calcium in your diet every day. Here’s a brief rundown on why you need calcium, how much you need,…

Vitamin D Deficiency

On Monday I told you about why vitamin D has become such a hot topic over the past few years. One of the things I mentioned is that it is quite difficult to take in the amount of vitamin D that is now considered necessary for your health. This means that many people may be deficient in vitamin D, most…

All About Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin

Vitamin D has long been known as the “sunshine vitamin,” but some people have recently been calling it the “nutrient of the year” because it has been the topic of heated discussion in the medical field. Why is it such a hot topic? Because recent research has shown that higher levels of vitamin D may help decrease the risk of…

The Benefits of Tofu

The star of yesterday’s recipe, Tofu Stir Fry, was none other than tofu. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, tofu is a versatile source of protein that takes on the flavors of whatever you cook it in, which makes it stand out in the protein world. But what is tofu and what are some of it’s benefits? Tofu is made…