Getting enough calcium into your diet - especially if you're a woman - is hard enough as it is. If you're dairy-free, the challenge multiples. When the holidays roll around and our calcium-rich leafy greens are a bit more few and far between, it's essential to find ways to fit more of this super-powered mineral into our diets. Our Body Book's McKel Hill (also of Nutrition Stripped, one of our favorite foodie blogs - try her Stripped Green Smoothie!) has three delicious dairy-free recipes for the season: a smoothie that tastes just like gingerbread, a sweet tahini drizzle perfect for a dressing or dip, and a nut milk with one secret ingredient (spoiler: it's figs). Try out McKel's calcium-filled recipes this holiday season, then head on over to Our Body Book for more nutritious recipes for all palates and plates... My Gingerbread Molasses Smoothie is not only delicious and tastes like a cookie in a glass, but contains 1-2 tablespoons of blackstrap molasses giving you a hefty serving of calcium. Also, this smoothie contains chia seeds, which not only contain calcium, but also give this smoothie fiber and protein making a good balance of the simple sugars found in the molasses. The recipe for Sweet Tahini Drizzle is perfect to use as a salad dressing, a dip for fresh or roasted vegetables, or one of my personal favorites, stirred into quinoa or rice. It contains tahini as the main ingredient, which is sesame seeds! Sesame seeds contain calcium, healthy fats, protein, and a bit of fiber as well. [olists num=1] [olists num=2]
After you try these two calcium-rich recipes, head on over to Our Body Book to check out McKel's recipe for Fig Nut Milk by clicking here!
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