Yogurt

Yogurt is a delicious, fast, easy-to-digest calcium choice.

Other great ways to add calcium to your diet:
Serve creamy soups, homemade or canned, made with milk or fat-free evaporated milk.

Because evaporated milk has twice the calcium of regular milk, it is a great way to boost calcium in food preparation. Try it in mashed potatoes, puddings, cream sauces, and more.

Enjoy dairy-based frozen desserts such as yogurt, ice cream, milk shakes, and smoothies.

Add low-fat cheese to mashed potatoes, pasta, sandwiches, sauces, and quickbreads.

Add nonfat milk powder to prepared soups, pancake batter, yeast breads or cream sauces.

Use calcium-rich tofu in recipes.

Eat more dark leafy green vegetables; they are a good source of calcium.

Buy foods fortified with calcium—cereals, frozen waffles, and breads are easy choices.

Try calcium-enriched beverages such as soymilk or orange juice.

Yogurt Recipes

You Choose Yogurt Pancakes!

Blueberry Bran Muffins

Peanut-y Krispy Rice Pie

You Choose Yogurt Pancakes!

Makes 5 pancakes

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup flavored yogurt

1/2 cup low-fat milk

1 egg

1 Tbs. butter, melted

In a medium-size bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder. In a small bowl combine yogurt, milk, and melted butter. Crack egg into a cup, then add to yogurt mixture. Whisk until egg disappears. Pour the wet mixture into the dry, and mix together. Pour batter onto a hot skillet in pancake shapes. Cook for about 5-8 minutes on one side, then flip over with a spatula and cook the other side. Serve hot with your choice of favorite toppings.

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Blueberry Bran Muffins

Makes 12 muffins

1-1/4 cups flour

3/4 cup oat bran or wheat bran

1/3 cup sugar

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. baking powder

1 cup vanilla or lemon yogurt

2 egg whites

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat a muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray. Combine dry ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. Add yogurt, egg whites, and vanilla, stir until dry ingredients are just moistened. Fold in the blueberries. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full with batter. Bake 16-18 minutes. Let muffins cool five minutes before removing from pan.

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Peanut-y Krispy Rice Pie

Serves 10

1/3 cup corn syrup

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, room temperature

2 cups crispy rice cereal

1 quart nonfat frozen yogurt, softened

Sliced fresh fruit or chocolate syrup (optional)

Mix corn syrup, peanut butter, and cereal together. Press into a 9-inch pie pan. Spoon frozen yogurt onto the cereal crust. Freeze. Cut into slices. If desired, top with fruit or chocolate syrup before serving.

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