Meals Matter
Meals Matter
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The Meals Matter Blog offers advice and tips on using a positive and realistic approach for meal planning, healthy eating, feeding families and fitness. Posts are written by registered dietitians, staff and guest bloggers of the Dairy Council of California.
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Eat Better, Eat Together is a blog series by registered dietitians and parents whose stories and advice help families start or strengthen a commitment to balanced family meals and create healthy, successful families. Take the Eat Better, Eat Together Family Meal Pledge at Facebook.com/MealsMatter.org.
There’s nothing worse than being sick during the holidays. Healthy eating along with hand washing and cough covering can help keep your family from coming down with a cold. It’s important to eat a variety of healthy foods from all food groups throughout the year, and adding certain foods during cold and flu season can boost the body’s immune system.
Yogurt and other cultured milk products with the “live active culture” seal contain probiotics, beneficial bacteria with immune-boosting benefits. Garlic boosts the immune system, increasing resistance to infection and stress. Citrus fruits contain vitamin C and chicken contains zinc, nutrients that play important roles in the proper functioning of the immune system.
Keep the flu at bay with a family meal of Simple Roast Chicken, Ginger Garlic Green Beans and Cherry Yogurt Parfaits. Rev up your immune systems all week long with recipes like Broiled Halibut with Tangy Yogurt Sauce, Roasted Red Pepper Yogurt Dip, Citrus Salad with Ginger Yogurt and Roasted Garlic Ginger Sweet Potato Soup.
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“Family Meals Matter” features registered dietitian-approved recipes from the thousands of user-contributed recipes available at the free family-nutrition and meal-planning website, Meals Matter, maintained by registered dietitian moms with Dairy Council of California. Healthy Eating Made Easier™
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Photo Caption: Simple Roast Chicken, EatingWell. Photo by Ken Burris.