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Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats with Golden Grahams
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Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats with Golden Grahams

These brown butter Rice Krispie treats with golden grahams are a fun spin on the original Rice Krispie treats recipe. Golden grahams add the perfect amount of graham cracker flavor to these Rice Krispie treats and each bar is held together by the cozy flavors of brown butter. Once you try these golden graham Rice Krispies, you’ll never go back to the original recipe!

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13 Ways To Eat Cottage Cheese
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13 Ways To Eat Cottage Cheese

Trending as an easy source of protein and versatile ingredient, cottage cheese has staked its claim as a must have food item in your refrigerator. Want to include cottage cheese in your diet but don’t know where to begin? Here are 13 ways to eat cottage cheese that can help you get this tasty dairy product onto your plate.

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Snack Stronger Pre & Post Workout
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Snack Stronger Pre & Post Workout

Milk has 13 essential nutrients that can support a healthy and active lifestyle and can even enhance athletic performance. While nutrition is a crucial component of exercise, it’s also important to properly time your snacks to get the most out of your workout. To know which nutrients to focus on, and when to focus on them, it’s helpful to break your snacking into two categories: pre-workout and post-workout. We’ve included a number of delicious recipes below for each, but first, here’s a quick breakdown showing how snacks that include milk and cottage cheese can fuel your workout and help you recover after exercising.

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Five Tips for Nutritious Grab and Go Snacks
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Five Tips for Nutritious Grab and Go Snacks

The fall months bring cooler weather and busy schedules. Between school drop-off, end-of-year work projects, fall sports, and the general hustle and bustle of life, it can be easy to let health and wellness fall by the wayside. During busy seasons like these, people often find themselves grazing on convenient snacks as they run out the door. Lunch boxes get filled with simple grab-and-go options, anything to fill the stomach. The bad news is that many of these convenient snacks tend to leave everyone feeling unsatisfied and hungry in an hour. The good news is with a few simple adjustments, convenient snacks can support health while fitting into a busy schedule.

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High Protein Colorful Egg Bites
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High Protein Colorful Egg Bites

“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day”… a mantra we have all grown up hearing. Not only is eating breakfast important, but what you choose to eat at that breakfast is equally as important! While some breakfast foods can be high in carbohydrates and nothing else, breakfast is a great meal to focus on fat and protein instead to ensure you are making the most of that meal.

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I’m a registered dietitian and I have been working hard to put together recipes, recommendations, and product reviews to help you live your life well fed!