Milk. It does a body good.
Anyone remember that slogan from, um, 1980, or am I dating myself?
A few years ago, when I attended the Food Blog Forum in Orlando, I was the lucky winner of one of the door prizes … a year’s worth of milk from the very generous Florida Dairy Farmers. And I swear that was as good as winning $500.
Because we go through a ridiculous amount of milk in our home. To the tune of nearly two gallons a week. Which is kind of awesome, but it also means I’m at Costco every week picking up more.
Clearly I need to win another year’s supply because the kids, particularly Madeline, can drink me under the table.
But I needn’t complain. Because it’s actually (and perhaps surprisingly) one of the most affordable ways to make sure the kids get enough calcium, vitamin D, and potassium in their diet.
But milk is for more than just kids.
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