Recipe Type: Beverages

Ginger-Peach Kombucha

Ginger-Peach Kombucha

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Learn how to brew your own fizzy and refreshing ginger-peach kombucha! Guest Post By Melissa Morales-Perez, Nutrition and Dietetics Student at Dominican University  It’s 3 o’clock somewhere. You’ve hit that undesirable midafternoon slump. You need a pick-me-up ASAP, so you reach for a caffeinated soda or expensive frothy sugary coffee sip. ...

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Pomegranate-Red Wine Spritzer

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Spritz up Mother’s Day brunch with this heart-healthy, red wine-infused cocktail! Guest Post By: Shea Mills, Nutrition Student at Dominican University In my family, Mother’s Day means brunch. Just like mothers, brunch is multidimensional. Brunch is a celebration of both breakfast and lunch foods. Omelettes, ripe berries, and mountains of ...

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How to Make Sun Tea

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Cool down with this summer with this hot drink! Guest Post By: Skyler Huspen, Dominican University Nutrition Student It’s the end of June and sweltering outside. You’re hot, and you’re thirsty. You want tea, but there’s no way you’re turning on the stove to boil water. Why not use the ...

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Fruity Green Tea Smoothie

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No time for breakfast? Get your daily dose of nutrients and caffeine with this easy, fruit-filled green tea smoothie. By: Anna Velazquez, Nutrition and Dietetics Student at Dominican University When my sister, Kinga, and I were little girls, we loved burying ourselves in the tall grass beneath a shady tree ...

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Sangria Lite

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Chill out and sip a refreshing sangria! By: Jodie Shield, RDN Sangria lovers say good bye to sugary-sweet, calorie-laden mixes. Wait until you sip a chilled glass of my sangria lite! I use only fresh ingredients – apples, oranges, lemons, limes – some brandy, and a good bottle of red ...

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Watermelon Fizz

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By: Jodie Shield, RD Oh boy!  It’s hot outside!  Cool off your family with a refreshing watermelon drink.  Watermelon is  loaded with vitamin A and the sparkling water gives this too-cool beverage some “fizz”.   Bottoms up!

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Cheesy Potato Casserole

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How to Lighten Up Family Favorites By: Jodie Shield, RD Cheesy Potato Casserole – Original Recipe (Makes 8 servings) One of my dearest friends, Marianne Oswald from Tinley Park, IL, brought this cheesy-easy side dish to my house for a family get-together.  Needless to say, my kids went wild over ...

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