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7 immunity-boosting recipes
These recipes will help protect your family from colds and flu...plus, they're delicious!
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Nutritional powerhouses
We need all the help we can get to ward off germs this time of year. Why not fight them off with tasty recipes?
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Mushroom and pepper calzones
Mushrooms are full of beta glucan, which helps the body fight disease, and essential minerals like folate, magnesium and zinc. This tasty recipe will even entice little mushroom-haters to eat these nutritional powerhouses.
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Fruit salsa
This delicious salsa, which would make an excellent after-school snack, is filled with fruits like strawberries, peaches and kiwi. All are major sources of vitamin C, but kiwi really stands out in this pack.
One cup of the slightly tart green fruit provides 273 percent of your required daily value of the health-boosting vitamin.
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Tutti-frutti smoothie
The probiotic cultures in yogurt are a great way to keep your family healthy. These good bacteria help to fight off the baddies in your intestinal system, and this creamy smoothie is a yummy way to get everybody all aboard the yogurt train.
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Snack clusters
Most often eaten at Halloween, pumpkin seeds are so amazing for you that they should be in your snack cupboard at all times of the year. This simple recipe is sure to get your kids to gobble up this fantastic source of vitamin E, zinc and omega-3s, all of which keep your immune system strong.
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Lemon garlic chicken and potatoes
Garlic is a natural antibiotic, so it's an essential element in both keeping infections at bay and fighting them if your family does get sick. This comforting one-pot dinner will deliver a delicious dose of the good stuff.
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Kale, carrot and feta super toss
Fight off sickness with this refreshing yet hearty meal, which is full of incredible carotenoid-rich kale and the vitamin-C-kick of carrots.
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Salmon, broccoli and potato gratin
This quick dinner is ready in less than 30 minutes and is a great way to introduce salmon, which is jam-packed with immunity-boosting omega-3s, to your family. Sub in yogurt for the sour cream to really knock out colds and flu.
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