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Love Your Teeth With These Valentine’s Treats

Valentines Day Recipes for Dental Health

Valentines Day is the time for love and romance. It’s also  packed with red hearts, sweet notes, and yummy treats. Many popular Valentine’s food are super sugary and not so great for our teeth.

Show your teeth some love this Valentines Day with these healthy recipes.

𝓨𝓸𝓰𝓾𝓻𝓽 𝓓𝓲𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓭 𝓞𝓶𝓫𝓻𝓮 𝓢𝓽𝓻𝓪𝔀𝓫𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼

INGREDIENTS:

1 lb. strawberries

22 oz. vanilla Greek yogurt

Pink food coloring

INSTRUCTIONS:

Divide yogurt into 4 small bowls; one bowl with no coloring, one bowl with 2 drops of coloring, another bowl with 4 drops and the last bowl with 6 drops. Mix colors well and set aside.

Dip the strawberries into colored yogurt and place on a baking sheet to set, freezing for one hour.

Remove strawberries from the freezer and re-dip each into colored yogurt. Place them back into the freezer for another hour or two until ready to serve. Enjoy!

 

𝓗𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼 𝓢𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓡𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓓𝓲𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓢𝓪𝓾𝓬𝓮

 

INGREDIENTS:

Love Dipping Sauce

3 Tbsp almond butter, 1 Tbsp soy sauce, 1 Tbsp lime juice

1 Tbsp honey, 1 tsp grated ginger, 1 Tbsp hot water

Heart Spring Rolls

8 radishes, 1 red beet, ¼ head red cabbage, ½ cup basil

1 red bell pepper, 5 green onions sliced lengthwise, 1 avocado, 6 – 8 rice paper spring roll wrappers

INSTRUCTIONS:

Sauce: Combine all “Sauce” ingredients in a small bowl.

Prepare: Thinly slice all veggies and arrange near your work space.

Roll: Fill a shallow dish with hot water. Working one at a time, gently place a rice paper in the hot water for about 15 seconds, or until soft and pliable. Move the paper to a damp surface, (such as a wooden board). Working quickly, stack veggies and herbs on the rice paper in a long narrow row, leaving about 2 inches (5 cm) on either side. Fold the sides of the rice paper over the mound, then gently roll.

Serve: Cover finished spring rolls in a damp paper towel until ready to eat. Serve with almond butter dipping sauce

 

𝓥𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓕𝓻𝓾𝓲𝓽 𝓦𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓼

With a small heart shaped cookie cutter and cut shape from a 1/2 inch thick slice of watermelon.

Remove the stems off of several fresh strawberries.

Layer the strawberries and watermelon onto skewers or straws.