Richen Your Food and Enrich Your Bones

Adding evaporated milk to some of your favorite dishes will bring them to creamier levels of delight, while also doubling your calcium intake.

Maybe you purchase evaporated milk a few times a year to make that special sauce or dessert. But condensed milk should take a more prominent place in your cooking, according to Colleen Pierre, R.D. Try to work it into everyday cuisine, because it tastes great and also bolsters bones.
A cup of evaporated milk is loaded with 741 milligrams of calcium, versus 302 milligrams in regular fat-free (skim) milk.

What makes it so calcium-mighty? Removing more than half the water from milk causes the mineral's concentration to climb. Levels of vitamin D double, too, helping to promote calcium's uptake after digestion, not to mention improved absorption by your bones.

Pierre recommends you employ evaporated milk to:

• Mash potatoes
• Lighten coffee and tea
• Prepare condensed soups, such as tomato
• Make macaroni and cheese from a mix
• Prepare pudding and custard mixes