These 8 Non Dairy Calcium Sources are from my eBook The Grain Free Lunch Box, which includes recipes for your kid’s lunch box which are Grain Free, Gluten Free, Nut Free, Refined Sugar Free and Dairy Free too.
As the book is Dairy Free, I included a list of Non Dairy Calcium Sources, to help ensure that your child consumes alternative sources of calcium, if they have a dairy allergy or trouble with digesting dairy.
This list is also helpful if dairy is not an issue – these foods will simply naturally boost your calcium in addition to your dairy intake, while also providing you with a host of other essential vitamins and minerals.
8 Non Dairy Calcium Sources:
1. Broccoli – broccoli isn’t exactly a kid favourite, so experiment to try and include broccoli in some form in your kid’s regular diet. My youngest son eats it’s on it’s own, while I need to help my oldest by serving broccoli with a dipping sauce or sometimes I even hide it in his eggs!
2. Figs – on their own they are a delicious treat. My kids love Fig Cookies, the recipe is included in the baked treats section of The Grain Free Lunch Box eBook.
3. Spinach – including a handful of spinach leaves in your kids lunch box is a simple way to boost the calcium! As with the broccoli above, my youngest will happily munch on spinach leaves, while I have to be a little more deceptive with my oldest to get him to eat his greens, by making him green eggs!
4. Sesame Seeds – top their salad section with a teaspoon of sesame seeds or include organic or homemade tahini in their lunch box. Be sure to check your school’s policy regarding whether sesame seeds are classed along with nuts and banned!
5. Oranges – simply sliced and included as the fruit portion of the lunch box.
6. Cabbage – one of my kids adores sauerkraut, so consumes a tiny portion of the nourishing ingredient from time to time. You could experiment and find a way to include cabbage in your kids lunch box.
7. Seaweed – a square of seaweed may be a little overwhelming, try use a mini cookie cutter (such as stars or hearts) to cut shapes from a square of seaweed and place star or heart shaped seaweed pieces scattered through their lunch box.
8. Bok Choy, Kale & other leafy green vegetables – Kale Chips are a huge kid favorite and a delicious dairy free way to naturally increase your kid’s calcium intake.
So there you go! 8 Non Dairy Calcium Sources to help you naturally boost your family’s calcium intake!
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