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10 Healthy Calcium-Packed Recipes

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Meals for your bones

Calcium is essential in building strong teeth and bones, and it may even keep you thin. Get your daily dose with these 10 figure-friendly meals that pack plenty of calcium.

Wilted Escarole Salad With Figs, Bacon, and Blue Cheese

With more than 20% of your daily dose of calcium, this Mediterranean salad has plenty of this important mineral.

Ingredients: Bacon, escarole, extra-virgin olive oil, shallots, balsamic vinegar, orange juice, dried figs, sugar, blue cheese

Calories: 208

Try this recipe: Wilted Escarole Salad With Figs, Bacon, and Blue Cheese

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