Fall tends to be a busy time for families as school starts back up with all the extra curriculars and sports to follow. Eating healthy, home-cooked meals can seem like a hassle not worth dealing with, making a stop for quick food that much easier with no time to spare. That’s why the St. Louis Dairy Council has turned their focus to simple “one-pot” meals and recipes that won’t tie you down. An added benefit to these is providing you and your family with a nutritious meal with as little clean up as possible.

Kelsey Bentlage, Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Educator with the St. Louis Dairy Council, first discusses just how busy fall can be while explaining the benefits of adding dairy to your diet.

A consistent addition of dairy to your diet, in whatever form you can add, actually improves your overall nutrient intake. Bentlage shares just why that is.

Those “one-pot” meals don’t get any easier than a white chicken chili recipe that takes just 30 minutes to put together. You can cheese or sour cream to make the meal even more nutrient dense.    

Bentlage believes that meal planning is the key to keeping your family fed while doing so in a healthier way. She has some tips and tricks to plan your next week of meals.

Find out more about the St. Louis Dairy Council by visiting www.stldairycouncil.org.

Kelsey Bentlage appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.