Tahini for Calcium

I just don't like milk.

I'll admit that I'll gladly have a sip of it if there are some double-dark chocolate brownies onsite, but I really do mean that I'll have a "sip"... as in, like, a tablespoon-ful. It just doesn't appeal to me. When I was a child, my mother was nonplussed by my aversion to milk. She said I was the only kid in town who wouldn't drink the stuff. The only thing that reassured her was the fact that I actually liked leafy greens and broccoli, which do contain scant amounts of calcium.

But the stuff of sustenance for infant cows...? Not so much.

Well, here I am, a woman of a certain age (almost!) who is, on a daily basis, barraged with entreaties to take in enough calcium or ELSE! Or else risk a dowager's hump or shattering bones or a wheelchair or a nursing home or worse...all before the crow's feet are even set in my face.

But there was this bottle of tahini in my fridge, left over from a recent batch of hummus (which is about all I ever use the stuff for). I wanted a light vegetarian dinner, so I steamed some fresh vegetables, but knew I needed some more "ooomph" if I wanted to avoid raiding the cookie jar at 10pm. There were no beans. Butter or olive oil sounded too fatty. But tahini...hmmm...that could be a right nice (and hearty) dressing for my broccoli and associated veggies.

And it WAS a right nice dressing! Don't read the fat content on the label or you will fall over in shock. (Plus, it's the "good" kind of fat...HONEST!) But the calcium, content, ounce for ounce, is about one hundred and thirty times that of lowfat milk. Not bad!

I'll have some fruit and yogurt for breakfast and I think I should be standing upright for a while....