Milk Chocolate Mousse with Fresh Raspberries

This airy, chocolaty mousse makes a stunning dessert that's easily customizable to the size of your dinner party. To serve a crowd, we've piped the mousse into Asian soup spoons for an elegant one-bite dessert.

Grilled Salmon & Quinoa Bowl With Coconut Milk Dressing

Milk Pudding with Almonds, Pistachios and Cardamom (Ferni)

A simple blancmange-style pudding gets a burst of exotic flavour from nuts and spice to make it look and taste much more sophisticated than it really is. The green pattern of nuts on top truly dresses it up.

Dairy-Free Vanilla Soy Milk Panna Cotta with Ginger Grapefruit Sauce

This stunning dessert will please all palates at a holiday dinner. Look for soy sour
cream in the dairy or natural food sections of grocery or health food stores.

Apricot and Raisin Rice Pudding

Cooking the rice in milk makes a pudding that's creamy even with lowfat 1% or 2% milk. Dried fruits, especially apricots, add extra calcium; you can also use prunes, figs or dates. The pudding will thicken as it cools; if it gets too thick, stir in a little extra milk.

Creamy Chicken and Spinach Pasta

This pasta is packed with nutrients: potassium from the spinach and calcium from the evaporated milk, which has 80 per cent more calcium than regular milk. Serve with a crisp green salad.

Brandy Fudge Sauce

Milk chocolate lightens the flavour of this silky dark sauce to make a rich and satisfying treat. For a booze-free sauce, use milk and 2 tsp (10 mL) vanilla instead of brandy.

Raspberry Chocolate Smoothie

Kids (and grown-ups) who hate anything healthy will never realize this smooth shake is good for them. Chocolate milk has only one per cent fat and just as much calcium as regular milk.

Broccoli Bean Soup

A full-flavoured soup loaded with calcium from broccoli, beans, milk and cheese hits the spot on a cold night. For a nondairy version, omit the cheese and milk; add enough water to thin soup.