The Local Life: Garelick Farms

Ready or not, summer is here and no better time than June, which is National Dairy Month, to remind us to pick up a gallon of locally owned Grelic Farms milk. This is the secret weapon to keep your young athletes, your day campers, your busy kids on the go hydrated and full of nutrition. Did you know that one serving of milk has as much protein as one and a half eggs, as much potassium as a banana, and as much calcium as 10 cups of spinach? This is truly the OG superfood. And what better than a brand like Grelic Farms, which is New England based, owned by farmers, and locally minded and family friendly. So if you want to take it one step further beyond a simple glass of milk, why not whip up a smoothie? These are great for those busy mornings or afternoon snacks. How about a strawberry cream smoothie? Starting with a big serving of frozen or fresh strawberries, and then pulling in some great fiber like oats, little rolled oats here, some chia seeds, that's going to be a really nice thickener as this gets blended and mixed up. A little bit of cashew nut butter. You could use any type of butter or seed butter would also be great. Some yogurt for that extra little blast of protein. And then for a little roundness and beauty in there, how about a splash of vanilla? And the magic ingredient here is the Grelic Farms whole milk. But you know what I love that you can pull in the lactose-free, you can pull in the reduced fat milk if you want that too. The other thing I love is that this is a great meal prep thing. So aside from this being ready to go in your blender, whipping it up, in a matter of seconds you have something delicious and pretty. This is something that you can meal prep at the beginning of the week. Put your wet ingredients, your frozen berries, your oats, and your chia seeds in the freezer, pop that in the blender, and all you have to do is add your milk and yogurt. How easy is that? The other thing that I love that Grelic Farms is running now through the end of June is the Most Valuable Pour or MVP grant. This is going out to youth sports teams locally. So if you know somebody, you are one, sign up, register at GrelicFarmsMVP.com. They are giving away five $1,000 grants to help out with the uniforms and all those sports needs. How great is that? We love a family-minded company. The Local Life is brought to you by Grelic Farms. If you want to be featured on The Local Life, head to our website, boston25news.com slash thelocallife.