Ensure Blog Articles

Watch Hallmark Channel Home & Family hosts Debbie Matenopoulos and Mark Steines prepare Chicken Tortilla Soup, full of flavorful vegetables, spices, and a special ingredient that makes it super nutritious – Ensure® Enlive®. View and print the Ensure Enlive Chicken…
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Five “Secret” Superfoods

Nutritional powerhouses you may not have heard of yet. If you’ve read a magazine or watched TV recently, chances are you’ve heard the term “superfoods.” Many of these foods—packed with beneficial nutrients—are everyday ingredients that you may already enjoy often,…
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Getting Back on Your Feet

Nutrition tips for recovering after illness or injury. As you recover from an illness, an injury, or time spent in the hospital, your body is working overtime to heal and rebuild. Did you know the first 30 days of recovery…
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Super Oatmeal Cookies

Making some simple switches to your favorite cookie recipe gives them a nutritious lift. Makes: 24 servings INGREDIENTS 3 C uncooked old-fashioned oats 3 ½ C all-purpose flour 1 t baking powder 1 t baking soda ¼ t salt 1…
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Blackberry Slush

Makes 2 servings INGREDIENTS 1 8-fl-oz bottle chilled Vanilla Ensure® Enlive® 1 C frozen whole blackberries, unsweetened 1 Tbsp sugar ¼ tsp cinnamon 1/8 tsp nutmeg DIRECTIONS Whip all ingredients in a blender until thick. Serve immediately or freeze for…
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Spinach Artichoke Dip

Makes 16 servings INGREDIENTS 1 8-fl-oz bottle Vanilla Ensure® Enlive®, chilled 1 16-oz pkg chopped frozen spinach, thawed 1 9-oz pkg frozen artichoke hearts, thawed 2 8-oz pkgs of 1/3-less-fat cream cheese ¼ tsp salt ½ C finely grated Parmesan…
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Cherry Gelatin

Makes 4 servings INGREDIENTS 1 8-fl-oz bottle chilled Vanilla Ensure® Enlive® 1 3-oz package cherry-flavored gelatin ¾ C boiling water DIRECTIONS Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Chill until slightly thickened. Add chilled Ensure Enlive. Mix thoroughly at low speed with…
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Fuzzy Navel

Makes 1 serving INGREDIENTS 1 8-fl-oz bottle chilled Vanilla Ensure® Enlive® ½ C sliced, canned peaches in heavy syrup, drained ¼ tsp vanilla extract ¼ tsp cinnamon 2 drops yellow food coloring, optional DIRECTIONS In a blender, combine all ingredients….
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Roasted Sweet Potato Smash

  Makes 6,  1/3 C servings INGREDIENTS ½ C Vanilla Ensure® Enlive® 1 ½ pounds of sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces 1 large baking apple, peeled, cored, and cut into 8 pieces 2 C fresh ginger, grated…
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Chicken Tortilla Soup

  Makes 8, 1 C serving INGREDIENTS 1 8-fl-oz bottle chilled Vanilla Ensure® Enlive® 1 C chopped onion 1 C fresh or frozen corn 1 ½ tsp ground cumin 1 tsp of garlic powder 1 C chopped zucchini ½ C…
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