Recipes

A few snacks that are good and good for you & your teeth.

Almond Cookies with Xylitol

Have you heard of Xylitol yet? Do you have a sweet tooth?? Do you want a sweet treat but don’t the negative effects of sugar? Try using xylitol for the sweetener instead. Xylitol has been shown to be an anti-cariogenic meaning it doesn’t cause cavities, but yet looks and tastes like sugar. And the best part, it’s all natural, derived from plant material like trees!

**Xylitol sweetener can be purchased at your local grocery store. Super Store sells the Brand Xyla for about $10

Recipe:

Ingredients:

2 cups coconut oil

1½ cups xylitol

2 free range eggs

1 teaspoon organic maple extract

1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract

2 teaspoons organic almond extract

4 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

A handful of whole organic almonds

Instructions:

Cream coconut oil and xylitol together, then add eggs and beat well. Beat in extracts. Combine dry ingredients in larger bowl and slowly add the creamed mixture. Make tablespoon balls and place two inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. For an added tasty nutritious touch, press an almond into the center of each cookie. Try a salted almond for a sweet and savory treat!

Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes and place on wire racks until cool. Share with family and friends and share the xylitol secret… maybe don’t share the secret with your children or they will be gone before you can say… anti-cariogenic!

Cheese in a blanket

This is a quick healthy snack for you children’s lunch box, a family picnic, sporting events or even to fight hunger right before bed time! Eating cheese can prevent tooth decay because it counteracts the acid in the mouth. The higher the pH level (the more alkaline) on the surface of teeth, the more teeth are protected against dental erosion. Acid erosion can cause cavities which can lead to dental treatment. Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cheese stick – can use a cheese string or you can slice your own.

1 slice ham or turkey – We like the natural selection available at your local grocery store.

1 leaf of washed lettuce

1 teaspoon FRENCH’S® Super Classic Yellow Mustard (sugar free)

Instructions:

Wrap cheese stick in one slice of ham or turkey followed by one leaf of lettuce. Dip into mustard (or any other sugar free dip) and enjoy!

…because teeth have feelings too.

The staff here at Lynnwood Centre Dental love watching films, so we bring to you our top 5 dental movies! Curl up on the couch, grab some popcorn and sweet treats to watch a dental movie or two! But don’t forget to brush and floss when you’re done! 🙂

1. Marathon Man (John Schlesinger, 1976)

The most famous and fearsome screen dentist of all. A graduate history student is unintentionally caught in the middle of an international plot involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent. The dentist does quite a cruel procedure on him, causing some insane pain –all for nothing, for he hasn’t a clue what they want… The movie coined the term…“Is it safe??”

2. Ghost Town (David Koepp, 2008)

Bertram Pincus is a Dentist whose people skills are undesirable. When Dr. Pincus dies unexpectedly, but comes back to life after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the comically annoying ability to see ghosts. The movies reminds you of A Christmas Carol and Groundhog Day, with a gently humorous tale of redemption and transformation.

3. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, 2003)

Nemo is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to live in a dental office in a fish tank in Sydney. Nemo and his fellow tank-mates, get to witness a dentist and his expertise, while planning his great escape. If you listen closely you can hear dental references about root canal techniques and instruments.

4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, 2005)

A boy wins a tour of the most outstanding chocolate factory in the world that is run by the world’s most unusual candy maker, Willy Wonka’s dad was a dentist that never allowed a young Wonka to eat candy – poor fellow never really stood a chance.

5. Little Shop of Horrors (Frank Oz, 1986)

Steve Martin played Orin Scrivello DDS and stole the show in this screen version of the popular comedy-horror musical about a timid flower shop assistant Seymour (Rick Moranis) and an unusual plant he names Audrey II, which feeds only on humans.