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Dairy Labs
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Dairy Lab Ideas
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Taste test – milk, yogurt, cheese, cheese pair
Yogurt substitution (Lemon Yogurt Bars)
Fat Free Cheese – Quesadilla, Pizza
French Toast, Crepes w/ yogurt
Mac and Cheese
Cream based soups
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
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Top 10 Ways to Dairy
1. Make it milk with meals
2. Jump start your morning
with cereal, milk, fruit
3. Add cheese and veggies
to sandwiches
4. Make oatmeal, soup,
rice with milk
5. Assemble a pizza
Top 10 Ways to Dairy
6. Dip into yogurt
7. Stock grab-and-go
snacks
8. Load up recipes with
veggies
9. Create a yogurt and
fruit parfait
10. Savor some chocolate
milk.
Tortilla Rollups
• Flour tortillas
• Colby-jack stick cheese
• Salsa, if desired
Place one stick of Colby-jack cheese near edge
of flour tortilla. Roll tortilla around cheese.
Fasten with a toothpick. Microwave till cheese is
soft. Dip in salsa. Note: Could substitute
mozzarella string cheese for Colby-jack.
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Orbiting Orange Satellite
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Colby-jack cheese snack sticks
Large seedless grapes
Strawberries
Orange
Unwrap cheese sticks and place on cutting board.
Cut cheese stick into 6 equal pieces. Put king size
wooden pick through a grape, then cheese cube,
and then a strawberry. Place kabobs on plate to
serve. Or stick in the skin of an orange for an
orbiting orange satellite!
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Have It YOUR Way Smoothie
(serves 1)
• 1 cup unsweetened,
frozen berries or frozen
fruit of choice
• 1/2 cup 100% orange
or pineapple juice OR
strawberry milk
• 3/4 cup fruit-flavored,
low- or non-fat yogurt
Blend all ingredients
well in blender. Enjoy!
Yogurt & Fruit Parfait
Layer yogurt, low-fat
granola and fruit in
whatever proportions
you’d like.
Add some nuts and you’ve
included a 4th food group.
A sprig of mint is optional!
Summary Messages
• 2005 Dietary Guidelines recommend three
servings of low-fat dairy daily.
• Dairy provides much more than calcium – a
nutrient package that keeps bones strong and
prevents osteoporosis.
• Additional benefits of dairy include a reduced
risk of hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular
disease and lower BMIs in children.
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• A growing body of evidence supports’
dairy’s role in adult weight management –
supported by sound science.
• Milk is a safe, nutritious and economical
source of the nutrients that our bodies
need, esp. calcium that is typically lacking
in our diets.
• There are no alternatives to dairy
products – they contain a unique package
of nutrients and Americans love dairy
products.
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