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Including a dairy snack between meals is a healthy way to keep hunger in check and stay energized throughout the day. In addition, enjoying 3-A-Day of Dairy -- 3 servings of milk, cheese or yogurt each day -- as part of a reduced-calorie weight loss plan can help people lose more weight by burning more fat than just by cutting calories alone*!
1. Rise and Shine:
Get a mid-morning boost with a cold glass of fat free milk and sliced peaches.
2. Strawberry-sicles:
Mix lowfat strawberry milk with fresh strawberry slices and freeze in a popsicle container.
3. Flavor on-the-Fly:
Fat free flavored milks are perfect anywhere you go- just take, shake and sip!
4. Choco-Raspberry Chug
Blend a cup of fat free milk with frozen raspberries and sweetened cocoa.
5. Sweet Milk Steamer:
Microwave a cup of lowfat milk and honey.
6. Banana Split Blenders:
Blend lowfat strawberry milk with banana slices and ice.
7. Morning Mocha
Mix a cup of reduced fat milk with a teaspoon of instant coffee and sweetened cocoa.
8. A Sip of Spice
Warm a cup of milk and mix with Chai tea to warm up the afternoon.
9. Graham Dunk:
Dip a few graham crackers into a cold glass of lowfat milk.
10. Fruity Splash:
Blend your strawberry milk with fresh bananas and ice.
11. Vanilla-Berry Bowl:
Enjoy lowfat vanilla milk with a bowl of fresh berries.
12. Salsa Roll-Up:
Roll Monterey Jack cheese into a whole-wheat tortilla and dip in salsa.
13. Cheddar Crunch:
Mix ½ cup of Cheddar cheese shreds with popcorn and pretzels.
14. Veggie Wraps:
Wrap Colby Jack cheese around spears of asparagus.
15. Cherry Tomato Crunchers
Top wheat crackers with reduced fat Mozzarella cheese and cherry tomatoes.
16. Cheese & Crackers:
Layer lowfat American cheese and smoked turkey onto crackers.
17. Seafood Spread:
Mix canned salmon or crab with Ricotta or Mozzarella cheese and eat on pita wedges.
18. Zesty Tostada:
Top a tostada with fat free refried beans and reduced fat shredded Pepper Jack cheese.
19. Chicken Melt:
Melt a slice of reduced fat Colby Jack cheese over canned chicken on an English muffin.
20. Cheese Ka-bob:
Alternate small slices of apples and reduced fat Cheddar cheese on skewers.
21. Lettuce Wraps
Wrap a slice of Swiss cheese, turkey, and Dijon mustard in lettuce leaves.
22. String by String:
Pack light string cheese into your bag for a post-workout energizer
. <DIR> 23. Tropical Smoothie:
Blend fresh orange slices with strawberry yogurt and ice.
24. Cucumber Salad
Mix diced cucumber with a cup of lowfat plain yogurt, mint and a pinch of salt and pepper and spread on whole-wheat pita wedges.
25. Mango Mixer
Enjoy a tropical treat by blending mango, plain lowfat yogurt and a splash of pineapple juice.
26. Parfait Pleaser:
Layer granola and fresh fruit with your favorite lowfat yogurt.
27. Simple Shortcake:
Try pieces of angel food cake with a cup of strawberry yogurt for a heavenly treat.
28. Berry Blast:
Mix blueberry yogurt with fresh blueberries or raspberries.
29. Go Nuts:
Top lowfat vanilla yogurt with a few crushed pecans and cinnamon.
30. Honey Fruit Dip:
Mix fat free yogurt with a dollop of honey for a sweet fruit dip.
31. Yo-on-the-Go:
Enjoy your favorite flavor of drinkable yogurt at the office or on the go.
32. Mocha Mudslide
Stir chocolate syrup into a cup of coffee-flavored yogurt and freeze.
33. Yogurt Pops:
Freeze squeezable yogurt for a quick and creamy popsicle.
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