Challenge yourself to fit dairy into every meal!
- Improves bone health and may reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
- Associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes as well as lowers blood pressure
Click here for a USDA Tip Sheet on including dairy and be sure to share with residents and employees.
- Add skim or 1% milk on your cold breakfast cereal
- Instead of water, add low fat milk to your hot cereal or oatmeal
- Make a fruit and yogurt smoothie in the blender
- Include yogurt for lunch and mix in fresh fruit (packaged fruited yogurts are high in sugar)
- Create dips for fresh vegetables from fat free, plain yogurt
- Add low fat cheese to your sandwich
- Bake a cheese-based casserole for dinner
- Whip up a quick milk-based soup (such as cream of mushroom)