33 TRIM AND TASTY DAIRY SNACK IDEAS

Including a dairy snack between meals is a healthy way to keep hunger in check and stay energized throughout the day.

MILK:

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

CHEESE

12. Salsa Roll-Up:
Roll Monterey Jack cheese into a whole-wheat tortilla and dip in salsa.

13. Cheddar Crunch:
Mix 1/2 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.

YOGURT

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.

Source: Dairy Management Inc.