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33 Terrifically Tasty Snack Ideas
Enjoy 3 servings of milk, cheese or yogurt for stronger bones and to stave off the afternoon slump! Help your kids get on their way to 3-A-Day of Dairy and keep them energized by serving one of these snacks as they arrive home from school or on their way to after-school activities.
Milk
1. Out of the bowl: Get a mid-afternoon boost with a cold glass of fat free milk and handfull of whole grain cereal.
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 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 the sports bag for a post-activity 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 a favorite flavor of drinkable yogurt 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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