Have you seen the NEW Food Guide Pyramid (pictured left)? Many of Crowley’s products fit in the blue stripe on the pyramid, also known as the Milk Group.

The Milk Group includes milk and other foods that are made from milk, like yogurt and cheese. This group of foods delivers important nutrients to keep your body healthy including calcium and vitamin D. Click here to learn more about the ‘behind the scenes’ nutrients that milk provides.

 

Some foods like, butter and cream cheese are made from milk but the finished products have little or no calcium, so they are not included in the Milk Group on the pyramid. Instead they are included in the yellow stripe on the pyramid (the oil group).

 

The new pyramid recommends that you have 2-3 cups per day from the milk group. How many cups you need depends on your age, click here to find out how many you need each day! Monitoring the portion size of foods you eat is an important step to living a healthy life.

 

What counts as a cup towards the Milk Group?

 

1 cup of milk (plain or flavored)
8 ounces of yogurt
1/3 cup shredded cheese
2 slices of Swiss cheese (3/4 ounce each)
1 cup pudding (made with milk)
1 cup frozen yogurt
2 cups of cottage cheese

 

Click here for more details on what counts as a cup for the milk group!

 

Print out our Serving Size Reminder Guide (See below) and stick it on your refrigerator to keep your portion sizes in check!

 

 

Try this recipe, one serving provides 1 cup towards your Milk Group!

 

Creamy Carmel Apple Parfait

Perfect for fall!
Servings: 2

 

Ingredients:
16 ounces Crowley No Sugar Added Non Fat Vanilla Yogurt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 medium apple
2 Tablespoons caramel

 

Directions:
1. Stir the cinnamon into the vanilla yogurt.
2. Chop the apple.
3. In each glass, start with a layer of the yogurt mixture, top with a layer of apples and caramel, then the yogurt mixture, and continue to the top of each glass. Finish with an apple slice and a drizzle of caramel.

 

Nutrition Facts (per serving): 206 calories per serving, 0.2 grams fat, 0 grams saturated fat, 6 mg cholesterol, 185 mg sodium, 41 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams dietary fiber, and 9 grams protein.