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The Dairy Community Helps to Tackle Food Insecurity

09/28/2022 Milk Means More | Hunger and Food Security

Breakfast Is Brain Food for Your Child

09/06/2022 Milk Means More | Nutrition

Packing School Lunch: Don’t Forget the Dairy!

08/24/2022 Milk Means More | School Meals

Dairy Supports Gut Health

08/09/2022 Milk Means More | Food & Nutrition, Health benefits of dairy, Nutrition

Is It Okay to Eat Ice Cream?

07/26/2022 Milk Means More | | Food & Nutrition

How to Use Your Summer Veggies and Take Them Up a Notch with Dairy

07/22/2022 Milk Means More | Food & Nutrition, Recipes

Celebrate National Ice Cream Month!

07/01/2022 Milk Means More | 9 Comments | Dairy Products, Undeniably Dairy

Summer Dairy Foods & Activities for Kids

06/22/2022 Milk Means More | Food & Nutrition, Milk, Nutrition, Recipes

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Oct 5

Get an inside look 👀 into a day in the life of a Michigan dairy farmer to celebrate #NationalFarmersDay! 🐮 Join us on 10/13 for a virtual tour of Clearview Dairy Farm.

This tour is geared toward students in grades K – 2nd. If you are an educator, register your classroom to attend via Zoom. More details can be found by clicking on our bio.

#MilkMeansMore #UndeniablyDairy #MMMVFT #virtualtour #fieldtrip #dairyfarm #teacherresources

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Oct 4

Soup and salad are a spec-taco-lar pairing! 🌮

Ditch the shell (but not the cheese) on #NationalTacoDay and enjoy two of our favorites:
🥗 Chopped Chicken Taco Salad
🥣 Chicken Taco Soup

#MilkMeansMore #UndeniablyDairy #tacos #fallrecipes #soupseason #soupandsalad #recipesofig

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Oct 4

For the second year in a row, Michigan's dairy farmers are proud to have partnered with the @detroitpistons and @planetfitness to provide another Detroit Public Schools Community District (@detroitk12) school a remodeled weight room.

Students at Western International High School were surprised with the state-of-the-art facility now equipped with new equipment and a stocked fueling station of milk and other snacks so they can properly train and fuel themselves for performance.

Here are a few highlights from the unveiling!

#MilkMeansMore #UndeniablyDairy #detroithustlesharder #detroitpistons #detroit #ygnmft

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Oct 3

This spooktacular spread is a bone building (and chilling) way to celebrate Halloween. 🧀🎃 Incorporate cheese, fruit and veggies with a few of your favorite treats for a fang-tastic snack. 👻

#RG @stefmturner Tricked the girls into eating some healthy stuff along with the traditional movie snacks. Fruit 🍓, cheese 🧀 + a few sugary snacks sprinkled in. I had so much fun putting this Hocus Pocus themed spread together, and I’m hoping to actually watch the movie tomorrow… turns out, the kids were more into the snacks than they were the movie.

This board is perfect for any Halloween event and so easy to make! @milkmeansmore
Here was my shopping list:
- Brie cheese x 3
- Nutterbutters
- Candy 👀 eyes
- White melting chocolate
- Strawberries
- Blackberries
- Kiwi
- Dried apricots
- Black olives
- Twizzlers pull & peel
- Salami
- Pretzel thins
- Pretzel sticks
- Mini peanut butter cups
- White cheddar cheese puffs

Save now, and make later, and tag me if you make it! I would love to see your boards! 💁🏼‍♀️

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Oct 2

No better way to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth than with a taste of Guatemalan culture! Canillitas de leche, a popular quick dessert, is made with milk and sugar.

#DYK the name Canillitas comes from the diminutive Canilla, which is a Guatemalan term for leg shins? 🦵 The shape of these resembles skinny legs, and therefore its name!

1 cup whole milk⁣
1 can (12 fl oz) evaporated milk⁣
2 cups sugar⁣
1 cinnamon stick⁣
1 tsp. vanilla extract⁣
1 cup cornstarch⁣
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• Mix all the ingredients (except the cornstarch) in a pot over low heat and let it boil.⁣
• Stir the ingredients consistently with a wooden spoon until it reaches a temperature of 240°F and the mixture is smooth. This should take approximately an hour.⁣
• Once it has reached the desired temperature, remove the pan from the stove and take out the cinnamon stick.⁣
• Stir vigorously until the mixture is cool and has thickened.⁣
• Coat your hands with cornstarch to shape the candy to your desired shape and let it cool in the refrigerator.⁣
• Once they have hardened, they are ready to eat.

Enjoy!

#MilkMeansMore #UndeniablyDairy #canillitasdeleche #dessert #milk

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Oct 1

Eat a plant-forward diet? 🥕🥦🍅 Vegetables provide fiber and antioxidants our bodies love. Pair them with important nutrients like high-quality protein, calcium and vitamin D from dairy and you've got a superfood power couple! 🥛💚

You don’t need to have a party to enjoy these Veggie Garden Tarts topped with Greek yogurt and cream cheese. ➡️ Recipe in bio.

#MilkMeansMore #UndeniablyDairy #WorldVegetarianDay #plantdiet #veggies

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Sep 30

What's (milk) shakin'? 🥛

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Sep 29

Midweek meal prepping! 🌽

In our final Virtual Show & Tell, Farmer Kip explains how corn is harvested and properly stored so he can feed it to his cows throughout the next year. Corn silage is mixed with other ingredients to create a balanced casserole that provides cows the energy they need to produce high-quality milk.

Farmer Kip recently took us on a virtual tour of his dairy! Watch the recording by clicking on our bio.

#MilkMeansMore #UndeniablyDairy #seedingwiththesieglers @kipsiegler_farming #MMMVFT

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Sep 28

Step aside geography. School meals are world class! 🏫💯 It’s #WorldSchoolMilkDay and Michigan mom Brooke Cummings (@mycasualmom) shares why the lunch line is one of her tools for a successful school year. 🥛🥪

#RG @mycasualmom Yay for Hadley’s school having visitors again! Double yay for joining her for lunch yesterday!

Hadley takes hot lunch a couple times a week, and let me tell you, Craig and I are both grateful for that!

We know her meals are balanced and she likes to be more in control of her choices on those days! Yesterday it was cheesy pull apart sandwich (grilled cheese) fruit, veggies and of course MILK! @milkmeansmore

Did you know? Milk contains a nutrient package unlike any other beverage. Students who drink one 8-oz carton of milk with a school meal receive eight more grams of protein, as well as other nutrients critical for kids and teens, compared to a school meal without milk. The milk served with a school meal counts as one of the three servings of dairy children aged nine and older need each day.

That’s my girl!
Xo, Brooke

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Sep 27

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Low-fat chocolate milk provides many important nutrients needed for overall health including calcium, potassium and vitamin D. Are your high school athletes refueling with the best? Our Chocolate Milk: Nature’s Sports Drink Grant Winter 2022 application closes NEXT FRIDAY! Apply for funding by following the 🔗 in our bio.

#NationalChocolateMilkDay #MilkMeansMore #UndeniablyDairy #chocolatemilkday #choccymilk

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Sep 26

It's #NationalPancakeDay! 🥞 Incorporating cottage cheese into your flapjacks packs a powerful protein punch sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and nutrition needs.

Stack a pile of these Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes on your brinner plate.

Recipe 🔗'ed in bio.

#MilkMeansMore #UndeniablyDairy #pancakes #brinner #brunch #proteinpacked

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Sep 26

We are totally jumping on “board” this TikTok trend! 🤩🧈

What would you top your pallet of creamy butter with?

#RG @goboldwithbutter Butter boards >>> everything else! S/O to @justine_snacks for getting everyone inspired! What would you add to your butter board? We leaned into fall with creamy apple butter, thin apple slices, gooey caramel, and the perfect pinch of sea salt. 🧈 🍎
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