Shopping during Safeway National Dairy Month #SafewayDairy

Safeway celebrates the National Dairy Month with month-long deals and promotions on dairy products including milk, cheese, yogurt, whipped cream and more. It's the perfect time for dairy lovers to save big on some of their favorite brands and products. Our family consumes milk and yogurt on a daily basis. We love them not only because their great taste but also because their importance as part of a healthy balanced diet. Milk and diary products are rich in nutrients like calcium and protein, which are essential for bone and teeth health.

Milk and diary products are also important ingredients for many recipes. One of my favorite things to make with yogurt is fruit salad. It's healthy, tasty, and very easy to prepare. When we had picnic with our friends in the state park last weekend, we brought a big lunchbox of freshly made fruit salad, which was gone within minutes. It helped to quench our thirst and replenish our bodies' vitamin supply during the hot weather.

I don't really need a recipe for the fruit salad. Varied versions are made based on what fruits we have on hand. This time, I mixed up sliced strawberries, raspberries, grapes, bananas, peaches, apples, and water melon with O Organics organic low fat yogurt naturally flavored with vanilla (bought at Tom Thumb, a Safeway affiliate in our area). The salad had a prefect blend of sweet and sour flavors, as well as different textures. It tasted best after being chilled under ice. You may watch the ThisMoment slide show embedded below for details about my shopping trip and how the salad turned out.

Disclosure: This project has been compensated as part of the June Dairy program for Safeway. All views and opinions expressed are my own.