Celebrate Low Fat Tuesday - The Lighter Side of Mardi Gras

CABOT, Vt., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to Cabot Creamery, Stop & Shop and Giant Food, you can skip the Fat in Fat Tuesday with healthy "Low" Fat Tuesday recipes.

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Cabot, the Vermont-based dairy cooperative best known as "Makers of The World's Best Cheddar," is partnering with Stop & Shop and Giant Food stores located throughout the Boston, Connecticut, NY metro and Baltimore/D.C./Virginia metro areas to promote healthier food choices as hundreds of thousands of consumers begin the season of Lent that is marked by the celebration of Mardi Gras on "Low" Fat Tuesday.

Customers who shop at Giant Food and Stop & Shop supermarkets can pick up Cabot's free Low Fat Tuesday recipe brochure that is packed full of fabulous Low Fat Tuesday recipes. With 17 recipes ranging from Harvest Stuffed Turkey Burgers with Cranberry Mayo to Spicy Hot Potato Soup to Spinach-Cheese Ravioli, there's a lower-fat option for even the most health-conscious individual.  

How did the Cabot chefs do it?  They trimmed calories and fat by choosing reduced, low and non-fat dairy foods such as Cabot's 50% and 75% Reduced Fat Cheddars, and 50% Reduced Fat Cheddar with Omega-3 DHA, and focused on ample but health conscious portions for each recipe.

Health experts continue to recommend reducing fat in our diets, and making the switch from a two-percent milk cheese to Cabot's 50% or 75% Cheddar (made with one-and-a-half percent and one-percent respectively) cuts fat even more without sacrificing taste.

"Switching to Cabot's 50% and 75% reduced Fat Cheddar cheese in your recipes is a simple way to reduce fat intake without sacrificing taste, and equally important to many, the consistency of your recipes," says Cabot Health and Education Programs Manager, Sara Wing. "Unlike other reduced fat cheddars, Cabot's 50% and 75% Reduced Fat Cheddars melt evenly and complement recipes ranging from snacks to full-course meals.  The USDA 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans* recommends that the daily intake of saturated fat be less than 10 percent of total calories, and total fat intake should account for no more than 35 percent of one's total daily calories.  The recipes in our free Low Fat Tuesday are a great way to help meet these guidelines," Wing said.

* Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005. 6th Edition, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, January 2005

"We're thrilled to partner with the farm family owners of Cabot Creamery Cooperative to bring the Healthy Ideas Recipe brochure to Stop & Shop and Giant Food," says Andrea Astrachan, Consumer Advisor at Stop & Shop/Giant Food.  "This is a great way for consumers to celebrate the lighter spirit of Mardi Gras.  The recipes are festive, fun, and best of all a lot healthier since they are made with Cabot's reduced fat cheddar and other high-quality low and non-fat dairy foods."

To get a free copy of the brochure, all consumers have to do is visit their local Stop & Shop Pharmacy or go to stopandshop.com or Giantfood.com.

ABOUT CABOT CREAMERY COOPERATIVE.  Cabot Creamery Cooperative has been in continuous operation in Vermont since 1919, and we make a full line of cheeses, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese, and butter. Best known as makers of "The World's Best Cheddar," Cabot is owned by 1200 dairy farm families located through New England and upstate New York. For additional information on Cabot Creamery, visit http://www.cabotcheese.coop

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