A passable doppelganger?

Here on the Loaf Love Tour our hotel rooms don’t usually have kitchens, but we’re surrounded by great recipes featuring Tillamook products. I was especially excited to find our new Tillamook Light Yogurt in Salt Lake City because it satisfies my sweet cravings without adding to my always-eating-out waistline.  The same day I spied our delicious Tillamook Light Yogurt on the shelf, I received our latest Loaf Love Tour recipe: Yogurt Dessert Parfait courtesy of Chef Keegan Gerhard.

If you’re like me, you eat with your eyes as well as your taste buds so I figured I’d see what hotel room “cooking” could do to satisfy my craving for this tasty looking recipe! One container of Tillamook Light NW Berry Patch yogurt, a crunched up granola bar, some fresh blueberries, a dollop of whipped cream and my special addition – a dark chocolate covered blueberry and I’m in dessert parfait heaven!

Granted, Chef  Keegan’s version is probably tastier, but if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I hope he likes it! Tell me, are there any delicious recipes in the Tillamook Kitchen that you take visual inspiration from?

By Susan P.

Light Yogurt is a great summer treat for the whole family. Some like it plain, some like to bake with it, and some like to blend it up in smoothies for an easy, refreshing snack on a warm day. Recently some of our blogger friends created some AMAZING Tillamook Light Yogurt recipes. Try some of these, or others on our Pinterest board, for your family and comment on these blogs if you like what you see!

Have you ever wondered what kids say when they try a food they like? Apparently not too much…they just keep eating! Isn’t that right Zane and Zarek?

Chocolate Yogurt Cake
This has to be one of the MOST decadent and delicious chocolate cakes I have ever seen. My goodness, just look at that picture! Bree substituted Light Yogurt for Buttermilk in this recipe and baked a unique and delicious cake to share with her family:

Lemon Buttercream Shortbread Sandwich Cookies and Berry Smoothies
Here’s a two-for from one blogger friend. A smoothie and a little sweet treat!

Mixed Berry Tartlets with Tillamook Light Lemon Squeeze Yogurt
And finally, here is a great red, white, and blue recipe for your Independence Day party! Fresh fruit and Light Yogurt in a small pie is not only dangerously cute…it’s dangerously delicious!

By Matt

There’s a Tillamook Yogurt somewhere out there waiting to come home with you. It’s fresh and creamy. It’s filled with real fruit and active yogurt cultures. It doesn’t have any artificial growth hormones* or artificial flavors, colors, or sweeteners. It even comes in 21 drool-inducing flavors. The secret ingredient that makes it yummy? Yum, of course!

How did all that Yum get into Tillamook Yogurt? You can visit the Tillamook Yogurt Yum Factory to find out!

And a little secret between you and me? There’s a little surprise at the end for you to try the yum for yourself!

*Please note that the FDA has stated that no significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rBST treated and non-rBST treated cows.

By Tillamook

For the last two years Tillamook has been making and trying, and making and trying…and making and trying different recipes of light yogurt. You may ask – well, what took so long?! When we set out to make a light yogurt we wanted to stay true to our brand promise and provide your family with a product made in the most natural way possible. So, we used no artificial flavors, no artificial colors, no artificial sweeteners and no high fructose corn syrup in our recipe. Using Truvia® sweetener, along with other natural sugar substitutes, we were able to finally create 6 ounces of the highest quality, best tasting light yogurt – maybe even giving our award-winning cheeses a run for their money (we’ll let you be the judge)!

Perfection sometimes takes time and we are confident you will love the new Light Yogurt available in some of your favorite flavors:

· Oregon Strawberry

· Vanilla Bean

· Marionberry

· Raspberry

· Peach

· Mountain Huckleberry

· Northwest Berry Patch

· Pomegranate Blackberry

· Lemon Squeeze

· Dark Cherry

Tillamook Light Yogurt will be on shelves at major grocery stores in Oregon and Washington throughout the next few months. Stay tuned to Tillamook.com, and the Loaf Life Blog, for updates on when you can find Tillamook Light Yogurt in additional states at a grocery store near you.

If you have tried the Light Yogurt, we’d love to hear from you! Follow us on Facebook or Twitter and share the love, or just leave a comment below. Thank you!

* The FDA has stated that no significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rBST treated and non-rBST treated cows.

Truvia® and the Truvia® logo are licensed trademarks of the Truvia Company, LLC.

By Matt

Adorable little girl eating delicious Tillamook Raspberry Yogurt

If you’ve ever tried Tillamook Yogurt you know that it tastes better, but how is Tillamook Yogurt actually made better?

Well, in most cases people don’t like hearing the word “NO”. However, I think we found the exception! When it comes to Tillamook Yogurt, you’re going love hearing the word “NO”…

NO artificial colors or flavors
NO artificial sweeteners
NO high-fructose corn syrup
NO artificial growth hormones
YES delicious!

You might remember from our last conversation about how Tillamook Cheese is “made better,” that Tillamook is committed to only using the highest quality milk from cows not treated with artificial growth hormones*.

Tillamook Yogurt is no exception.

The same quality milk standards used for our award winning cheeses are also used to make our delicious yogurt (and the rest of our dairy products, for that matter).

It’s simple! Our 21 delicious flavors of Tillamook Yogurt are “made better” because we take out the unnecessary “stuff” you don’t want (aka: artificial colors, flavors and sweeteners) and put in the great tasting natural ingredients (aka: vanilla beans, real berries, yogurt cultures) you do want!

Tell us what your favorite “made better” Tillamook Yogurt flavor is!

*The FDA has stated that no significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rBST treated and non-rBST treated cows.

By Candace

Tillamook Watermelon Yogurt

I feel pretty fortunate to have grown up in Oregon, home to the world famous Hermiston watermelon. These watermelons are some of the best stuff on earth! They are run-down-your-cheeks juicy, extra crisp, and full of flavor. Growing up (and even now, who am I kidding?) watermelons were a summertime staple. As a kid I would try to eat watermelon for breakfast. Generally I could get a slice or two down before my Mom would notice and replace the oh-so-juicy watermelon with a bowl of oatmeal or toast. You can image my excitement when I learned Tillamook would be making a watermelon yogurt, because it meant that wonderful, sweet watermelon flavor would be enjoyed all hours of the day, and at every meal.

By Mary

Frozen Yogurt Pops made with Tillamook Yogurt

Here’s an idea for a refreshing, healthy summertime treat – Frozen Yogurt Pops made with Tillamook Yogurt! For a creamier Frozen Yogurt Pop, use straight up yogurt (pick your favorite Tillamook flavor!). For a less-creamy Frozen Yogurt Pop, mix 50/50 lemonade or juice with the yogurt,  pour into popsicle forms, and then stick them in the freezer for a few hours.

Which Tillamook Yogurt will you use to make a Frozen Yogurt Pop?

By Tara

Kids love Tillamook Key Lime Yogurt!

This week we’ve been talking a lot about Tillamook Yogurt and our new $1 Off Tillamook Yogurt Coupon on Facebook (available until 6/30). It has been so fun to hear why our fans love Tillamook Yogurt and what favorite flavors stock their fridges. Thanks to everyone who has been joining the Tillamook Yogurt conversation!

Love,
Loafy

Here are 10 of our favorite yogurt comments on Facebook this week:

From Copper W.: Thank you for the coupon! Tillamook Yogurt is the only yogurt I will buy. My 4 year old son eats a container of your French Vanilla Bean Yogurt every day (seriously!). We love everything Tillamook!

From Chizuko C.: Thank you so much! We always enjoy our Tillamook Yogurt. My son wants me to give you an extra special thank you for making his favorite: Watermelon! Our other favorites are Oregon Strawberry, Northwest Berry Patch, and Cherry Vanilla. Keep up the great work!

From Saephti P.: Tillamook Yogurt – I LOVE LOVE LOVE your Baked Apple Pie flavor! This is the absolute best yogurt I have ever had. :)

From Lisa B.: I love LOVE LOVE Tillamook Cheese and Yogurt. Vanilla Bean, baby… Need I say more?? It is just so good frozen too. I am so glad we live near the Tillamook Factory. It is always at my store!!

From Elizabeth L.: Yay yogurt! My kids LOVE your yogurt! My five year old’s favorite is the Key Lime, my three year old loves Peach. I love that they have no hormones.

From Misty C.: Our kids love Key Lime yogurt!

From Betty C.: Can’t wait to try the yogurt – if it’s as good as your cheese – YUMM!!!!!!

From Mary L.: My favorite yogurt! Love the real fruit pieces.

From Angela S.: Thank you for the coupon. Your yogurt is the best and the only kind I want to feed my kids! We love the lowfat Key Lime!

From Valerie C.S.: Thanks for the coupon and thanks for not adding artificial sweeteners and colors!

By Loafy

Peach yogurt is one of my all-time favorite yogurt flavors. It makes me feel happy (peachy keen, if you will!) and reminds me of being a kid and playing at my friend Debbie’s house. Her family always had peach yogurt in the fridge. We’d jump on their trampoline, cruise around on banana seat bikes, dance around the house, and snack all day. Aww… warm and fuzzy memories!

What better way to celebrate National Peaches & Cream Day than with the sweet and smooth taste of Tillamook Peach Yogurt? A healthy, lowfat snack with a creamy texture and peachy-good taste. As with all Tillamook Yogurt, our Peach Yogurt has no artificial growth hormones, flavors, colors, or sweeteners, and no high fructose corn syrup. Mmm… anyone have a trampoline or a banana seat bike I could borrow?

By Tillamook

Starting today, Tillamook Cheese Facebook fans can download a printable $1 Off Tillamook Yogurt Coupon!

Use your yogurt coupon to experience a tasty, healthy snack! We’re proud to say that Tillamook Yogurt has:

No artificial growth hormones*
No artificial flavors
No artificial sweeteners
No artificial colors
No high fructose corn syrup

Head on over to our Facebook page and “Like” us to get this healthy deal! The coupon will be available until June 30, 2011 (or until supplies last) and expires on July 14, 2011.

*The FDA has stated that no significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rBST and non-rBST treated cows.

By Loafy