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10 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity - There are lots of ways you can get fit without putting in hundreds of miles on your family's treadmill. How about taking a hike once a week with a group of friends? You can climb stairs instead of taking an elevator or an escalator. And you can encourage Mom to park a little farther from the mall so that you both get in some good walking. Check for more tips here.
Baking with M&M's - The source for recipes and baking tips that'll put a little color into your desserts. Cooking with colorful and tasty M&M's should delight kids of all ages, and M&M includes an extensive archive of recipes.
Ben & Jerry's - Admit it. How many times have you run to the grocery store because you needed a Ben & Jerry ice cream cone? Now you can get a preview of it here without leaving your seat. If you love their ice cream, you will love their site. It's chock-full of the philosophy and wit that makes them so popular. Find out who these guys are, and play with their fun stuff. If you still grieve over the discontinuation of your favorite flavor, make sure to visit the flavor graveyard and find peace of mind knowing that at least they have gone to the great Web page on the Net. If you get a craving for the real thing, don't even try to lick the screen--just go to the store like everyone else. Funny thing, though. They make over 50 products, but only 34 of them are available in supermarkets. For the rest, you have to go to one of their Scoop Shops. Their hottest ice cream flavor is Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Run to the store right now to try their newest flavor: Tropic of Mango.
Bob's Candies - Haven't you always wondered how those stripes get on candy canes? The answer's here! Visit the candy cane factory to see how it's done. You'll also discover the origin of the distinctive hooked shape and its association with Christmas.
BombPop.com - Welcome to the BombPop.com. Brought to you by your favorite bombpop popsicles!! Check out this site and meet the bomb squad, check out the cool games, downloads, and so much more!
Candy USA - If you eat all that good, healthy food Mom gives you, maybe she'll let you have a treat for dessert. Until then, visit this site, where you'll learn a lot about candy and chocolate. There are candy statistics, nutritional info, candy in the news, and even candy contests! According to this site, "The best-selling kids' candy these days is anything an adult wouldn't normally choose to eat: super sour suckers, candies that color the mouth, anything blue raspberry-flavored, and anything with `gross out' appeal." Is that true for you and your friends?
Chiquita Banana - We're here to say that bananas may be the world's most perfect food. Loaded with vitamin B6, they are also a good source of vitamin C, potassium, and dietary fiber. At this kicked-up site you'll meet Chiquita Banana herself and find out what all the singing is about! (You can find the lyrics to the famous song here, too.)
Dole 5 A Day: Just For Kids - This site invites kids to learn about the importance of eating five fruits and vegetables every day. Hosted by 42 entertaining fruit and vegetable characters from the Land of 5 A Day, this site is educational fun for children of all ages. New material is added each month, including puzzles, games and nutrition adventures.
Edy's Grand Ice Cream - Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. manufactures and distributes a full spectrum of premium and super-premium ice creams. The Company's product lines are marketed under the Dreyer's brand name throughout the western states, Texas and certain markets in the Far East and under the Edy's brand name throughout the remainder of the United States. Taken together, Dreyer's and Edy's is the best selling brand of packaged ice cream and other premium dessert products in the country.
Flip Me Some PEZ!! - Pez dispensers, trivia, fun and games. This site has it all! Get information on the history of Pez candies, the factory, and how it all started. See all the Pez dispensers ever made and shop on-line!
Florida Orange Juice - From the Grove to Your Glass - This page explains how citrus farmers decide when their crop is ripe. Citrus fruits do not continue to ripen after they are picked, so oranges have to be harvested at their peak. Crews pick most of the crop by hand, and then the oranges are transported to the processing plant for grading and juice extraction. The whole journey is pictured and described here.
Food and Fitness - This wonderful site is part of Kids Health, one of Net-mom's favorites. Sure, you'll find recipes here, but you'll also discover what vitamins and minerals do, how to eat to play your best at sports, and why water is the beverage of choice when it comes to quenching your thirst.
Hershey's KidzTown - Crunchy, creamy, drippy like hot fudge or steaming like cocoa--what could be more delicious than chocolate? Where do they make chocolate? Lots of places, but one of them is in Hershey, Pennsylvania, at Hershey's Chocolate Town, U.S.A. This site has fun facts about chocolate and a tour of the largest chocolate factory in the world. There's also lots of cool info about the Hershey Kissmobile--check the schedule to see when it's coming to your town.
Ice Cream Parlour! - Welcome to The Ice Cream Parlour! A place dedicated to frozen desserts of all kind. Most recipes are fairly easy to make. If you do not have an ice cream machine check the FAQ for instruction. Enjoy!
Internet Pizza Server - It's a little hard to explain this site. You can order a pizza with tons of weird toppings and have it delivered to your screen. You buy the pizzas with "Beej-Bux", a type of currency of which you have an unlimited supply. This is not just any kind of pizza, mind you. You can get a pizza with EYEBALLS on it. Or GOBLINS. Heck, you can even order kitchen sinks on your pizza! When making your selections, don't put too many toppings on at a time (some kinds of toppings have a tendency to get buried). Is it silly? Yes, but remember, you get what you pay for.
Jell-O: 100 Years and Still the Coolest - Wow--in a year, 413,997,403 packages of Jell-O gelatin dessert are produced. If you laid the boxes end to end, they would stretch three-fifths of the way around the globe with plenty of room to spare! This site traces the cool history of America's favorite dessert and also offers recipes as well as a place to buy special molds online.
Jelly Belly Online - There are over 40 different flavors of Jelly Belly jelly beans, and some of them can be combined in "recipes" to make still more flavors. For example, chew a Peanut Butter candy and a Grape one to taste Peanut Butter and Jelly. Jelly Bellys have flown on the space shuttle and were served at former President Reagan's inaugural festivities. At this site you can take a factory tour and check out some fabulous art made entirely of--you guessed it.
Jet-Puffed Recipes - Jet-Puffed marshmallows got their name from a patented process that infuses air into the marshmallow during manufacturing. The result, the light fluffy texture we all love! The fresh and fluffy texture delivers great results every time in family-favorite marshmallow recipes like those found here!!
Keebler Tree House - Join the Keebler elves for fun and online games at their treehouse. Games include word search, matching, hidden objects, what's wrong with this picture, and other similar activities. Includes bios on each of the elves and fun recipes.
Kellogg's - Kellogg's has everything for the breakfast lover. Loaded with games, recipes and nutrition information. Take a tour with Tony the Tiger!
Kid's Fun Cookbook - Start with pint-size banana raisin pancakes for breakfast and finish with musical fruit melodies for dessert. Presented by the Dole Food Company.
M&M's Industrial Candy & Magic - When you eat M&M's, which colors do you eat first? Which colors do you avoid? Take a tour of the M&M factory, and play some funny Shockwave games like Melt the Candy Bar. If you don't have Shockwave, just download the games (Windows or Mac) for use later. Remember, virtual M&M's don't melt in your hand or your mouth, but you'll be hungry for some serious chocolate after you visit this site! You can also get screen savers and wallpaper to make sure there is always chocolate in the house when you want some. Check the site map for the locations of these resources.
Massachusetts Maple Producers Association - Did you know that depending on the sweetness of the sap, it can take anywhere from 25 to 75 gallons of maple sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup? The average, though, is 40 gallons raw to 1 gallon finished. It doesn't hurt the tree to be tapped, as long as you do it the right way. This page explains how you can make your own maple syrup. If you'd rather visit a commercial "sugar bush" and see how it's done, there's a directory of maple producers as well as lots of sticky links.
Mrs. Claus's Kitchen - Mrs. Claus and her top Elf assistant, Sugarplum Mary, are cooking up creative holiday goodies. Try out their fun recipes by clicking on the various links.
Nutrition Cafe - Try the Grab a Grape game to see how you'll do playing nutrition Jeopardy. Then try to pick a good breakfast, lunch, or dinner in the Have-a-Bite Cafe. This site is a joint project of the Pacific Science Center and the Washington State Dairy Council.
Nutrition on the Web - Written by teens for other teens, this site won an award in the ThinkQuest competition. The site is in Spanish, German, and English. It has two parts: the Informative section and the Interactive section. In the first part, you'll read some nutrition horror stories, find out what makes up a good diet, and explore some myths. For example, some kids believe that eating a vegetarian diet is always more healthy. The fact is that "vegetarian diets, which contain absolutely no animal products, are very low in vitamin B12 and, unless carefully planned, may be deficient in vitamin B6, riboflavin, calcium, iron, and zinc. Strict macrobiotic diets, which include everything except grains, are extremely hazardous. More moderate vegetarian diets that include milk and eggs and perhaps fish, and/or poultry, meet the nutritional needs of growing teenagers if carefully planned. This is why many adolescents that are vegetarians are also anemic." The interactive section of this resource asks you to input your weight, height, and age, and it will tell you how many calories you need to eat per day to maintain your weight. There's also a diet planner, a nutrition database, and more. Some things require an account (free!), but you don't have to give your real name.
Peanut Butter Lovers Club - Did you know that about one-third of the U.S. peanut crop goes toward making that famous American staple: peanut butter? Runner peanuts, grown primarily in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, are the preferred type to use. This is because they are uniform in size and it's easier to get them all evenly roasted. At this site you can find out how peanut butter is made, discover how nutritious peanut butter is, and play a fun trivia game.
Planet Twinkie - How do you feel about Twinkies--you know, those delectable cream-filled sponge cakes? Most people either love them or hate them, but they must be doing something right because millions are sold each year. Here you'll find a whole "planet" dedicated to this snack food, including games about Twinkies, Web sites about Twinkies, and even wacky scientific experimentation with, what else: Twinkies!
Popcorn Board - There's more to popcorn than movie theaters! It's believed the first use of wild corn was for popping. Although it probably originated in what is now Mexico, it was grown in China, Sumatra, and India long before Columbus arrived in the New World. At this site you can get more popcorn history as well as popping tips (there's a way to save the kernels that don't pop). Don't miss the arts and crafts suggestions or the games, either.
Pork4kids - Here you'll enjoy lots of fun activities: sending an on-line postcard from the farm, playing the pig counting game, making recipes and entering the coloring contest! Come explore!
Recipe Collection for kids - Kids love to prepare foods. Find a list of recipes that are great for pre-school age kids to help with and they can enjoy eating the end result.
Story of Chewing Gum - The first patent for chewing gum was granted in 1869--to an Ohio dentist. The most popular flavors are cinnamon, spearmint, and peppermint. Are those your favorites, too? Kids in North America spend approximately half a billion dollars on bubble gum every year. This site lets you chew on gum history and provides hints on how to get gum out of your hair and off clothing and carpet.
Story of Milk - Cows make milk to feed their baby calves. But after the baby is eating other food, the cow continues to make up to eight gallons of milk a day! Cows are milked in a special room called a milking parlor, and their milk is pumped to stainless steel holding tanks and immediately chilled to 38 degrees. It waits until the milk tanker truck comes to pick it up. This happens twice a day. When it gets to the milk processing facility, the milk goes through two other steps, homogenization and pasteurization, but you'll have to read about those at this Web site. The main level has cow-related games and other fun.
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