Snow Cream!
Snow cream is a winter treat that everyone loves to eat, so how about a healthier version of it? I got this recipe from my mom. Her mom used to make i...
Fuel Up with After-School Snacks
As an after-school snack, my mom likes to buy low fat colby-jack and low fat string cheese sticks. I also like low-fat yogurt. I’ll sometimes have the...
Healthy Taste Tests and Tailgate Parties
Because of Fuel Up to Play 60 my school made a lot of changes! We had two different taste tests for healthy foods last year. Our cafeteria is now ser...
Foreign Foods are Great!
As a State Representative from VA, I attended the Summit in Washington D.C. over the summer. I had a great time and on the final day I was asked to wr...
How Colorful Are Your Meals?
When I looked at my meals I realized that most of them were not very colorful, so I decided to transfer my meals to more vibrant colors. The more colo...
Eat Healthy and Get Your Friends To, Too.
I have a relatively strange taste in vegetables. Some of my favorite foods make my friends gag, like Brussels sprouts, but I love them. But my best fr...
How Eating Healthy Foods has Made an Impact on My Life
My little brother Mark has had a tree nut allergy since he was three, and that’s made a big change on how my family eats. Now we have to be much m...
OK: Who’s Ready for School?
Let's just get right to the point: am I the only one who has a love/hate relationship with school? Sure, summer is all fun and games (as well as all t...
My Favorite Meal on the Farm
By Jordy Nelson
Wide Receiver, #87
Green Bay Packers
A little fact you may not know about me – I grew up on a farm in Kansas and my parents and m...