Brainfood promotes Nutrition and Health with a Bike Blender
A look at the workshops the Community MVPs have done with Brainfood‘s very own bike blender.
As the President/CEO of Youth Service America said, “The smoothie tasted even better knowing that I contributed to it.”
Brainfood is a non-profit youth development organization in Washington, DC. Using food as a tool, Brainfood builds life skills and promotes healthy living in a fun and safe environment. They are using the Fender Blender Universale Stationary Kit for their workshops.
Read MoreRecipe: Nut Butter from a Bike Blender
Nut butter is packed with protein and can be a healthier alternative to smoothies.
Above: Cashew nut butter freshly pureed with Pedal Power!
Ingredients:
At least 4 ounces of your raw nut of choice (cashew, almond, pecan, etc.)
If you desire roasted nut butter put a layer of nuts on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for 12 to 15 minutes. Stir once or twice to prevent burning.
Puree It In Your Pitcher:
Pour raw or roasted nuts in your High Performance pitcher and begin pedaling. It’s that easy!
If it feels like it’s getting caught up on the edges of the pitcher you can use a little water to help the blending process. You can also scrape down the edges in between blending to help. It should be completely mixed in about 10 minutes. Raw nuts require a little more pedaling.
You can serve up as is, or mix in salt, maple syrup, cinnamon, vanilla, etc. for a little extra flavor.
Watch the Fossil Fool blend it on the Fender Blender Pro (High Performance). Nut butter starts at 3:23:
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If you have a recipe you’d like to share with the bike blending community, please send it to customerservice@rockthebike.
Mississippi 4-H Youth and UnitedHealthcare Promote Healthy Lifestyles with a Bike Blender
UnitedHealthcare and Mississippi 4-H youth hosted a Family Fun and Fitness Day for Jackson-area families to promote healthy eating and exercise at the Mississippi Basketball & Athletics facility.
The event was part of the UnitedHealthcare Mississippi 4-H “Eat4-Health” partnership, now in its third year, which aims to reduce obesity rates among young people and families in the state through youth and community-based education and awareness programs.
At today’s event, UnitedHealthcare’s mascot Dr. Health E. Hound joined Jackson-area youth, their families, 4-H youth and community leaders, including Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, for fun, healthy activities such as relay races, fitness games, dance routines and basketball shoot-arounds. There were also hands-on cooking demonstrations, healthy-smoothie competitions with a “blender bike,” nutrition information and free Body Mass Index (BMI) health screenings.
Left: Cheered on by Dr. Health E. Hound and Mississippi 4-H program leader Manola Erby, nine year old Joseph Walker pedals to create a healthy smoothie using a “bike blender.” The Family Fun and Fitness event was part of the UnitedHealthcare Mississippi 4-H “Eat4-Health” partnership, which aims to reduce obesity rates among young people and families through youth and community-based education and awareness programs. The activities at the Family Fun & Fitness Day are part of a series of trainings and events made possible by a $30,000 grant provided by UnitedHealthcare to Alcorn State University Extension Program, which administers 4-H programs to all counties in the state. (Photo: Business Wire)
Dairy Council Awards $48,000+ to Healthy School Team Leaders for Bike Blenders….Amongst Other Things!
Santa came early this year delivering more than $48,000 in grant funds to the Healthy School Team Leaders for each of the 12 Winter Park Consortium schools at their holiday party at the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) on December 11.
Representatives of the Dairy Council of Florida played the part of Santa, presenting king-sized versions of grant checks to HST Leaders and their principals who joined them for the party. They also brought along a photo booth, games and a bicycle blender to add to the festivities.
Above: Bike blending on the Fender Blender Pro
The grants were awarded through the Dairy Council of Florida’s Fuel Up to Play 60 (FUTP60) program. The program was created by the National Football League in collaboration with the National Dairy Council to decrease child obesity. As part of the program, schools are invited to apply for grant funding for programs and activities that encourage healthy eating and physical activity.
Grant dollars will be used for a variety of projects ranging from the purchase of blender bikes children ride to make smoothies to the creation of a cooking club, the support for healthy food and smoothie tastings, and the addition of a white board to promote healthy eating.
To promote physical activity, the grants will be used to buy pedometers, bicycle helmets, roller skates and related safety supplies, bicycles, heart rate monitors and a table tennis set.
The partnership with the Dairy Council of Florida is new this school year, and was made possible with the help of Melodie Griffin. She serves as an independent contractor to the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) responsible for coordinating bi-monthly HST leader meetings, providing technical support and helping identify resources and external funding sources to help leaders in meet their goals.
Do you know of a school that needs help funding a bike blender in 2014? Please direct them here!
Story Source: http://healthykidstoday.org/2013/12/dairy-council-awards-48000-plus-to-healthy-school-teams/
Read MoreSomething Good in the World’s Holiday Craft Fair sold more fruit smoothies at our fundraiser than ever before, thanks to the bike blender
At Something Good in the World‘s Energy of Youth Concert, teenagers performed and raised enough funds to purchase a Bike Blender from Rock the Bike. Every year, the Blue Star Youth Movement members make delicious organic fruit smoothies for Something Good in the World’s Holiday Craft Fair, and this year, anyone who wanted a smoothie had to ride the bike blender to make their own! This video features Blue Star member Violet Kravitz on the bike:
We’ll be writing more about it in our newsletter in the spring, and basically we are thrilled with the kit and delighted to have worked with you! We sold more fruit smoothies at our fundraiser than ever before, because so many kids wanted to ride the bike. And since our bike didn’t fit your stand, we hooked it up to our Pedal-a-Watt system, and so the kids generated electricity and lit up lightbulbs at the same time as they blended the smoothies! It was a total win-win situation. Talk about sustainable living practices!…
All the best,
Barbara Sarbin, President
Something Good in the World, Inc.
Fender Blenders in the Media
Food Network’s “The Kitchen”
A photo from the production of “The Kitchen” in Montclair, N.J., on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
Photo: David M. Russell/BSTV
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