Tooth health: Guinea pigs’ teeth grow constantly, so it’s important that they continuously chew fibre to wear them down. If their diet doesn’t contain enough hay and/or grass, their teeth are at risk of overgrowing, which causes painful spikes that prevent them from being able to eat. Hide treats or fresh fruit and veg in paper bags or cardboard tubes and boxes. Your rats will love working out how to get to their food. Coat the bananas with peanut butter or dip it in chocolate; next dip into the crushed cereal mixture. (Crushed fruit loops works.) Day 4: Boiled eggs, orange slices; Grilled turkey breast, steamed broccoli; Sirloin steak, grilled mushrooms, steamed kale. All that being said, American tastes have a way of bending the world to their will. Once a foreign confectioner achieves a certain level of American success, it usually ends up adjusting its products for the American market, even if only a little. Kawabe, Morinaga America’s president, told me that some of the Hi-Chew flavors sold in mainstream U.S. retailers vary slightly from what’s available in Japan. When Americans buy grape candy, for example, their flavor expectations are just different from when the Japanese buy the same thing. Candy companies that want huge U.S. sales growth, for better or worse, need to meet people where they are.

This is plain banana - whipped, with nothing added. The high quantity of fruit pectins in the fruit turns it into a smooth, creamy dessert. Photograph: Alicia Canter for the Guardian Freeze it

In the wild, rats would spend a lot of their time searching out food. You can recreate this natural behaviour for your rats. It’s a great way to keep them active and stop them from getting bored. In a large bowl, mix pudding, milk and whipped topping until well combined. Spread over strawberries.

Spread whipped topping over gelatin just before serving, leaving about 1 inch of space around outside edge of gelatin for pizza “crust”. Never feed: Raisins, rhubarb, walnuts, lettuce or citrus fruits. These can be toxic for your rats. Things to chew and gnaw Try out some interactive toys suitable for small animals, such as puzzle boards, feeding balls or small animal kongs.

All fruit-based desserts should have a content of at least 50% fruit measured by weight of the raw ingredients (for example, fruit crumble, fruit pie, fruit sponge, fruit cobbler, fruit jelly). Fruit used as decoration or jam added to a dessert does not count towards this standard. Fruit salad, fruit tinned in juice and stewed fruit Vegans have been in the know for years – a ripe banana, sliced up and frozen, and then whipped for long enough, all alone, undergoes a transformation whereby its high quantity of fruit pectins turns it into a smooth, creamy dessert. Patience is key. Although the mixture might resemble cottage cheese for a while, it will become whipped soon enough. Dollop the “ice-cream” into bowls and scatter some berry fruit nuggets on top to serve. This is best made in small batches as the ‘ice cream’ doesn’t re-freeze well, so make just enough to eat. The mixture will give you about 16 cups – so you can give each participant one bag – or assign two participants per bag to share one cup of mixture. At that time kids can decide if they would like to add fresh fruit. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons for fresh fruit. Directions: Fill a glass 2/3 full with your favorite fruit juice. Then add club soda and stir briefly. For variety, try mixing two or more fruit juices, like orange and cranberry or grape and lemonade, before adding the club soda.

May cause calcium deficiency: The egg diet doesn't provide adequate sources of calcium since dairy isn't included in the plan. Stricter versions of the egg diet don't include high-calcium veggies or fortified foods to help meet your needs. Adults require 1,000 to 1,300 milligrams of calcium per day. One large egg has about 24 milligrams of calcium. A cup of cooked greens or other non-starchy vegetables have under 100 milligrams per serving. Flintstones orange sherbert in a cardboard push-up tube was the perfect summer treat. The good news? You can still get Nestlé Push-Up Pops in cherry, grape, and orange flavors. But the Flinstone-branded pops, sadly, are now, well, dinosaurs. Squeezit General Mills/YouTube Seasoning: We’ll use a delicious blend of garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and paprika. white, wholemeal, granary, brown, wheatgerm, multigrain, potato bread: 1 to 2 slices of medium bread National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements. Calcium: Fact sheet for health professionals.

Goodness Me Fruit Nuggets

MELT chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water; stir until smooth; remove from over hot water. Need a fun treat to make with the kids that involves absolutely NO cooking or baking? These yummies are perfect for hot summer days! They will take turns shaking and moving the mixture around in the crushed ice. You can add additional salt if needed.

Next, prepare a line of three bowls for the buttermilk, flour, and breadcrumbs. Also, prepare a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Tiny bite-sized Life Savers pieces hit the candy scene in 1990. They came in flavors like island fruits and a minty Peppermint, yet they were still distinctly different from Tic-Tacs. They did face a recall in 1991 after reports of kids and teens biting off the flip-top plastic cap. Fruitopia Raw, 40g to 45g. Cooked, 100 to 120g or 2 to 3 heaped tablespoons. Vegetarian sausages, burgers, nut cutletsAll fruit-based desserts should have a content of at least 50% fruit measured by weight of the raw ingredients (for example, fruit crumble, fruit pie, fruit sponge, fruit cobbler, fruit jelly). Fruit used as a decoration or jam added to a dessert does not count towards this standard. Served in a salad, baked potato or sandwich: Cooked, 70g to 100g. Breaded or battered fish portions and products Mix sugar and cocoa together… Stir in milk. Put mixture in a pot; add butter. Heat until it comes to a full boil. STIR and cook for about two minutes. Do not let it burn. Using buttered spatula or waxed paper, press mixture evenly into 9 x 13 inch pan coated with cooking spray. Almond milk: Use unsweetened almond milk or any type of plant-based milk. If you aren’t dairy-free, feel free to use regular milk.