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"First Lady Starts a Recipe Contest for Children"

First Lady Starts a Recipe Contest for Children

By JULIA MOSKIN

Michelle Obama and friends in the White House garden.
Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign will announce a nationwide recipe contest for children ages 8 to 12 on Monday afternoon, with a winner to be chosen from each state and territory. All 56 winners of the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge will attend a gala Kids’ “State Dinner,” to be hosted by Mrs. Obama at the White House in August (airfare and hotel included).

The challenge: invent a lunch recipe that is healthy, affordable and tasty, working within the Department of Agriculture’s nutrition guidelines. An entry can be either a full plate (roasted baby carrots with grilled tofu and black beans) or a dish (whole-wheat pizza with chicken, onions and peppers) as long as it includes most of the recommended food groups: vegetables, whole grains, protein (fish, poultry, meat, soy), dairy and fruit. Help from grown-ups is allowed, as needed; no unsupervised knife tasks or cooking over open flame, please. The deadline for entries is June 17.

Read more ... http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/first-lady-starts-a-recipe-contest-for-children/
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