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Recipes for Healthy Kids Cookbook for Homes

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Table of Contents

8Porcupine Sliders

30Tasty Tots

uscan Smoked Turkey 58 Tand Bean Soup

Whole Grains

Dark Green and Orange Vegetables

Dry Beans and Peas

10 Chic’ Penne 1st Place Winner

32 Central Valley Harvest Bake 1st Place Winner

60 Lentils of the Southwest 2nd Place Winner

12 Mediterranean Quinoa Salad 2nd Place Winner

36 Stir-Fry Fajita Chicken, Squash, and Corn 2nd Place Winner

62 Confetti Soup 64 Eagle Pizza

38 Bok Choy Wrappers

68 Fiesta Mexican Lasagna

40 Crunchy Hawaiian Chicken Ch icken Wrap

72 Fiesta Wrap

Grand Prize Winner

14 Aztec Grain Salad 18 Chicken Alfredo with a Twist 20 Chicken Curry Casserole 22 Oodles of Noodles 24 Peppy Quinoa 26 Rainbow Rice 28 Stir-Fried Green Rice, Eggs, and Ham (Turkey Ham)


Popular Choice Winner

1st Place Winner

42 Harvest Delight

76 Harvest Stew

46 Roasted Fish Crispy Slaw Wrap

78 Purple Power Bean Wrap

48 Smokin’ Powerhouse Chili

80 Spanish Chickpea Stew

52 Squish Squash Lasagna

82 Vegetable Chili Boat

56 Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew


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Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition Acknowledgement Page The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) would like to thank the following people and organizations for their support of the Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition. The Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition provided the perfect opportunity for school nutrition professionals, students, parents, chefs, and community members to cook up some new ideas and get children excited about making healthy choices. We We want to thank all of the Recipes for Healthy Kids teams that participated in the competition. The teams submitted over 340 recipes for this contest.

White House

United States Department of Agriculture

Desiree Stapley, MEd, RD Natalie Partridge, MS, RD

Janey Thornton, PhD, SNS, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Food and Nutrition Service, USDA Audrey Rowe, Administrator Project Lead Ann Hall, MRE, RD, LDN Project Team Eileen Ferruggiaro, PhD, RD Tim Vazquez, RD Heidi Bishop Sonya Barnes, MS, RD Sheldon Gordon, MS, RD Mydina Thabet, MS, RD, LDN Erika Pijai, MS, RD Ebony S. James, MS, RD Barbara Jirka, PhD, SNS Gwen Holcomb

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Sam Kass, Assistant White House Chef, Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives, served as the Master of Ceremonies at the Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition’ss national cook-off at the American Competition’ Culinary Federation (ACF) National Convention.

Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, USDA

Challenge Post Administered the contest and designed and monitored Web site Brandon Kessler Samantha Tse Colin Nederkoorn

School Nutrition Association (SNA) Michelle Prettyman, RD, LD Julie Fort, MPH, RD Bruce Alexander Jack Currie Mary Jean Kirchner Sherl White Tama Eliff Cheryl Wilson Angela Leone, MS, RD


Each school day, SNA members take on the challenge of serving healthy, nutritious meals to more than 31 million school children. Judges Katie Wilson, PhD, SNS Helen E. Phillips, SNS

Karen M. Green TeamNutrition.usda.gov

American Culinary Federation (ACF)

Roniece Weaver & Associates, Inc. (RWA)

One of their many roles includes serving as the official representative for the Chef & Child Foundation, founded in 1989, to educate children and families in understanding proper nutrition and serving as the voice of the culinary industry in its fight against childhood hunger, malnutrition, and obesity.

RWA is an Orlando-based consulting nutrition practice, headed by Roniece Weaver, MS, RD, LD. The focus is on integrating food, wellness, and innovative cooking strategies. RWA was responsible for testing, evaluation, and recipe standardization.

ACF National President Michael Ty, CEC, AAC ACF Government Relations Committee Chair Damian Martineau, AAC

Hebni Nutrition Consultants Glen R. Providence Larry Walker Don Carlock Bridget Monroe Yolanda Daniels Keon Johnson Anthony McCastler

Judges Shawn L. Hanlin, CEC Rene J. Marquis, CEC, CCE, PCEC, CCA, AAC

Holly Graphics Design and layout by Byron Holly

Roland E. Schaeffer, CEC, AAC, HOF Randy J. Torres, CEC David J. Turcotte, CEC, AAC

Mark Taulbee Photography Photographs

Fabiola Gaines Candace Weaver Gloria Jolly Ellareetha Carson Rojean Williams Charles Daniels Dr. Maurice Woodard

ACF Staff Heidi Cramb Kevin Brune Patricia A. Carroll Tracy Smith Michelle Whitfield, MHA



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Food Safety Advice Clean: Wash Hands and Surfaces Often Bacteria can be spread throughout the kitchen and get onto hands, cutting boards, utensils, counter tops, and food. ■ Wash your hands with warm water and soap for at least 20 seconds before and after handling food and after using the bathroom or changing diapers. ■ Wash your cutting boards, dishes, utensils, and counter tops with hot soapy water after preparing each food item and before you go on to the next food. ■ Consider using paper towels to clean up kitchen surfaces. If you use cloth towels wash them often in the hot cycle of your washing machine. ■ Rinse fresh fruits and vegetables under running tap water, including those with skins and rinds that are not eaten. ■ Rub firm-skinned fruits and vegetables under running tap water or scrub with a clean vegetable brush while rinsing with running tap water. ■ Keep books, backpacks, or shopping bags off the kitchen table or counters where food is prepared or served.

■ Use one

cutting board for fresh produce and a separate one for raw meat, poultry, and seafood. ■ Never place cooked food on a plate that previously held raw meat, poultry, seafood, or eggs.

Cook: Cook to Proper Temperatures Food is safely cooked when it reaches a high enough internal temperature to kill the harmful bacteria that cause foodborne illness. Use a food thermometer to measure the internal temperature of cooked foods. ■ Use a food thermometer, which measures the internal temperature of cooked meat, poultry, and egg dishes, to make sure that the food is cooked to a safe internal temperature. ■ Make sure there are no cold spots in food (where bacteria can survive) when cooking in a microwave oven. For best results, cover food, stir, and rotate for even cooking. If there is no turntable, rotate the dish by hand once or twice during cooking. ■ Use microwave-safe cookware and plastic wrap when cooking foods in a microwave oven.

Separate: Don’t Cross Contaminate Cross-contamination is how bacteria can be spread. When handling raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs, keep these foods and their juices away from ready-to-eat foods. ■ Separate raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs from other foods in your grocery shopping cart, grocery bags, and in your refrigerator.

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Chill: Refrigerate Promptly! Refrigerate foods quickly because cold temperatures slow the growth of harmful bacteria. Do not overstuff the refrigerator. Cold air must circulate to help keep food safe. Keeping a constant refrigerator temperature of 40 °F or below is one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of foodborne illness. Use an appliance thermometer to be sure the temperature is consistently 40 °F or below. The freezer temperature should be 0 °F or below. ■ Refrigerate or freeze meat, poultry, eggs, and other perishables as soon as you get them home from the store. ■ Never let raw meat, poultry, eggs, cooked food, or cut fresh fruits or vegetables sit at room temperature more than two hours before putting them in the refrigerator or freezer (one hour when the temperature is above 90 °F). ■ There are three safe ways to defrost food: in the refrigerator, in cold water, and in the microwave using the defrost setting. Food thawed in cold water or in the microwave should be cooked immediately. ■ Always marinate food in the refrigerator. ■ Use or discard refrigerated food on a regular basis.

thorough chilling in the refrigerator. Keep cooked food refrigerated until time to leave home. To keep lunches cold away from home, include a small frozen gel pack or frozen juice box. If there’s a refrigerator available, store perishable items there upon arrival. Insulated, soft-sided lunch boxes or bags are best for keeping food cold, but metal or plastic lunch boxes and paper bags can also be used. If using paper lunch bags, create layers by double bagging to help insulate the food. Some food is safe without a cold source. Items that don’t require refrigeration include whole fruits and vegetables, hard cheese, unopened canned meat and fish, chips, breads, crackers, peanut butter, jelly, mustard, and pickles.

Keeping Hot Lunches Hot Use an insulated container to keep food like soup, chili, and stew hot. Fill the container with boiling water, let stand for a few minutes, empty, and then put in the piping hot food. Keep the insulated container closed until lunchtime to keep the food hot — 140 °F or above.

Keeping Cold Lunches Cold Prepare cooked food, such as turkey, ham, chicken, and vegetable or pasta salads, ahead of time to allow for


For more information, visit the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS): fsis.usda.gov


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