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  <title>In Recipe Competition, Ohio School Puts a Healthy Twist on a Tasty Dish</title>
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&lt;span&gt;In Recipe Competition, Ohio School Puts a Healthy Twist on a Tasty Dish&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;bfrank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span&gt;&lt;time datetime="2011-05-18T17:03:37-04:00" title="Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 17:03"&gt;Wed, 05/18/2011 - 17:03&lt;/time&gt;
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Rich Lucas, Office of Research Analysis, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cross posted from the&lt;a href="http://www.letsmove.gov/blog/2011/05/18/recipe-competition-ohio-school-puts-healthy-twist-tasty-dish"&gt; Let's Move! blog&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Who says a delicious classic can’t also make a healthful lunch?&amp;nbsp; On Tuesday, students at &lt;a href="http://www.kettering.k12.oh.us/"&gt;Van Buren Middle School&lt;/a&gt; in Kettering, Ohio served judges in the First Lady’s &lt;a href="http://www.recipesforkidschallenge.com/submissions"&gt;Recipes for Healthy Kids&lt;/a&gt; competition their &lt;a href="http://www.recipesforkidschallenge.com/submissions/720-chicken-alfredo-with-a-twist"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chicken Alfredo with a Twist&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, an updated take on Fettucine Alfredo that leaves out extra fat and boosts nutrition with whole grain pasta.&amp;nbsp; Van Buren students Graham, Jonathan, Shawnrica and Savannah worked with chef Rachel Tilford and Kettering school professionals to create a great dish – one of 15 semi-finalist recipes nationwide in the R4HKwhole grain category.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The team went through a serious development process, beginning in December 2010 by developing nine different recipes.&amp;nbsp; They selected their five favorites to be prepared and served to approximately 500 students during a taste test at Van Buren Middle School. Students were asked to vote for their favorite two recipes.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The team submitted the top two recipes to the Recipes for Healthy Kids competition – and this twisty pasta dish sprung them to the semifinal round.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Dishes like &lt;em&gt;Chicken Alfredo with a Twist, &lt;/em&gt;that begin with an old favorite and rebuild it to maximize nutrition, are a great way to give students flavors they will enjoy while also promoting good health.&amp;nbsp; It’s also designed so that it can be prepared and served as part of a &lt;a href="http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch/AboutLunch/NSLPFactSheet.pdf"&gt;National School Lunch Program&lt;/a&gt; menu.&amp;nbsp; Clearly, this team was using their noodle!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The judging event included both a cooking demonstration and tasting in the cafeteria with several dozen students, and a physical education class emphasizing the value of daily physical activity. Cincinnati Bengals mascot “Who Dey” joined the students in a variety of exercises. The two activities underscored the importance of balancing the calories you eat with the ones that you use – a central principle of a healthy weight and lifestyle.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Semi-finalist recipes are currently posted on the Recipes for Healthy Kids website, and the public may vote for the “Popular Choice” award until May 31. Prizes range from $1,000 to a grand prize of $3,000.&amp;nbsp; You can make &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; vote count by going to the &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/voteR4HK"&gt;Recipes for Healthy Kids website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So give this delicious recipe a try, check out the others on the R4HK website, and cast a vote for your favorite!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chicken Alfredo with a Twist Recipe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Serves 6 (one serving = 1 cup)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;2 soup cans of soup, cream of chicken&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1.5 cups of half &amp;amp; half cream, fat free&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1/4 tsp. of white pepper&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1/8 tsp. of garlic powder&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1/4 cup of parmesan cheese, grated&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1.5 cups of diced chicken&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2.75 cups of dry Rotini pasta&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;To see the tricks of the trade in pulling this recipe together and to cast your vote in the Recipe for Health Kids competition, &lt;a href="http://www.recipesforkidschallenge.com/submissions/720-chicken-alfredo-with-a-twist"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. Keep an eye on the &lt;em&gt;Let’s Move!&lt;/em&gt; blog as we report back from our next stop at Joshua Cowell Elementary School in Manteca, California.  &lt;/p&gt;




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