Join the fun!
The Ultimate Youth Recipe Challenge is a wonderful opportunity for kids and teens to showcase their originality, buy local produce or use produce grown in their gardens, develop healthy eating habits and spend valuable time with the family in the kitchen.
The contest is open to youth in pre-K through high school in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas and Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte counties in Missouri. The contest encourages youth to work together with their families to create a nutritious lunch recipe using at least one local ingredient.
Instructions
The Ultimate Youth Recipe Challenge was created to empower youth and their families to get out into their communities and find local food at farmer’s markets and grocery stores. The contest asks youth to develop their lunch themed recipe including one local or grown ingredient and will be evaluated on:
You don’t have to worry about calorie counts, but here’s a handy chart to help you choose healthy ingredients.
If your recipe calls for:
Bread or Pasta > Whole Grain
Meat > Low-fat protein like chicken or turkey
Dairy > Low-fat or part-skim
Lots of Salt and/or Sugar > A different idea
Who Can Enter
What to Enter
Participants must submit 3-5 photos meeting the following conditions
Judging
Entries will be judged based on use of local ingredients, creativity, healthy attributes and ability to be recreated in a school setting. Participants are allowed to submit 3-5 photos.
Technical Requirements
Awards
The top 3 finalists with the highest scoring recipes will receive:
The contest is open to youth in pre-K through high school in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas and Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte counties in Missouri. The contest encourages youth to work together with their families to create a nutritious lunch recipe using at least one local ingredient.
Instructions
The Ultimate Youth Recipe Challenge was created to empower youth and their families to get out into their communities and find local food at farmer’s markets and grocery stores. The contest asks youth to develop their lunch themed recipe including one local or grown ingredient and will be evaluated on:
- Creativity
- Healthy attributes Use of fresh, local fruit and/or vegetables Ingredients that are available in Kansas and Missouri
- Ability to be recreated in a school setting
- Preferably no grilling, barbecuing or frying Healthier seasoning options (minimal salt and sugar)
- Quick and easy to prepare
You don’t have to worry about calorie counts, but here’s a handy chart to help you choose healthy ingredients.
If your recipe calls for:
Bread or Pasta > Whole Grain
Meat > Low-fat protein like chicken or turkey
Dairy > Low-fat or part-skim
Lots of Salt and/or Sugar > A different idea
Who Can Enter
- Group 1: Grades Pre-K through 8th grade
- Group 2: Grades 9th grade - high school
- Counties: Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte in Missouri, and Johnson County and Wyandotte in Kansas.
What to Enter
Participants must submit 3-5 photos meeting the following conditions
- Participant attaining local ingredient (With farmer at the market, at store, in garden!)
- Participant preparing the recipe Participant and prepared recipe Final prepared recipe
- How to Enter Entries must be submitted electronically and should be posted no later than 11:59:59 p.m. on April 30, 2021.
- Contest Period entries will be accepted April 1 to April 30, 2021.
Judging
Entries will be judged based on use of local ingredients, creativity, healthy attributes and ability to be recreated in a school setting. Participants are allowed to submit 3-5 photos.
Technical Requirements
- Photos must be in digital format.
- Photos may not be enhanced with filters, frames, type or other effects.
- Only minor adjustments such as cropping and/or color correction are acceptable.
Awards
The top 3 finalists with the highest scoring recipes will receive:
- 1st Place: Announcement in Feast Magazine
- 2nd Place: Private cooking lesson with a Kansas City chef
- 3rd Place: A culinary gift basket
- Winners will be highlighted on the KC Healthy Kids website.