The Low fat Doesn’t Have to Mean Low Taste Cook Off

The Health Promotion Department is seeking employees to participate in a cook off featuring your favorite low fat recipe. Participants will prepare a pre-approved recipe that will be sampled and voted upon by patients in the main waiting area. Prizes will be awarded to the winners! Recipes will be approved based upon their fat content, affordability, and ease of preparation. Join us and demonstrate that low fat does not have to mean low taste! Funds will be provided if needed to prepare the recipe for the cook off. Storage, heating and refrigeration of recipes will be provided on the day of the cook off.

Project leaders (photo on right) from left to right include Pricilla Fonseca, summer student, Brenda Galvin, RD, CDE, Adult & Community Nutritionist, and Diane Magalhaes, CHES, Health Educator.

The Cook-off took place from 10 am to 11 am on the following days:

	Wednesday, July 9 2003
	Wednesday, July 16 2003
	Wednesday, July 23 2003
	Wednesday, July 30 2003

Cook-off Results

COOK-OFF Results

For Wednesday, July 9, 2003:
Employee Submitting Recipe	Recipe Submitted	Photo of prepared Food
Diane Magalhaes, CHES Health Educator (on right)	Broccoli Bread (click for recipe)	Baked Spinach on left and Broccoli Bread on right
Blanca Toledo Patient Advocate	Baked Spinach (click for recipe)	Baked Spinach on left and Broccoli Bread on right

For Wednesday, July 16, 2003:
Employee Submitting Recipe	Recipe Submitted	Photo of Prepared Food
Brenda Galvin, RD, CDE Nutritionist/Diabetes Educator	Spinach Dip (click for recipe)
Laura Grafton, MPH Senior WIC Nutritionist	Low-fat Chocolate Brownies (click for recipe)
For Wednesday, July 23, 2003:
Employee Submitting Recipe	Recipe Submitted	Photo of Prepared Food
	Strawberry Yogurt Pie
	Low-fat Banana Bread
For Wednesday, July 30, 2003:
Employee Submitting Recipe	Recipe Submitted	Photo of Prepared Food
Kristen Cushing, PA Primary Care Provider	Sour Cream Pound Cake
Margaret Olszewski President's Public Health Service Fellow from Yale	(Seviche) Shrimp Dip
Cook-Off Results
Thanks to all who participated in the cook-off. The results were as follows: Week 1: Spinach pie and broccoli bread tied Week 2: Low fat brownies won over Spinach dip Week 3: Banana bread won over yogurt pie Week 4: Seviche (shrimp salsa) won over low fat pound cake Most of the votes for each week were very very close…no more than 4 votes difference at times. So, because they were so close, we decided to give each participant a prize for their efforts. Participants claimed their prizes in the WIC/Nutrition/Health Promotion Department. Thanks to all that participated in this educational activity. We had a great time with this contest.