Whether you are looking for new healthy tips and tricks or revamping your lifestyle, everyone could use a little inspiration in the kitchen. The Clinton Health Matters Initiative’s newest project, America Cooks With Chefs, a chef-inspired healthy cooking movement, is aiming to provide just that.

Enter to win!

Six contestants will be chosen for an all-expense-paid trip to team up with James Beard Award-winning chefs for a Kitchen Camp in the chef’s kitchen. The chefs will teach their teammates how to take raw ingredients and cook fast, healthy meals. Apply now by uploading a two minute video.

Along the way, Americans across the country will be inspired by the contestants’ progress through an online video series that captures the action. With their new skills in hand, the contestants will meet again for a Live Cooking Challenge at the Clinton Health Matters Initiative Conference in Palm Springs. A judging panel made up of the chef teammates, experts, and celebrities will select the best dish and crown the winner in front of a live audience.

About America Cooks With Chefs:

America Cooks With Chefs is a health and wellness movement that demonstrates the benefits of healthy cooking by connecting Americans to celebrity chefs and partners including The Clinton Foundation, James Beard Foundation, Weight Watchers, Deloitte, and Good Housekeeping. Through an educational and entertaining next-generation cooking competition, the initiative provides content and resources to inspire people to make healthier choices in their daily lives.

Apply now to be a contestant by uploading a two minute video.

About the Clinton Foundation:

The Clinton Foundation convenes businesses, governments, NGOs, and individuals to improve global health and wellness, increase opportunity for women and girls, reduce childhood obesity, create economic opportunity and growth, and help communities address the effects of climate change.

The Creative Kitchen™, LLC, teaches children about food and how to cook in a fun, safe, and educational manner. Targeting families with children ages two to teen, the company focuses on teaching, writing creative content and curriculum, special events, recipe development, spokesperson work, webisode production and consulting to present educational and entertaining content through food-related activities. The founder, Cricket Azima, is an expert in cooking for and with children. She inspires kids to express themselves creatively through food and cooking, while complementing lessons with traditional educational material such as social studies, math, arts, science, and more. Visit www.thecreativekitchen.com for more information.

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Monday: 

Scrambled Eggs w/ Almond Milk & Stracchino

Recipe By: Sam Talbot, SamTalbot.com

Start the week packed with protein to give the family the post-weekend jump-start they need to get back into the weekly groove!  Try Sam Talbot’s quick and easy Scrambled Eggs w/ Almond Milk & Stracchino.  This twist on a classic breakfast will certainly impress the palate!

Tuesday: 

Kewlest Blueberry Muffins

Recipe By: Reed Alexander, KewlBites

Blueberries are a kid-favorite super-food, loaded with antioxidants to feed the brain! Make a batch of Reed Alexander’s Kewlest Blueberry Muffins for a sweet breakfast treat that can be eaten at home or on-the-go.  Pair it with yogurt and a hard boiled egg for a heartier meal. Think ahead and bake this recipe over the weekend – and, if you have extra, freeze some to defrost and eat another day when you’re in a pinch for time!

Wednesday: 

Spiced Pumpkin Biscuits

Recipe from: CookingLight.com

These Spiced Pumpkin Biscuits from Cooking Light are tender and low in fat and sodium. The best part is kids can help make them!

Young Chefs Can:
• Help cut dough with biscuit cutter
• Place biscuits on baking sheet
• Help cut butter into small pieces
• Knead dough and measure dimensions

Thursday:

Breakfast Pizza

Recipe By: Cricket Azima, The Creative Kitchen

Pizza for breakfast?!  Have a fun-filled morning with Cricket Azima’s Breakfast Pizza recipe from FoodNetwork.com!  Ensure that each member of the family will adore their breakfast by getting everyone involved in the preparation.  Set up a buffet of possible toppings with a variety of vegetables and/or meats and each person can make them to taste (younger family members can point to their choices and parents can put on top). Ask kids to choose from broccoli, peas or peppers…whichever they choose, you’ll be satisfied knowing a vegetable was included!

Friday:

Breakfast Cookies

Recipe By: Ellie Krieger, Healthy Living 

It’s FRIDAY! Celebrate with cookies for breakfast!  Ellie Krieger’s Breakfast Cookies, from FoodNetwork.com are loaded with fiber and protein, keeping your family feeling full longer. Pair with a glass of milk, and some fresh fruit for a oh-so-satisfying meal.

The content of this post is courtesy of the Kids Food Festival, LLC. The Kids Food Festival is dedicated to educating families about making balanced food choices through fun and flavorful activities. Learn more at www.KidsFoodFestival.com. 

NEW YORK, July 12, 2012—

The Kids Food Festival™, a premier family-oriented food event, and Cooking Light, the nation’s leading epicurean magazine brand,announced today a partnership to educate families about making balanced food choices through an expanded event series.  The new series, The Kids Food Festival™, in partnership with Cooking Lightwill offer family-friendly cooking classes, food demonstrations, food sampling, and entertainment to help create wholesome lifelong eating habits for both kids and parents.   

“We are so excited to be working with Cooking Light to expand the footprint and offerings of The Kids Food  Festival™ this fall in New York City and beyond,” says Cricket Azima, The Kids Food Festival™ Founder. “The mission of both organizations are so closely aligned that it made sense to join forces to educate families about making balanced food choices.”

“At Cooking Light we understand the importance of instilling healthy eating habits at a young age and we’re always striving to deliver creative recipes to our consumers who want to feed their families healthy, delicious meals every day,” says Karla Partilla, Cooking LightPublisher. “Partnering with The Kids Food Festival™ allows us bring to life our philosophy of healthy, delicious food through hands-on classes, sampling, and activities the whole family will enjoy.”

The Kids Food Festival™, in partnership with Cooking Light is proud to continue working with the James Beard Foundation, which helps to develop and execute many of the chef led hands-on kids cooking classes throughout the festival.

 The Kids Food Festival™, in  partnership with Cooking Light gets cookin’ in New York City on November 3 and 4 and will expand to Washington, D.C. in April 2013.

A portion of the ticketed class proceeds from The Kids Food Festival™, in partnership with Cooking Light will benefit FoodCorps (www.foodcorps.org), the event’s featured charity.    

For more information about The Kids Food Festival™, in partnership with Cooking Light go to: www.kidsfoodfestival.com and check the event out on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/KidsFoodFestival.  For the latest information about the event follow us on Twitter: @KidsFoodFestNYC.

For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Founder Cricket Azima at cricket@kidsfoodfestival.com.

About Kids Food Festival
The Kids Food Festival™, a premier family-oriented food event, is presented by The Creative Kitchen™, LLC, a company that teaches children about food and how to cook in a fun, safe, and educational manner.  Targeting families with children ages two and older, the company focuses on teaching, writing creative content and curriculum, special events, recipe development, spokesperson work, webisode production and consulting to present educational content through food-related activities. The founder, Cricket Azima, inspires children to express themselves creatively through cooking, social studies, arts and sciences.