Azusa USD Natl School Lunch Week salad recipe contest

The National School Lunch Program has been feeding tens of millions of students each year since it was established in 1946, including about 30 million students this school year, and that’s worth celebrating! So the Azusa Unified Nutrition Services department is marking the 55th annual National School Lunch Week with a vegetable-salad recipe contest that will see the winning entry featured on AUSD school lunch menus. The winning chef will also receive a new bicycle.

“The 2017 National School Lunch Week theme is ‘School Lunch: Recipes for Success,’” explained Nutrition Services Director Stella Ndahura. “So we thought it would be both fun and educational to let students share their own recipes and demonstrate their knowledge of nutrition.”

The contest guidelines are simple:

• Create a salad recipe featuring all vegetable subgroups: orange/red, dark green, starchy, other and beans (legumes).
• The recipe should yield 50 servings.
• The recipe should use low-fat dressing or vinaigrette.
• Clearly write your full name, school and grade on your entry.
• Entries are due no later than Friday, Oct. 13, to:

National School Lunch Week Contest

Nutrition Services Department

546 So. Citrus Ave.

Azusa, CA 91701

The winner will be chosen by a group of Nutrition Services employees, and the winner will be presented with the new bicycle on Friday, Oct. 20. The School Board will get to taste the salad during its October 17 meeting. (The winner will prepare 12 servings of the recipe for the School Board, Superintendent and her cabinet.)

ABOUT AUSD: Azusa Unified School District educates almost 8,300 students in grades TK-12 at 18 schools. Its graduation rate exceeds both the state and national averages.