Healthy Cooking Challenge – Family Favorites Winner

We were so impressed with all the healthy recipes which were submitted. When we calculated the nutritional numbers there was no clear winner. We added categories for nine (9) additional vitamins and minerals and again no clear winner, but we were at least down to two recipes. The two recipes evenly split the vitamins and minerals each being the overall winner of three items.

Given this tie in nutrition we were hoping for a winner in creativity or presentation. Again, still no clear winner. We considered having two winners but decided that we just need to bite the bullet and get serious. Thankfully we had our third judge because it took three votes to come to a conclusion. A heart-felt congratulation goes to:

• Oraphan at Easy Veggie for her submission of Brown Rice and Kale soup with Tofu and Ginger. We love that she used brown rice instead of white, added tofu for protein, kale for vitamin A and K, and ginger for antioxidants.

Thank you again to all of those of you that submitted recipes. They were all wonderful and I know I am not the only one that was inspired to make my own variation of them. My husband thinks I need to make all the recipes so that he can choose by taste. Isn’t he helpful? See why I have to keep my eye on him?

Now that we have this challenge under our belts Rose and I will be finalizing the definition of the next challenge. We are definitely going with a fast food theme. Since I will be stuck in the house all weekend due to the blizzard (and possibly longer) I should have the next challenge posted soon.

I hope you are all having a great weekend!