> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.foodconsumer.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Enter your school lunch recipes to win $3000 - URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/school_lunch_recipes_01100613/ - Published: 2010-10-01T19:11:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-22T16:16:58.000Z - Description: Let's Move! and the USDA offered $12,000 in prizes for new school-lunch recipes built on whole grains, dark green and orange vegetables, or dry beans and peas. Teams of a chef, a nutrition professional, a student and a parent could enter until December 30, 2010. - Author: Food Consumer - Tags: Cooking, Recipes & Dining, #vivvo-import Let's Move! toward healthier food in school $12,000 in prizes to create nutritious school lunch recipes that kids love to eat! **Detailed description** Let's Move!, in association with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is challenging school nutrition professionals, chefs, students, parents and interested community members to create tasty, healthy, exciting new recipes for inclusion on school lunch menus across the country. Participants will form teams, develop, document, and prepare at least one healthy recipe in one of three categories (Whole Grains, Dark Green and Orange vegetables, or Dry Beans and Peas). Their creations will be served in the school's cafeteria, and rated by students. Fifteen semi-finalist teams will have their recipe evaluated by our judging panel during events held at their school, and the top three teams will compete in a national cook-off to determine the grand prize winner! Semi-finalists' recipes will also be posted for online voting by the public to determine a Popular Choice Winner. Winning teams will be invited to prepare their nutrition-packed meals alongside White House chefs. **How to enter** Between 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on September 7th, 2010 until 5:00 PM EST on December 30, 2010, interested participants must form teams that include each of the following: a chef, a school nutrition professional, at least one student currently enrolled in grades 4-12, and at least one parent or community member. This team will develop, document, perfect, and prepare a nutritious and delicious recipe that features one of the three categories of Whole Grains, Dark Green and Orange Vegetables, or Dry Beans and Peas. This recipe will be prepared in the school's cafeteria, and served to the majority of those students who participate in the National School Lunch Program. Teams can register online at www.RecipesforKidsChallenge.com by clicking "Sign Up" at the top of the page at any time during the submission period, and before that period ends must submit the following (via the Submit Recipes tab) in order to enter their recipe into consideration: their recipe, measured in standard U.S. measurement units and weights, a statement affirming the recipe's originality, description of the student taste testing on school letterhead (with quotes from some participating students), a nutrient analysis, and a photograph of their prepared recipe. Please read the Official Rules and Frequently Asked Questions section for complete details on what is required in your recipe submission. There is important information listed there beyond these abbreviated rules. **Important dates** Submission Period: Start: September 07, 2010 End: December 30, 2010 Judging Period: Start: January 01, 2011 End: May 15, 2011 Public Voting Period: Start: March 01, 2011 End: May 15, 2011 **Judges** A panel of expert judges **Judging criteria** Student Involvement Nutrition Creativity and Originality Ease of Use in Schools Recipe Presentation **Prizes** Grand Prize Winner - $3000 First Place (Whole Grains) - $1500 Second Place (Whole Grains) - $1000 First Place (Dark Green and Orange Vegetables) - $1500 Second Place (Dark Green and Orange Vegetables) - $1000 First Place (Dry Beans and Peas) - $1500 Second Place (Dry Beans and Peas) - $1000 Popular Choice Award - $1500 [http://www.recipesforkidschallenge.com/](http://www.recipesforkidschallenge.com/?ref=foodconsumer.org)