{"id":13931,"date":"2016-07-18T19:57:52","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T19:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=13931"},"modified":"2016-08-03T12:21:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T12:21:14","slug":"2016-white-house-recipe-contest-winners-of-healthy-lunchtime-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/2016-white-house-recipe-contest-winners-of-healthy-lunchtime-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Indian American Kids Win Michelle Obama\u2019s 2016 White House Recipe Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yesterday, the US First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a dinner in the White House recognizing and congratulating the young winners of the 2016 White House Recipe Contest which is also known as Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. Three Indian American children were among the invitees to the State Dinner in recognition of their winning recipes. A matter of pride for the Indians in USA!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Healthy Lunchtime Challenge is one of the most popular events at the White House in Washington DC. A nationwide recipe contest for young culinary aspirants, it helps to promote healthy cooking and eating<\/strong>. Since its launch in 2012, the contest has been won by 270 young chefs from across the United States and seen submission of over 6000 recipes. Sponsored by the US Department of Education and the US Department of Agriculture, the White House recipe contest is part of Michelle Obama\u2019s initiative \u2018Let\u2019s Move\u2019 to keep kids in good health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Indian American winners of the 2016 White House Recipe Contest are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">8-year-old Shakthi Ramachandran from Indiana<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">10-year-old Priya Patel from Texas<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">11-year-old Abhijith Jenkins from Missouri<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Shakthi-Ramachandran-among-winners-of-2016-white-house-recipe-contest.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13937 size-full\" title=\"Shakthi Ramachandran, one of the Indian American kids among the winners of the 2016 White House Recipe Contest\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Shakthi-Ramachandran-among-winners-of-2016-white-house-recipe-contest.jpg\" alt=\"white house recipe contest, healthy lunchtime challenge, Indian americans, NRI news, events in USA\" width=\"663\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Shakthi Ramachandran from the US state of Indiana won the White House Recipe Contest for her recipe of chicken tikka pita with cucumber raita.<\/strong> She owes her love of Indian food to her father who is from India. Any Indian dish having a lot of vegetable is her favorite. She gets most of the vegetables from their outhouse garden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Priya Patel from the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/austin-based-devika-chhipa-kumar-brings-sanitary-pad-machines-in-rajasthan-villages\/\" target=\"_blank\">US state of Texas<\/a><\/span> won the contest for her recipe of delicious Tex-Mex vegetable lasagna. <\/strong>She owes this winning recipe to her mother who always inspires her to add vegetables to food. She shared, \u201cMy mom says that not liking one ingredient or not having an ingredient of your choice is not an excuse to buy fast food or avoid trying a recipe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Abhijith Jenkins from the US state of Missouri won the 2016 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge for his tropical catfish and quinoa delicacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Michelle Obama gave a warm welcome to all 56 winners of the 2016 White House Recipe Contest, including the three kids from the Indian American community<\/strong>, praised them eloquently for their culinary creativity and treated them to a delicious dinner in the White House.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>During her congratulatory speech at Kids\u2019 State Dinner in the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/white-house-fellowship-finalists-include-tina-shah-and-anjali-tripathi\/\" target=\"_blank\">White House<\/a><\/span>, the First Lady said<\/strong>, \u201cThis annual recipe contest is not only competition but an opportunity to adopt healthy eating habits for lifetime.\u201d She added, \u201cThe right food for the body is the right fuel to make you feel better, stronger and more active.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A special performance by Walt Disney World Resort\u2019s \u201cThe Jungle Book: Alive with Magic\u201d was organized for the young chefs, as the kids were referred to.<\/strong> Television Chef Rachael Ray whose Yum-O organization is a partner of the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge turned up to catch up with the winners at the State Dinner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Travel Beats is a digital news portal for Indian Diaspora by IndianEagle, a leading international organization booking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">travel to India<\/a> for Indians in America. 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