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Leon Sanchez, a Chicago high-school student inspired by his dying grandmother to cook, recently won the Cooking Up Change contest that challenges students to develop healthy school lunch meals that meet federal nutrition standards, according to a new video by the Kids’ Safe & Healthful Foods (KSHF) Project, and a blog post by PreventObesity.net that feature Sanchez.
Sanchez and his teammates won the contest for Mexican-food-inspired dishes, including chicken rancheros and tropical de fruta.
The recipes have had a great impact on children’s health.
“I wanted to make my grandmother proud, and make everyone who knows me proud,” Sanchez said in the video. “We are actually helping kids live a longer life.”
Learn more about Cooking Up Change here.
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