{"id":5395,"date":"2026-08-12T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=5395"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:00:54","slug":"family-wellness-hosts-kids-healthy-cooking-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=5395","title":{"rendered":"Family Wellness Hosts Kids Healthy Cooking Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.valleynewslive.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Add Us On GoogleAdd as a preferred source on Google<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) Pans were sizzling and vegetables were flying as young student chefs faced off in a &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=5349&quot; title=&quot;Balochistan, MNCH ink MoU to strengthen child <a href=\"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=5278\" title=\"Pakistan\u2019s sick system of health\">health<\/a> services&#8221;&gt;health<\/a>y stir-fry cook-off at the Family Wellness center in Fargo<\/p>\n<p>Fourth- and fifth-graders competed in the Family Wellness Kids Healthy Cooking Competition, racing the clock to create their best stir-fry dish in 45 minutes for a panel of local judges. The event is part of Family Wellness\u2019 broader effort to teach elementary-age students nutrition basics and introductory cooking skills<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do healthy cooking in the classroom throughout the fall,\u201d said Amanda Linn, culinary education coordinator for Family Wellness. \u201cWe work with 4th and 5th graders teaching them nutrition basics and introductory cooking skills, so this is kind of an opportunity for them to show that off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judges said they were impressed by the students\u2019 enthusiasm and their use of fresh ingredients such as vegetables, garlic and ginger. Some competitors added personal twists, including chow mein noodles inspired by a grandmother\u2019s recipe and chili crisp oil for extra heat<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the goal goes beyond naming a winner. They hope the competition helps kids feel more independent in the kitchen, build confidence and form healthy eating habits they can <a href=\"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=5364\" title=\"Injuries can take a mental toll on athletes\">take<\/a> home to their families<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of our eating habits are really formative during this age,\u201d Linn said. \u201cThey\u2019re getting more independent in the kitchen, learning base skills so they can make a snack for themselves, feel more confident with their balanced eating choices and start growing some of that confidence in food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KVLY. All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) Pans were sizzling and vegetables were flying as young student chefs faced off in a healthy stir-fry cook-off at the Family Wellness center in Fargo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[91,373,594,387,131],"class_list":["post-5395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-family-wellness","tag-family","tag-healthy","tag-hosts","tag-kids","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5396,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5395\/revisions\/5396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}