A 10-year-old Toledo girl has won a Nintendo^® Wii Fit^TM  as part of a national healthy recipe contest sponsored by Buckeye Community Health Plan’s parent company, Centene Corporation.

Buckeye’s mascot, Buckley the Squirrel, surprised Oakdale Elementary School fifth-grader Alexia Aranda with the game system as the grand prize for her winning entry in the recipe contest. The presentation was made at an assembly at the school January 27.

Alexia, the daughter of Bobby Jo Aranda, submitted a recipe for a frozen banana with yogurt.  Another fifth-grader at the school, Jacob Lowry, was a regional winner in the recipe contest. Jacob, who submitted a recipe for fruit/yogurt snack mix, received a $50 Subway gift card. Jacob, 11, is the son of Jennifer Lowry. 

Kids’ Club

Centene Corporation sponsored the recipe contest as part of its Kids’ Club program, which Centene kicked off last year to help educate its child members on a variety of health topics. As part of the Kids’ Club initiative, Centene’s health plans across the country, including Buckeye, reach out directly to children with newsletters, health education, and other innovative events such as the recipe contest.

Through its Kids’ Club efforts, Buckeye has an adopt-a-school partnership with Oakdale Elementary. Buckeye and Oakdale staff regularly partner to help students at the school learn more about healthy lifestyles through various exciting activities that teach healthy habits and improve the lives of students and their families.

In The News!

Check out these links from the Toledo Blade and WTVG-TV ABC Channel 13 to see media coverage of the recipe contest winners at the January 27 assembly.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/video?id=7243145

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100128/NEWS04/100129706

Winning Recipes

Alexia’s Frozen Banana and Yogurt

Ingredients:

• 1 Banana
• 1/8 cup Low Fat Granola
• ¼ cup Low Fat Vanilla Yogurt
• Stick

Instructions:

1. Put banana on a stick
2. Dip banana in yogurt (covering banana)
3. Roll banana covered in yogurt in granola
4. Freeze for one hour

Jacob’s Fruit and Yogurt (apple, grape, strawberry, raspberry) 

Ingredients:

• 50g Grapes, raw (about ½ cup)
• 150g Strawberries, raw (about 1 cup, halved)
• 1 cup Low-Fat Yogurt
• 1/2 Cup Raspberries
• 1/2 cup apples, sliced

 Instructions:

1. Cut fruit into pieces
2. Put yogurt into bowl
3. Place fruit into bowl with yogurt and mix together

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