Wednesday, 31 May 2023 05:10 AM Asia/Manila


Barangays participate in Nutrition Month 'Cooking Contest'

By: Vec Cariño

In line with the National Nutrition Month celebration, the City Nutrition Office of Santa Rosa conducted on July 15, 2022 a 'Cooking Contest' held at Brgy. Kanluran Covered Court.

Participats preparing the ingredients of their healthy recipe (Photo by: Monroe Cueto / CIO)

Participants, which were group of mothers coming from 18 different barangays in the city, were given opportunity to share their affordable yet healthy recipes using vegetable as their main ingredient.

Brgy. Kanluran topped other teams with their winning recipe, 'Vegetable Seafood Rolls'. Coming in on 2nd place is Brgy. Balibago with their 'Buko Supreme with Fried Tofu'; and Brgy. Pooc on 3rd place with their very own take on 'Kalabasa Patty with Sauce'.

Barngay Balibago's Buko Supreme and Fried Tofu. (Photo by: Tonio Alonzo / CIO)

The cooking contest aimed to discover and introduce healthy recipes that mothers can serve in their households.

It was also anchored on this year's Nutrition Month theme, "New Normal na Nutrisyon, Sama-Samang Gawan ng Solusyon".