All About Healthy Living Recipe Contest

The Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council, Southern Arizona Council and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona are looking for great-tasting, healthy side dish recipes as part of the All About Healthy Living patch program.

If you are a Girl Scout in Arizona and have a healthy side dish you love, we want to hear from you!

The winner will be notified on or about October 20, 2017.

For a recipe to be considered, please make sure that it:

  1. Is an original recipe for a cold side dish
  2. Includes at least one fruit and/or vegetable
  3. Can be cooked within 20 minutes (including prep time)

One winner from the Cactus-Pine Council and one winner from the Southern Arizona Council will be selected based on nutritional value, potential taste, average cost per serving for ingredients and originality.

  1. All Girl Scouts entering a recipe will earn the All About Healthy Living patch and Health rocker.
  2. Each winner will also receive $150 to spend at her Council shop.
  3. The winning recipes and tastings of the dishes will be distributed at community events around Arizona.
  4. All finalists may be asked to participate in local TV and newspaper interviews.

Recipes will be accepted
September 23 – October 15.


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Enter Your Recipe Below

Please submit your recipe complete with a list of ingredients, instructions for preparation and average cost per person for the ingredients. The winners will be notified on or about October 20, 2017.


Please include one ingredient per line (e.g. 2 onions, finely chopped).
Please be descriptive and include as much information as possible.
What is the total cost of ingredients (i.e. $23.75).
How many people will this recipe feed?

Tell Us About Yourself

We'd like to know a little bit about the person behind this healthy recipe and, if you're the winner, be able to notify you!

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