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What is Cystic Fibrosis?

CF is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30k children and adults in the US (70k worldwide). A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that both clogs the lungs and obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food. [www.cff.org]

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Boomer Esiason said my Chicken Salad is tremendous!

Abbot Laboratories sponsored a contest, the CF Chef Challenge, to launch a new online nutrition resource that allows those of us touched by cystic fibrosis to share recipes.  CFers need to maintain a high calorie, high fat, high protein diet because they burn more calories than normal because their body is working hard to deal with all of that sticky mucus.  So those low fat, low calorie recipes that many deal with daily just won't do! 


To launch the site, they held a CF Chef Challenge, where you submitted a recipe (and your CF story) and a winner was chosen in the Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snack categories. 


The judges (Michael Symon from the Food Network, the legendary Boomer Esiason, Ali Christensen from America's Got Talent and a CFer herself, and Suzanne Michel a registered dietician) held a taste test and chose the winners.  I can't claim to be a cook, but my chicken salad did take first in the Lunch Category!


Here is a link to the main website Chef4CF


Click here to see the videos of the taste test and the recipe.


One of the prizes!
My very own Chef hat
signed by the Judges!
Chicken Salad


And the media props:



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