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:

http://www.multivu.com/mnr/52460-cfchef-recipe-challenge-winners (videos of the taste test)

http://idmanagedsolutions.usatoday.com/news/story.idms?ID_NEWS=210792987 (USA Today)

http://www.frankfortstation.com/Articles-Story-of-the-Day-c-2011-11-14-231600.114133-Cooking-for-Dean.html (Frankfort Station)

http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/lifestyles/food/8849352-423/frankfort-mom-wins-cf-recipe-contest.html (Southtown Star)