| KIDS Teaching KIDS |
In 2008, Medical City Heart, the Frisco ISD Career and Technology Education (CTE) Center, and the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association (GDRA) collaborated to develop a unique program. The Culinary Arts program students (11th and 12th grade high school students) were challenged to create healthy and flavorful snacks that a 4th or 5th grader could prepare at home. Medical City Heart evaluated the snacks for nutritional value. Fifth-graders from Shawnee Trail Elementary in Frisco sampled the snacks and rated each entry for flavor, nutrition, and presentation.
Fruit Shish-K-Bob
Moon Pie
Ants on a Boat
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This year, Medical City Heart, Frisco ISD's Career and Technology Education (CTE) Center, and the GDRA took the success of last year to a new level. In addition to the Culinary Arts students, we involved the Graphics Design students to create the layout and design of the booklet. Also, Media Technology Students (Frisco ISD TV) joined the collaborative effort by documenting the process and creating a documentary. Through this collaboration, the process of raising awareness regarding the severity of obesity began. The KIDS Teaching KIDS program has created a fun and healthy snack cookbook for all ages to enjoy. Kids will benefit from snacks that are edible arts-and crafts, provide nutritional facts, and easy-to-make with common pantry items. The goal of the booklet is to introduce healthy snack choices that kids will enjoy and influence future chefs to consider healthy and nutritious ingredients when preparing recipes. Enjoy!
Click here or on the healthy kid-friendly cookbook cover below to download the fun and healthy snack cookbook.

For questions or feedback regarding KIDS
Teaching KIDS, please contact:
Ryan Eason (972) 566-7944 or
ryan.eason@hcahealthcare.com