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Join us in celebrating the grand prize winner of the 2023 Health Care Culinary Contest: Mayo Clinic’s three sisters blue zone tacos
Chef Michael Millben from Mayo Clinic brought healing and health together, combining the blue zone diet – a whole food, plant-based approach to meals – with the Indigenous agricultural practice of planting corn, beans, and squash together known as the three sisters.
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“My whole approach to hospital food is to make sure everybody can enjoy what they're eating. You don't get the chance to try something different like plant-forward meals every day. It was a proud moment to hear that I won the contest.”
– Chef Michael Millben
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Chef Millben was celebrated at CleanMed 2024, where his winning meal was served to attendees.
A round of applause for our finalists - be sure to try their recipes!
- Overlook Medical Center’s Sicilian butternut squash and sweet pea arancini
- Parkview Regional Medical Center’s beet tataki
- Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange’s pho-bowl-ous jackfruit
- Scripps Health’s Asian tofu lettuce wraps