The folks at www.mealstogether.com are sponsoring a kids’ recipe contest.

Five families will win $5,000 college scholarships; 400 first-place winners will receive a cookout carry-all.

Here are tips for making mealtimes a family tradition and encouraging kids to cook:

• Each week, designate a few meals to share with the family. Breakfast, lunch or brunch work as well as dinner.
• Work as a team to prepare the meal.
• Learn fancy ways of folding napkins to make the table look special.

For contest rules, see www.mealstogether.com; click on the contest note. Deadline is Oct. 31.