Keep it red for decorations: Easy Holiday Tablescape

Holiday party decorations don’t have to be complicated and expensive.  I picked up my placemats, napkins and charges at a discount store.  For flowers, I just bought a bouquet of small roses, baby breath, and cranberries,  Fill your vases with cranberries–I like small vases for a dinner party so people can see each other…but any size vase [...]

Budget Friendly Christmas Decorations

Christmas decorations don’t have to be fancy and expensive when you get set the mood with these easy ideas. Fill a vase with cranberries and pick up flowers to pop in.  A bowl of pomegranates and pine cones can be a lovely table centerpiece.  And, those extra Christmas Ornaments-fill a glass vase or glass bowl [...]

Only the Best

I had the privledge of teaming up with DuPont Teflon cookware (in 2005) for a while to promote healthy cooking with non-stick cookware. It was fun coming up with seasonal ideas for ads and articles. Some of the ads were in People Magazine and USA Today. I loved trying out all of the quality cookware [...]

Healthy soup and pizza: WBRZ Noon Show

Crawfish Bisque and Oatmeal Chocolate Pizza-Two Favorites   What goes on behind the scenes when I appear with all my ingredients in bowls and all chopped?  Well, the day before, I chop, dice, pre-cook and organize.  I always want a beauty shot to show my viewers the finished recipe as TV time doesn’t always correspond [...]

Sweet Potatoes or Yams?

Sweet Potatoes or Yams?  Tis the season of the yams!  We know our holiday table wouldn’t be complete without a bubbling hot rich sweet potato casserole. Or is it a yam casserole and what is the difference?  Well, a true yam actually is a tuber grown in the tropics, and a true sweet potato is [...]