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View	Creating A Family Culture of Healthy Eating Guest: Kitchen Basics, Inc. This segment explores the many health and culinary advantages of using flavorful, non-fat, all-natural cooking stock in your meals with renowned author and TV chef, Nick Stellino. more
View	Creating Recipes For Family Traditions Guest: Bridgford Foods Bridgford frozen dough makes holiday baking easy, from traditional rolls, to monkey breads, cinnamon rolls to party pizzas. Fill your home with warm, delicious aromas this season that will bring the whole family to the table. Pepperoni Monkey Bread 1 package Bridgford Parkerhouse Rolls or 1.5 loaves BFBD divided into 48 equal pieces 2 oz sliced Bridgford Pepperoni (about 28 thin slices) 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese 2 tsp dried oregano ½ tsp. garlic powder ½ cup butter, melted Let dough thaw. If using Bridgford Roll Dough, divide each roll piece in half; set aside. Lightly grease a 12 cup bundt cake pan; set aside. In a medium size bowl, combine Parmesan, oregano, and garlic. With kitchen shears, cut the pepperoni slices into smaller pieces and mix into cheese mixture; set aside. Dip each dough piece in butter and then coat in pepperoni/cheese mixture. Place coated balls of dough evenly in pan. Let the dough rise until double in size. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35 - 40 minutes or until golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped on top. Remove from oven and invert out of pan upside down on a large plate. Serve with marinara sauce if desired. Bridgford Cinnamon Rolls 1 loaf Bridgford Frozen Bread Dough, thawed ¼ cup melted butter or margarine ¼ cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ cup raisins (optional) ¼ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional) Lightly grease a 12 cavity muffin pan or two 8 inch pie or cake pans. Set aside. Roll thawed loaf on a lightly floured surface to an 8 x 12 inch rectangle. Brush dough with half of the butter. Mix cinnamon with sugar and spread over butter. Roll dough up starting from the 12-inch side. Seal seams. Divide log of cinnamon dough into 12 equal size pieces. Place one piece into each muffin tin or divide and place 6 in each prepared pie or cake pan. Brush dough with melted butter. Let rise until double in size. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 20 minutes or until a light golden brown. Remove from oven and brush with additional butter. If desired drizzle with vanilla icing Icing: mix 2 cups powdered sugar with 2 tablespoons milk or water and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract. Add more milk or water for thinner consistency. Yield 12 rolls more
View	America’s Favorite Yams for Thanksgiving Guest: Bruce Foods In this segment, actress and model Cara Coste tells us why she likes Bruce’s Yams, the health benefits, and some great recipes for the Thanksgiving holiday and beyond. more
View	Buying In Bulk - Meal Planning Solutions For Families On A Budget Guest: H.J. Heinz Company In this segment we meet with Chef Rania Harris to show our viewers how they can create easy and affordable Italian meals with homemade taste and quality ingredients using Classico Pasta Sauce. The 3 recipes that Chef Rania shares involve less than 15 minutes and are sure to be a hit with the entire family. more
View	What's For Dinner - Easy Recipes and Family Meal Planning With Seafood Guest: Odyssey Enterprises When you’ve got small children at home, the chances to dine out are few and far between. That’s tough on those of us who love seafood. But we’re about to reveal an easy way to prepare restaurant-quality fish in your own home. Available at Sam’s Club, Treasures from the Sea offers incredibly simple seafood solutions. Chef Jeremy Hanlon dispels myths about frozen fish and shows us how we can make tasty, health-conscious meals in minutes. more
View	Cooking And Baking With Soy Guest: Silk In this segment the Balancing Act’s own Chef, Jeremy Hanlon, shares the benefits of substituting Soy Milk for dairy milk in your recipes and cooking and shares it’s health benefits while showing our host how to make a great tasting smoothie with Silk. more
View	The Healthy Life Tastes Good Guest: Bolthouse Farms Kids always look forward to a school snack or lunch with friends; but they're not always willing to eat that healthy meal mom packed. Hosea Rosenberg, an accomplished chef who won Top Chef: New York recently - provides some great recipes that will tempt your children to eat delicious, crispy carrots as part of their diets - and adults will love them too! more
View	Smart Shopping with Bulk Buying: Meal Solutions For Families On A Budget Guest: Unilever In this segment, the Balancing Act’s Chef Jeremy Hanlon shows us how to get creative with familiar ingredients, including Wish-Bone Dressing and Ragu Pasta Sauce. Learn how to take advantage of bulk-size quantities by starting a cooking club – we’ll even walk you through your first two recipes! more
View	What's For Dinner? What Works For Real Families Guest: Sam's Club In this segment Chef and Author Nicole Aloni shows us the concept behind Sam’s Cooking Club and visits a club in Miami to share some tips and techniques that help busy moms prepare a weeks worth of meals for their families while saving money and having fun! more
View	Using Healthier Ingredients For Healthier Cooking Guest: Pompeian Inc. With our hectic, stress-filled lives, it’s not always easy to get the nutrition we need just from the foods we eat. But these days more cooking products are created with extra nutritional benefits that can help us live a healthier lifestyle -- easier! In this segment Celebrity Chef and author Nick Stellino joins Pompeian CEO Bill Monroe to explain the many health benefits of cooking with a new, nutrient-infused olive oil that is good for your brain, your eyes and your heart. They will also explain the antioxidant value in various red wine vinegar products, infused with pomegranate, acai, blueberry and roasted garlic. Chef Nick will highlight two delicious recipes: a Citrus Pomegranate Glazed Salmon, and Chili-Lime Chicken Breasts with Tumeric Rice. more
View	Simple Solutions for the Every Day Gourmet Guest: Green Mountain Gringo Salsas & Tortilla Strips Green Mountain Gringo® understands America’s desire to know exactly what they are eating which is why their salsas are made with ONLY natural ingredients. In this segment, Chef Don McMillan shows us some tasty recipes made with Green Mountain Gringo salsa, and shows us why people love it. more
View	Latin Cuisine from a Superstar Chef Guest: Sargento Cheese 2008 James Beard Award-Winner, TV host, Author and Chef Michelle Bernstein-Martinez dishes up some great Latin recipes from the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. more
View	Recipes & Other Reasons To Use Organic Chocolate Guest: Green & Black Organic Chocolate Celebrity chef, Curtis Stone takes us through a NYC organic market & shows us recipes to use organic chocolate. more
View	Don't Skip Breakfast Guest: Walden Farms Eat breakfast to jump start your metabolism…you will burn more calories throughout the day! So don’t skip breakfast, just skip sugary and fatty foods and switch to Calorie Free Jam and Jelly fruit spreads and Calorie Free syrups. Your waist line will appreciate it and you’ll have more energy to start your day. more
View	Traditions for Healthy Recipes Guest: Walden Farms Balancing Act Nutritionist Dr. Janet Brill and her daughter Rachel who is home visiting from college invite us into their kitchen to show us some simple ways they cut calories without sacrificing taste in some their favorite family recipes with the help of Walden Farms Calorie Free Foods. more
View	Healthy Sandwich? Guest: Walden Farms Trying to eat healthy by having a low fat turkey sandwich? Be very careful about your choice of condiments. Mayo is one of the easiest ways to add hundreds of unwanted fat calories to a healthy sandwich. Instead, switch to Calorie Free Mayo, and best of all, you won’t have to sacrifice taste. Enjoy a truly healthy sandwich! more
View	Healthy Way for PB & J Guest: Walden Farms Have too many unwanted calories kept you from enjoying a peanut butter and Jelly sandwich? Simply switch from high calorie / high fat peanut butter and sugary jam or jelly to Calorie Free Peanut Spread and Calorie Free Jam and Jelly Fruit Spreads. Enjoy this popular favorite and best of all…you’ll save hundreds of calories every time! more
View	Getting Your Family To Eat Healthier With Mrs. Dash Guest: Alberto-Culver Company Using Mrs. Dash seasoning blends is a great way to get your family to eat healthier, without sacrificing taste. This segment features two great recipes using Mrs. Dash salt-free seasonings that will have your children eating their veggies and liking it! more
View	Cinco De Mayo Special...Bringing Authentic Mexican Recipes To Your Everyday Dinner Table Guest: Ole Mexican Foods When you’re preparing for your Cinco de Mayo celebration, look for the fresh, high-quality, authentic Ole brand chips, tortillas and tostadas in your local supermarket. In this segment, TV Chef Eduardo Pria shows us simple Mexican recipes you can make at home. more
View	Getting Kids To Drink Milk Guest: Walden Farms The American Heart Association recommends children over 2 switch to lowfat or fat free Milk. To encourage kids to drink more milk without adding unwanted calories serve the fat free milk flavored with Calorie Free chocolate syrup. Kids will get the calcium important for healthy developing bones and the chocolate taste will make milk fun! more
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Creating A Family Culture of Healthy Eating

Creating Recipes For Family Traditions

America’s Favorite Yams for Thanksgiving

Buying In Bulk - Meal Planning Solutions For Families On A Budget

What's For Dinner - Easy Recipes and Family Meal Planning With Seafood

Cooking And Baking With Soy

The Healthy Life Tastes Good

Smart Shopping with Bulk Buying: Meal Solutions For Families On A Budget

What's For Dinner? What Works For Real Families

Using Healthier Ingredients For Healthier Cooking

Simple Solutions for the Every Day Gourmet

Latin Cuisine from a Superstar Chef

Recipes & Other Reasons To Use Organic Chocolate

Don't Skip Breakfast

Traditions for Healthy Recipes

Healthy Sandwich?

Healthy Way for PB & J

Getting Your Family To Eat Healthier With Mrs. Dash

Cinco De Mayo Special...Bringing Authentic Mexican Recipes To Your Everyday Dinner Table

Getting Kids To Drink Milk