Linda Diehl

Love cooking. Friends go out of way for invites. Fighting cancer and cooking makes it easier to handle. Great seeing happy full people

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Who or what inspires you to cook?

I have always cooked a full meal for the family. As time went on I got better and better. Now everybody wants to eat here I have been battling cancer for 20 yrs. But since 2017 it has been 4th stage lung cancer and I call cooking kitchen therapy. TV on and away I go. Love to do old family recipes and tweet new ones. Would love to cater small dinner but may be just too tiring. Done a few for family n with great success. Family friends and cooking are what keeps me going.

What's your all time favorite dish to make?

Hard to say. Warm comfort food is a winner. But Wellingtons etc are so much fun an satisfying. Creating new is a pleasure and I have husband to loves to test. Just made a chicken parm pizza with bacon and ham. Think I'm gonna add pineapple next Homemade pasta and my family sauce are real happy meals

What would you do with the $25,000?

I'm retired and so I think I would get a pro house cleaning. Polished kitchen cabinets would be nice after 45 yrs and then plan a little trip and balance to kids and grands

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