Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love cooking and coming up with meals that are good and cost effective as my husband and I are on a fixed budget.
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is roasted turkey with gravy and homemade stuffing
Who is your culinary inspiration?Bobby Flay
What would you do with the $25,000?I would pay off my bills and take my husband of 56 years on a trip
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