Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook healthy alternatives to recipes. Im not a spring chicken and enjoy cooking for anyone that likes to eat
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Ellie Krieger
What would you do with the $25,000?Down payment for my own home where my sons can visit and stay
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