Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
My husband and I both have pretty extreme dietary restrictions. As we are both recently retired, we are focusing on our health.
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is a zero Weight Watchers point chicken hero meat.
Who is your culinary inspiration?Rocco DiSpirito.
What would you do with the $25,000?Possibly look into creating a cookbook to showcase all of my healthy dishes for other people who have dietary restrictions.
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