Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Stepping outside my comfort zone going public with meals that I raised my family on.
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish would be either chicken enchiladas or lasagna.
Who is your culinary inspiration?I get a lot of my inspirations from reading food magazines, and watching Food Network.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would buy me a new double oven with the upper oven being a French door.
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