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Happy National Cheeseburger Day on Atlanta & Company
Cooking up Three Spectacular Sides! We are celebrating an iconic food of the United States today – The cheeseburger! Everyone loves a cheeseburger! Its time to celebrate with a big juicy burger and three spectacular sides. Gotta have an order of fries - Here’s how to...
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Facebook LIVE – Drink Wine and Get Organized – Tailgating and Fall Get-Togethers Tips!
Its that football, soccer and back-to-school gatherings. Neatsmart’s Carrie Peebles and I are sharing some great tips and yummy treats to kick off the season! Organizing Tip: Plan ahead! Plan out your menu so you know what serving pieces you’ll need. Write the menu...
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Drink Wine and Get Organized – Trends in Organizing, Food and Wine
Trends in Organizing, Food and Wine are coming faster than we can keep up. Here are some GOOD ideas you can embrace without having to go crazy in one direction or other!
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Tailgating Taste and Savor Style on Atlanta & CO!
Labor Day Weekend is right around the corner – Football season is kicking off - and while the weather is warm we’re celebrating the weekend with a couple of easy, healthy make ahead apps that everyone will enjoy. Who doesn’t love shrimp and dip? Here’s a super easy...
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Take OUT at Home Easy Asian Peanut Sauce on ATL & CO Today!
Hello School Year – Hello Busy Fall! Its easy to run by your favorite Asian restaurant and pick up food – but you can make it at home easier, inexpensively and much better for you. Christine and I will whip up a couple of fun and easy recipes that everyone can enjoy –...
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Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day – Atlanta and CO Style!
Chocolate Chip Cookies CAN be part of a healthy diet!!! Join fun host Christine Pullera during the noon hour on NBC 11 ALIVE's Atlanta and Co on Friday, August 4th! Christine and I will talk about 5 easy things that you can do to any cookie recipe that will make them...
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Drink Wine and Get Organized – Tomatoes and Fridge Edition
You can tell by the picture above that we had lots of fun giving organizing tips and good wine and food this afternoon! We were on location today - at the Thomas F Chapman Family Cancer Wellness Center in Atlanta - cooking up the best of the season's tomatoes and...
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Drinking Wine and Getting Organized: Cooking up Summer Corncakes and Organizing Tips for the Kitchen
Make sure to watch the Facebook LIVE video - we give lots of other great tips like why you should use Whole Wheat Pastry Flour for these yummy corncakes! LINK to the Facebook LIVE:https://www.facebook.com/nancy.waldeck/videos/10213867820312395/ Peaches, Peppers and...
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TWO Spectacular Summer Salads Its hot and steamy summer, and its hard to get excited about turning on the oven – here are two EASY and delicious salads that you can serve up for dinner on their own, or as a super side to the grill. So Cara and I whipped up...
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Drink Wine and Get Organized: July 3rd Summer Fun Edition
What do Vidalia Onions, Summer Cherries and Pantry Organization have in Common? Did you join us? It was our fourth FACEBOOK LIVE video yesterday for a little wine tasting, a couple of easy yummy recipes, good pantry organizing tips and LOTs of laughs....
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Drink Wine and Get Organized – First Day of Summer!
We had a blast on Wednesday with our latest Facebook LIVE video. Neatsmart owner Carrie Peebles presented some smart organizing tips, and I got to share a trio of super cool summer eats and the wine that pairs perfectly with them. If you didn't get a chance to see the...
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Almost Summer Chilled Soups – Atlanta and Company
Almost Summer Chilled Soups Even though it’s almost summer, it can still be soup time! Soup is wonderful chilled, whether savory or sweet. I'm showing host Cara how to make these soups - even without turning on your oven! Roasted Red Pepper Gazpacho 1 Large English...
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Drink Wine and Get Organized – Fathers Day Edition!
Fab Friend and professional organizer Carrie Peeples of Neatsmart joined me in our second FACEBOOK LIVE last week, we had a blast. I promised to share her fabulous organizing tips, as well as some yummy wines and my paired foods for Dad on his special day. Here are...
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Atlanta and Company – Super Sides for Dad’s Day!
You may already be prepping the grill for Fathers Day on Sunday, but what’s going on the side? Here’s a couple of quick and yummy ideas to whip up for dinner that Dad AND the whole gang will love! Grilled Veggie Skewers Broccoli Florets Cauliflower Florets Baby or...
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Five Quick Things You Want to Know About Chardonnay
FIVE Quick Things You Want to Know About Chardonnay Think you don’t like Chardonnay? Its passé? You’ll think again when you taste some of the newer chardonnays from all over the world. Welcome to the new world of Chardonnay - many are clean, crisp and refreshing...
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Delicious and Yummy, Fast and Easy Spring Appetizers on Atlanta & Co This Morning!
Just when you think this month can’t possibly hold another celebration – along comes a graduation or party – or the big holiday at the end of the month - Memorial Day. Here’s two perfectly easy and delicious appetizers for all the fun, using small sweet peppers...
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Verdejo – Summer Spanish Surprise Wine Find
Pronunciation: Ver-day-ho From: Rueda, Spain (North-Central region) What’s it taste like? Easy Drinker with Well-Balanced Medium to High Acidity, Aromatic and Tasting of Fresh Herbs and Greenery. (The wine term for this is ‘herbaceous’, and can apply to taste or...
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Salsa BEYOND the Chip – Happy National Salsa Month! Atlanta & Company
It not surprising that May, the month with Cinco de Mayo is National Salsa Month. Today Christine and I will make a super easy fresh salsa and talk about what to do with it once you make it! Grilled Tomato Salsa 10 Plum Tomatoes, Halved 1 TB Canola or Grapeseed Oil 1...
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What to Drink When You’d Like a Drink
Pronounced: veeng-yo vaird From: Portugal, on the West Coast of the Iberian Peninsula Aging Potential: In the passenger seat of your car on the way home from the store Serving Temp: Very Cool. For the whites from 40F to 45F. For red and rosé from 45F to 50F Flavors:...
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Gruner Means GOOD!
Gruner Means GOOD If you like the crisp refreshing snap of a good Pinot Grigio, you’re in for a treat when you taste the subtle familiarity and pleasant distinctiveness of Gruner Veltliner. Pronounced: grooner velt-LEEN-er And if you are really cool? Just call it...
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