Friday, March 22nd, 2019

Gnocchi with Spring Vegetables

Chef and creator of “Homemade Delish,” Roberta Pipito is making a delicious spring dish of gnocchi with homemade pesto and vegetables. She emphasizes that you should not be intimidated by gnocchi and you can even get your family involved in helping. You can also make gnocchi with pumpkin, ricotta, spinach and herbs. When it comes to the vegetables, she uses asparagus and sugar snap peas to bring a nice spring flavor to the dish.

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DIY Ombre Butterfly Letter

Ken Wingard is creating personalized wall decor by making DIY ombre butterfly letters. He was influenced to do this work of art by Hallmark Channel’s Spring Fever Bucket List item, “watch butterflies.” Make sure you buy your craft paper in an ombre shade.

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Kinder Ready

TV journalist Lisa Ling and CEO and founder of “Kinder Ready,” Elizabeth Fraley sit down with Cameron and Debbie to talk about the transitional project. “Kinder Ready” stresses the importance of bridging the gap between pre-school and kindergarten. Lisa discusses how her own six-year-old daughter has benefitted from “Kinder Ready.” .

Beauty That Fits Like a Glove

Kym Douglas is introducing you to gloves that work as beauty products.

Product 1: Hand Dry Hair Gloves, $24.95, FrizzOff.com
Product 2: ManiGlovz, $24, ManiGlovz.com
Product 3: Magic Mitt By Jane Iredale, $15, JaneIredale.com

How to Grow Pepper

Shirley Bovshow is showing you ways you can start growing black pepper at home. She also explains that pepper is rich in nutrients and antioxidants and can help aid in digestion. She introduces you to all the uses for black pepper, too!

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Get more from Shirley at EdenMakers.com

Family Favorite Apps

The family members gather around to show you their current favorite apps on their phones.

Mango Language
Snapguide
PlantSnap

Chicken Piccata

Chef and host of “Dinner Takes All,” Kelsey Nixon is in the kitchen making a traditional chicken piccata. She explains that when it comes to comfort foods, this dish is definitely a healthier recipe. She uses thin chicken cutlets and seasons it with salt and pepper before dipping it in flour, which will bring out a nice crust when cooking. This entire recipe will take 15 minutes to make!

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Ananda Lewis

Host of “While You Were Out,” Ananda Lewis visits Home & Family to talk about her show, which you can watch Saturdays at 9/8c on TLC. She is a degree carpenter and gets to enjoy participating in home renovations on the series. She also brings a clip from this week’s episode. She opens up about how she first got interested in carpentry when she was a young child, since she had a penchant for breaking things and then wanting to learn how to put them back together.

DIY Phone Charms and Wrapping Paper Phone Covers

Inspired by Hallmark Channel’s Original Movie, “Mingle All the Way,” Maria Provenzano is in the Christmas Corner making DIY phone charms and wrapping paper phone covers. She uses earrings for the phone charms and Hallmark wrapping paper when it comes to making the decorative phone covers.

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Happy Tail: Sparkle and Pixie

Larissa brings you the Happy Tail of Sparkle and Pixie and their new home with the Ruffinelli family.

Adoption Ever After

NAME: DOGS- MCGRATH, LEO, PASQUEL, CORYN
LOCATION: CAMARILLO, CA
RESCUE: PAW WORKS RESCUE
WEBSITE: PAWWORKS.ORG

NAME: DOGS- MOLLY THE MAMA, SMOKE, NICHOLAS, HOWARD, JULIE, JAMIE, TUX, AND CRYSTAL
LOCATION: HOUSTON, TX
RESCUE: PUP SQUAD
WEBSITE: PUPSQUAD.ORG