Monday, August 1st, 2016

“Basketball Wives LA” Interview

Malaysia Pargo and Jackie Christie visit Home & Family to talk about their VH1 reality series, “Basketball Wives LA,” which airs on Sundays at 8/7c. Jackie opens up about her 20-year marriage to Doug Christie and how they have handled the ups and downs in their relationship. Meanwhile Malaysia talks about raising kids and co-parenting after a divorce.

Nathan Turner Cooks

The host of “Snack Chat, Nathan Turner is in the Home & Family kitchen preparing pasta with summer squash and stuffed zucchini flowers. He also introduces you to some helpful cooking products that will make preparing this dish easier. Nathan also opens up about how he got his love for cooking from his great-grandmother. This particular pasta dish is one he learned to make while studying abroad in Italy.

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DIY Croquet Set

DIY Star Winner, Amber Kemp-Gerstel is back from Florida and this time she is making a fun summertime DIY, a croquet set with lawn flamingos! She points out that you can find the popular lawn decorations at most hardware stores, especially during summer. This entire DIY will cost you $40 and will give you hours of entertainment.

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Balancing Motherhood and Relationship

Kristin Smith hosts a Home & Family roundtable to discuss how being a mother changes your relationship. The women all talk about how important it is to keep the spark alive after children. Some tips Kristin gives is to set bedtime for kids and still be able to grab free time and still go on getaways with your husband, while leaving the kids at home.

How to Make a Good Cooking Submission Video

Home & Family offers up some tips on how to create the best video you can for their new DreamJobbing competition looking for the next Cooking Star. They point out that you should be creative with your editing and make sure your real personality shows in the video, because that is what is going to grab people’s attention.

How to Clean the Grill

Matt Rogers is in the backyard showing you the proper way to clean a grill just in time for those summertime BBQs. He recommends a little coconut oil on your grill wipes to help preserve the grates. He advises you to clean your grill 1-2 times per year, before and after summer.

Grocery Store Flower Arrangement

Celebrity florist, Michael Gaffney visits Home & Family to talk about how to arrange the perfect flower bouquet using store bought flowers. He recommends you touch and feel the flowers before purchasing, the healthy and well-watered ones will feel almost plastic. If the flowers feel soft and mush, it means they are dehydrated.

Summer Movies

Debbie Matenopoulos sits down to talk about the upcoming summer movies that are perfect for kids including “Pete’s Dragon,” “Nine Lives,” and “Kubo and the Two Strings,” which all open in theaters this August. She also discusses Disney’s latest plans to develop live-action remakes of their animated classics.