Dishing With Donna

Join this week's food conversation with radio diva Donna and Chef Megan as this dynamic duo starts "springing into season" with fresh ideas from Mother Nature.  Discover how easy meal prep can be when using the fresh produce that springtime has to offer!  Find out what is in season and what kinds of delicious dishes you can make to keep it light and springy all season long!   

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Spring is emerging and we are getting excited about this upcoming grilling season!  Join Donna and Chef Megan as they spill about their favorite recipes for grilling up some fun for the season!   Donna brings some of her hubby's Island Wings from the cookout and Megan dives right in!  Don't forget about your fruit and veggie options for really great grilling while keeping your veg-head family and friends happy for those meals from the grill. There's no mistaking those flavors off the grill! 

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What's the perfect recipe for combining food culture and entertainment?  Movies, of course!  Join Chef Megan and Donna as they share their favorite films about the love of food and the art of cooking in a fun conversation that is entertaining in itself.  Do you recognize these movie quotes;  "I'm in love. I'm having a relationship with my pizza"  or  "Julia, you are the butter to my bread and the breath to my life"?  Find out which movies inspire both Chef Megan and Donna, and why Megan says that movies about food are the "perfect combo!"  

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Snacking is an essential part of our everyday life!  Sometimes it is good and sometimes it is not so good.  With so many people working from home and kids at home with online school, 'snack attacks' and 'snaccidents' are something we may also experience on a regular basis.  Listen in as Chef Megan and Donna share their easy snacking ideas along with their quick-witted humor as they highlight the importance of mindful snacking; being aware of what we choose, why we choose it, and how it makes us feel. What you have on hand can change the course of your snacking to a positively delicious experience!  Also, a great throwback tip from Audrey Hepburn!

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Do canned foods still deliver the goods?  Find out for yourself when Chef Megan and Donna uncover the best reasons to stock your pantry with these easily accessible, long-term shelf life foods.  Which canned foods are the most useful to have on hand?  Which dishes can you whip up on the fly when you've got certain canned foods in your pantry?  And lastly, why is Napoleon Bonaparte an important role in National Canned Food Month?

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It's Heart Healthy Month and we are ready to feed our hearts with knowledge as to what foods will make our hearts the strongest and healthiest!  We taste a few heart-healthy recipes too!  Join Chef Megan and Donna in this lively and always delicious food conversation as we go on about all those things we can do to help keep our hearts happy!

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Happy Valentines Day!  It's a day to celebrate LOVE, loving your significant other, loving your family and friends, and even loving yourself!  What is one of the most popular things to do on Valentines Day?  It's to enjoy a special dinner together.  So join Chef Megan and Donna as they walk you through the steps of 2 fabulous and simple dinner ideas you can make for your special someone.   Come fall in love with cooking, and laugh along with these two lovable ladies.  Heads up, this episode comes with a warning ... you WILL get hungry!

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Every year the food industry professionals predict what fabulous new trends we will see, taste, and experience in our food culture.  What are some of these changes and how will they affect your lifestyle this year?  Join Chef Megan and Donna as they take you along their edible journey in this fun, unique food conversation.  They are certainly enjoying what the future holds in this trending food world with their light and uplifting banter.

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It's time to play in the kitchen!  Do you want to get out of your comfort zone and discover new simple ways to cook some of your favorite foods?  This episode can do just that!  Join Donna and Chef Megan as they actually taste each other's favorite ways to prepare Brussels Sprouts and share simple techniques for cooking them in creative and yummy new ways that even a picky doubter can learn to like.  We also dish on salmon and the many delicious ways you can enjoy it at home!  Then there’s chocolate, with a big green surprise twist …need we say more?  If Donna can learn to like vegetables...then anyone can!  From the world's pickiest eater to now official taste tester, this radio host has leaned on Chef Megan to help open her eyes and taste buds to new ways of cooking and the enjoyment of experimenting in the kitchen!

 

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Hallelujah, it's a new year!   And what's the first thing you usually think of when January hits?  RESOLUTIONS, baby.  Join Chef Megan and Donna as they tackle some of the most common resolutions versus a new wave of thinking outside the box in terms of creating new resolutions for 2021.  Need to read a book?  Grow a plant?  Organize your life?  Well Megan and Donna can talk you through it, as well as promote healthy lifestyle changes which can simply make you HAPPIER from the inside out.  After surviving 2020 ..... let's all resolve to bring more happiness into our 2021.  What's the easiest way to kickstart that resolution???  ... By listening to this podcast every week of course!!  ;-)

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