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In this episode of Spices of Life, Nina Simonds interviews Ravi and Sonia in their car, the studio for their show DriveTime, and gives them strategies to make their dinners easier and healthier. Nina’s suggestions include making meals in one dish, cooking food on weekends and reheating during the week. Nina then gives them advice on creating a small pantry and maintaining spices.

The idea of “Dinner Doctor” was created when my last book “Spices of Life” was published. To be honest, I was trying to think of ideas for the “Oprah” TV show. I had been on the Today Show, Martha Stewart Living, NPR, and on local radio and TV programs all over the country, but NOT on Oprah. Every author DREAMS of appearing on Oprah because it SELLS BOOKS. And “Spices of Life” took me SEVEN years to write!!

My idea was to take different family situations from all over the country -like a single woman in the East, a busy family in the Mid-West, and a young couple from the West Coast, go into their homes, discuss their issues, design a small pantry, and give them strategies and recipes. My publishers, so they say, tried, but “Oprah” wasn’t interested. Later, however, when I was talking to the Editors at Oprah Magazine, they LOVED the idea so I wrote my first “Dinner Doctor” article for the January issue and more are on the way.

Stay tuned and enjoy!!

Next week, Nina goes in the kitchen and cooks fresh salmon with garlic dressing.

All these tips are in Nina’s Book, Spices of Life. You can order herbs online at The Spice House.

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