Machine embroidery featured on the show

Information on making "accidental landscapes" on quilts and creating dimensional canvases will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday.

Quilter and author Karen Eckmeier will show how free-form rotary cutting of fabric strips that are layered can "accidentally" create a beach scene on a quilt. Her company is The Quilted Lizard and she's from Kent, Conn.

Theresa Cifali, mixed media artist and owner of The Altered Canvas in Valhalla, N.Y., will show how to make dimensional canvases using a gel medium and heavy bodied acrylic paint. By adding a quote and/or a picture, it becomes a gorgeous piece of home décor.

Information on machine embroidery, making desserts and "almost cooking from scratch" will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.

Roberta Amundson is a sewing expert, and she'll show how easy it is to add embroidery to ready-made garments as well as to home décor items. Her company is Roberta's Creations, and she's from Oceanside, Calf.

Rowena Fullinwider is the president of Rowena's Foods, Inc. in Norfolk, Va. She will show how to make several quick and fun desserts by combining a pound cake with various ingredients.

Linda Eckhardt is a cookbook author who will demonstrate how to "almost cook from scratch." Her ideas and recipes are based on her recent cookbook, and these recipes are designed for one- or two-member families. Eckhardt's company is Eckhardt Enterprises, and she's from Maplewood, N.J.

Sweet and tangy ramen salad

Dressing

z 1/4 cup rice vinegar

z 2 Tbsp. honey

z 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil

z 1 Tbsp. soy sauce

z Salt & freshly ground pepper to taste

z Pinch of cayenne pepper

Pour vinegar, sugar, honey, soy sauce, salt and peppers into a 2-cup glass measure.

Heat in the microwave to a boil, about 1 minute.

Set it aside.

Salad

z 1 5-oz. pkg. Japanese curly noodles (Chuka Soba)

z 4 cups napa cabbage

z 1 carrot

z 2 green onions, cut into 1/2-inch diagonal pieces

z 1/2 cup sunflower seed kernels (or slivered almonds)

z 2 cups sliced cooked chicken breast

Crumble noodles into a large salad bowl.

Add warm vinegar mixture and let it stand about 10 minutes. Shred cabbage and carrot in the food processor. Use the slicing disk for cabbage and the shredding disk for the carrot.

Add cabbage and carrot to noodles.

Toss with green onions and sunflower seeds to coat.

Top with chicken slices.

Serve immediately on chilled plates, or cover and refrigerate up to eight hours.

Makes four servings.

"Creative Living" is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink, Albuquerque.