Creative Living: Creative packaging tips on coming show

Information on chemical look-alikes, color combinations, and making rolled hem edges will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain).

Connie Moyers is going to discuss different products and their containers in terms of discovering chemical look-alikes. This is especially important in terms of keeping young

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children safe. One such example is apple juice and power steering fluid. Moyers is retired from the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service and lives in Clovis.

Roxane Cerda will introduce a range of coloring books that are unique in that the pages are pulled from the world of quilts and fabric. She says that coloring is not only fun, but it reduces stress and is a good way for everyone to learn more about color combinations. Cerda is Acquisitions Editor with C & T Publishing in Concord, California.

Designer and seamstress, Patty Dunn will show how to roll a clean beautiful hem edge on the sewing machine, talk about machine set up, optional threads and show how to sew wire into a fabric edge. She is the owner of All Dunn Designs in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Information on building self-esteem, making strawberry recipes and food gifts and packaging ideas will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.

Based on his book titled "Nuggets of Gold," Wilny Audain says that having it “all” is about having a healthy self-esteem. His company is called Living Circle in Hialeah, Florida.

Sue Harrell represents the Florida Strawberry Growers Association in Plant City, Florida, and she’ll show how to make delicious food gifts for any occasion. She’ll also explain how strawberries are grown and harvested, as well as discuss nutrition, selection, and storage.

Connie Moyers is going to share some food gift ideas and some very clever packaging for these gifts. Moyers is retired from the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service and lives in Clovis.

Florida strawberries: A taste of summer all winter long

Strawberries are naturally fat-free, sodium-free, and cholesterol-free. Strawberries are high in Vitamin C and folate which helps the body metabolize protein. Recently, cancer researchers sang the praises of straw-berries for their large quantities of ellagic acid, which they claim reduces the risk of cancer. Strawberries are a good source of potassium, too.

Chocolate covered strawberries

• 1 quart Florida strawberries

• 2 cups powdered sugar

• 3 Tbsp. margarine

• 1 bag (14 oz.) dark chocolate

• 3 Tbsp. light corn syrup

• 1/4 tsp. salt

Wash and let strawberries dry at room temperature. (Leave stems on berries.) Combine margarine, corn syrup, salt and powdered sugar; pat around berries. Place berries on cookie sheet lined with wax paper. Refrigerate for 2 hours before dipping with chocolate. Melt chocolate in double boiler until thin. Dip straw-berries in melted chocolate and place on clean wax paper until firm. Chocolate can be melted in microwave on defrost only if you do not have a double boiler. Put in microwavable dish for 6 to 8 minutes on defrost, stirring every 2 minutes until chocolate is completely melted. It may take longer, depending on microwave.

“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 of Albuquerque.