Name: Jenny Flake
Kids: Mason and Brady
Occupation: Author of Picky-palate.com, Recipe Developer and Cookbook Author (2012)
Hometown: Orange County, CA
H&H Interview with Jenny:
1. What are your top three favorite recipes?
Tough choices, but as of now my 3 favorites are:
Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
No-Bake Chewy Cookies and Cream Bars
Mozzarella Stuffed Homemade Meatballs
2. What are you reading (honestly)?
If I am being honest, I do not read much aside from reading the blogs of my friends.
3. What is your guilty pleasure when you get a break from the kids?
I LOVE going out to dinner and a movie with my husband and friends. I also love working out and I LOVE shopping.
4. What would we be surprised to find in your purse?
Too many things! I’ve always got snacks, water, and toys for my boys. You’ll also ALWAYS find my phone, my wireless charger and lipgloss.
5. What is your favorite reality TV show?
The Bachelor, hands down!
6. What is your cocktail of choice?
I do not drink alcohol, but have a major thing for Diet Coke.
7. What is the funniest thing your kids have said or done lately?
My 5 year old said, “Mom, why does your butt look bigger today?” I said, no comment, lol!
8. What is your favorite quotation?
“Life is Uncertain…..Eat Dessert First!”
9. What is your most dreaded household chore?
I despise laundry with a passion. The dishes are a close 2nd.
10. Who is your favorite celebrity mom and why?
Kelly Ripa because she is gorgeous, fit, funny and seems like a great mom.
11. What is one thing most people don’t know about you?
Before I started Picky Palate, I was a registered Dental Hygienist and a Pilates Instructor.
12. What is your secret to staying Hot & Healthy?
I try to incorporate exercise on a daily basis, even if it’s just 20 minutes on the treadmill or elliptical. I have to have good food in my life, so exercising is a must!
*Thanks, Jenny! Can’t wait to see the cookbook!*
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Name: Chady Dunmore
Kids: daughter, Sofia Dunmore
Occupation: Fitness Model, WBFF Pro Bikini World Champion, MusclePharm Athlete, Singer, Author, Spokesmodel, Mother
Hometown: Miami, FL
H&H Interview with Chady
1. You lost almost 80 pounds and just won a bikini championship! What helped to keep you motivated?
Trying to get back into my clothes 1st then building the best me physically was extremely motivating.
2. What are the top 3 items in your grocery cart?
Eggs, Ezekiel bread, Apples
3. What is your guilty pleasure when you get some coveted ‘me time’?
Bacon Avocado Cheeseburger or cheese pizza
4. What would we be surprised to find in your purse?
Occasionally a 4 pound Yorkie named Ricco!
5. What is your favorite reality TV show?
The Real Housewives shows
6. What is your cocktail of choice?
A glass of red wine.
7. What is the funniest thing your daughter has said or done lately?
She was telling me about how she wants us to have a little brother and name him Justin Beiber (LOL).
8. What is your favorite quotation?
“Get Excited” and “The Body Never Lies” (my quotes)
9. What do crave on your diet cheat day?
Fried Chicken and Waffles – Ha Ha!
10. Who is your favorite celebrity mom and why?
Kelly Ripa, because she doesn’t take herself seriously, great sense of humor, approachable, great role model and seems real.
11. What is one thing most people don’t know about you?
I have a twin brother.
12. What is your secret to staying Hot & Healthy?
Consistent exercise 5 days a week,eat healthy 80% of the time, no smoking, barely drink alcohol, drink lots of water with tons of lemon wedges!
*Thanks, Chady!*
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Name: Christy Stross
Kids: Kevlar, 19 months
Occupation: Attorney and Co-Owner of You Fit Health Clubs
Hometown: Palm Beach, Florida
H&H Interview with Christy:
1. What are the top 3 items in your grocery cart?
Organic Whole Milk, almond butter, and granny smith apples
2. What are you reading (honestly)?
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
3. What is your guilty pleasure when you get a break from the kids?
Glass of wine with my wonderful girlfriends to catch up on life and relive old memories
4. What would we be surprised to find in your purse?
What’s not in my purse?! I have everything from matchbox cars to an extra pair of socks…I am like a modern day Mary Poppins!
5. What is your favorite reality TV Show?
Shamefully I do catch a Jersey Shore or Housewives of Orange County…but I would prefer to watch a Law and Order SUV episode.
6. What is your cocktail of choice?
A spicy bloody Mary at Sunday Brunch—I am a huge Brunch fan!
7. What is the funniest thing your kids have said or done lately?
My son is just learning more and more words, but his standard response is “I Do” or “I Don’t” rather than yes or no…I asked him just today if he would like to go on our Summer Family Vacation to Alaska, he promptly responded “I Do”, so my husband said
what about Australia? He looked right at him and said “I don’t” as if he knew the difference…it’s amazing how they know the right things to say!
8. What is your favorite quotation?
“Love is like a butterfly, it goes wherever it pleases, and pleases wherever it goes”
9. What songs are top on your iPod playlist right now?
Lots of Kenny Chesney since we are going to his concert in a week, tons of Beyoncé, Usher, Black Eyed Peas, Rolling Stones to get me pumped up for my runs!
10. Who is your favorite celebrity mom and why?
Victoria Beckham, she is able to build her business and career while raising three beautiful boys (and one more on the way) as well as always looking so put together and at peace.
11. What is one thing most people don’t know about you?
I am obsessed with photo albums, instead of making prints off my camera of every picture I take, I have series of albums…my husband refers to as my encyclopedia of our lives.
12. What is your secret to staying Hot & Healthy?
Making time for myself every day, I pencil in an hour for myself whether it be do hot yoga, go for a run or catch up on some sleep…that hour is key to staying mentally and physically healthy.
*Thanks, Christy!*
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Name: Raffi Darrow
Kids: Alice age 13, Wendy age 12
Occupation: Graphic and Web design business owner
Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL
H&H Interview with Raffi:
1. What are the top 3 items in your grocery cart?
Stonyfield Farm organic nonfat vanilla yogurt, bananas and lentils or beans to experiment with in recipes
2. What are you reading (honestly)?
“Why Marry a Millionaire? Just Be One: And While You’re at It, Change the World!” by Wendy Robbins. I actually got it free to review for a blog, and it has really made an impact on me.
3. What is your guilty pleasure when you get a break from the kids?
Polishing my nails. My close friends know that if it looks like I got a manicure, it really means I got an afternoon to myself.
4. What would we be surprised to find in your purse?
A yarmulke I’m nearly finished crocheting for my grandfather.
5. What is your favorite reality TV show?
American Idol. But my daughter groans when I sing along.
6. What is your cocktail of choice?
A sidecar, but I don’t like to drink my calories so it’s kind of fortuitous that hardly anyone knows how to make one.
7. What is the funniest thing your kids have said or done lately?
My daughter Wendy wants to be a voice over artist, and has a way of channeling Jack Black at the dinner table. It cracks me up whenever she nails that impersonation.
8. What is your favorite quotation?
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
9. What is your most hated household chore?
Mopping floors. Curse that ceramic tile!
10. Who is your favorite celebrity mom and why?
None of my favorite celebrities are moms. I never thought about that before…
11. What is one thing most people don’t know about you?
I can touch my nose with my tongue. All 4 of us can.
12. What is your secret to staying Hot & Healthy?
Exercise. I think exercise is pivotal for every other healthy habit I have. It makes me drink water, it helps my skin rejuvenate, sweating releases toxins and activates my lymph nodes, it builds muscle, it pumps my heart. I get bored easily, so I try new exercise modalities all the time – Yoga, ballet, Zumba, Pilates, karate, kung fu, weight training, running, belly dance… I think I’ve tried everything but hula!
*Thanks, Raffi!*
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