[Music] Good morning everyone,
I'm Olga Villaverde and I'm Amber Milt, welcome to The
Balancing Act!
It's a great day!
We've got great wine, we've got great food, get ready
foodies!
Today we're serving up a full menu of
tasty treats, my BFF here is so happy!
From finding the perfect wine you already have
to sampling the perfect cookie.
Oh my gosh you're speaking to my soul!
You guys know how much I love to eat and
drink, I'm definitely a wine girl.
And these are great!
The strawberry...it smells like strawberries!
There's so many varieties
of these cookies backstage I couldn't help
myself.
You already had a few so moderation is
always key to staying healthy.
We're also going to be taking a look at how
genetics testing is playing a major role
in our health.
Okay and our resident chef
Ralph Pagano is here and he is saucing
it up with some fresh new recipe ideas.
Hey Ralph!
I'm getting saucy in the
kitchen, sweet heat baby!
Let's toast to him, we'll toast to you!
Much more coming up on The Balancing Act.
Starts right now!
[Music] Are you a wine aficionado?
Do you know
what food to pair with that wine?
Well, not all of us are experts, not
me and figuring out what wine to buy
can be so overwhelming.
Well have no fear this
morning we're gonna have so much fun!
Here to help us out, entertaining
expert, my friend Christina Nicholson.
She has some great tips on creating
the perfect pairing.
Good morning, Good
morning Olga!
We're gonna have fun!
We are going to have fun!
We're gonna have wine!
The good news is you don't have to be an expert to do this.
No?
No!
Okay you're going to learn a little bit
you just need to follow some simple
guidelines to match the food with
the wine.
Well if the food is mild you
want to go with a more mild wine.
If the food is flavorful, you choose a
flavorful wine and I brought plenty to
choose from from M�nage � Trois.
What?
M�nage � Trois Olga.
I said it!
A little risqu� this morning.
Fun and flirty!
That means three?
Yes well that's
how the brand started with three grapes
hence the name M�nage � Trois.
Well I feel like we need one more
individual here.
Okay can we find somebody?
Yes, I'm going to get my fabulous
photographer Diego.
This poor man.
Oh lucky Diego!
Wait, wait he's from Costa Rica!
You wanna be apart of the
M�nage � Trois?
I would love to but, you know I kind of
got to get back behind the camera.
He's dying he's like Olga stop it!
Back behind the camera Diego!
Party pooper!
We'll save a glass for you, Diego!
So, what have you combined for me?
Alright, so let's start with the appetizer.
We're going to
start with the Prosecco and this is the
light wine Italian sparkler made with a
hundred percent glared grapes you can
taste this kind of citrusy, some floral notes,
bright green apple flavor.
Mmmm, very really light.
It goes very well with something sweet and salty,so we paired it
with a smoked salmon bruschetta this
morning.
It's very good!
My red?
Okay red, yes your
red.
You will like this one if you want
something a little richer, you want to go
with the merlot.
This is made with some
blueberries and juicy plums.
It's got some hintsof coconut and sweet
vanilla, and this goes really well with a
cheese tray, some homemade jams and
pickles.
Also light!
It's really good!
Okay so these
two down here?
Okay so we will finish
up with Silk this is the newest red
blend offering, and it also shows the
softer side and just like its name
suggests.
It's very silky and seamless.
It well with some sea bass, mashed
potatoes and mushrooms!
Alright, and
last but not least the desert.
Well let's get one more dinner in there for the steak and fry
fans.
Just some Cabernet Sauvignon!
Alright, so it's great with that,
Wait before we get to
the desserts, how do you compare these
with other wines?
M�nage � Trois is fun, flirty, innovative, high
quality- best grapes in California put
into the M�nage � Trois wine!
She's ready this
morning!
Alright, desserts!
Desserts, our favorite part
right?
Okay so let's start with midnight,
midnight another richer wine.
Olga right up your alley!
You will like this
one.
Besides your dessert with the molten
chocolate cake and some salted caramel
sauce, and then we're back to white.
And then we end with the Moscato.
Moscato, juicy peach, sweet,
tart, goes great with a citrus dessert
and some ice cream.
Thank you so much!
Cheers!
Cheers to you!
Fabulous, Appreciate your time.
Thank you, for more
information about M�nage � Trois wines go to
M�nage�TroisWines.com or go to our
website thebalancingact.com and now
we're going to commercial Diego, this is for you!
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[Music] You've heard the phrase an apple
doesn't fall far from the tree, meaning
your reflection of your parents and
your children are a reflection of you
but, it goes much deeper than that to
genetics and the role they play in your
health.
This morning we're examining how simple
lab tests can help improve our health
returning to the show once again is Dr.
Jay Wohlgemuth from Quest Diagnostics
Incorporated!
Good morning, welcome back!
Thanks Olga, so glad to be back!
Alright so the last time we got together
we talked about the importance of
blood work and our health, they both
go hand in hand.
Absolutely, in summary really it's about
proactive health care,knowing what's
going on before it becomes a major
problem so you can intervene and get
better or prevent problems from occurring
in the future.
So today let's take it a
step further Dr. Jay, genetic testing how
important is that?
It has become incredibly
important in today's world.
You may
remember 15 years ago we sequenced the
human genome.
That was fascinating.
fascinating stuff but, it cost us three
billion dollars and several years to do
but these days with the technology we're
now able to generate genetic data on you
and on your cancer,determine your risk
of disease and determine if you have a
genetic disease, and even determine what
therapies may or may not work in you.
So really important information we
can get now from genetic testing!
So how do we
determine if we need a genetic test?
I'm assuming family history is huge.
Family history is a huge driver such as
in Angelina Jolie case.
Perfect example,
right?
Strong family history of breast
cancer in that case she had brachia genes
tested which determine whether you have
a very high risk of breast cancer in
their lifetime.
And with that information
she and others can really prevent breast
cancer from occurring.
So that's one
area, prevention of disease.
The other
would be you have symptoms you have a
problem and maybe you have a genetic
disease and therefore testing would be
indicated to figure it out.
And then
finally like we talked about the use of
genetic testing to determine what
therapies may or may not work in you is
another you know really important area.
And when it comes to quest Diagnostics,
what genetic testings do you have
available?
Well we offer thousands of
tests but increasing a lot of those are genetic
tests.
We do testing for prenatal testing.
I did that.
Okay!
The genetic testing in women to
determine prenatal risk, we do cancer
based testing to determine what therapies will work in a cancer
patient.
We also do genetic testing to determine
risk of breast cancer and other cancers
in the future, and then finally that
genetic testing we talked about around
diagnosing a disease or even a rare
disease to determine what really is
going on in this patient.
And I was
thinking of rare disease now because we
have a series called Behind The Mystery
and we're very proud of it and we
spotlight a lot of rare diseases out
there that people are unaware of.
Assuming with this kind of testing it
could really help so many people that
are misdiagnosed and have no answers.
This is such an important area really
important we call the diagnostic Odyssey.
You have patients and one of them that
I've seen was a girl who went for ten
years to nine or ten different medical
centers.
Misdiagnosed every time?
No diagnosis but major health problems, and her
family spent a million dollars trying
to get to the bottom of it.
And then it turns
out she ended up getting a genetic test
ten years later.
And she finds she found
out that she has a genetic disease the
question was resolved and there was a
treatment for her problem in that case.
So much time, so much money and time, money,
frustration, uncertainty so in that case
it's really valuable to get genetic
testing.
Speaking of money, genetic
testing is becoming more affordable
today?
Absolutely it's not three billion dollars anymore that's
for sure!
That's a big difference!
Right, so over the last
fifteen years the technologies improved
greatly so it's much more affordable
than it was previously and now we're
able to offer genetics to the community
and in an affordable way.
And how is
genetic testing done?
Let's say somebody
says I'm going to do it.
Well usually
what would happen is your your physician
would talk with you about the genetic
testing and often a genetic counselor
would get involved to help you and the
doctor determine what testing is needed
and what you're going to do with the
information, but then once you've
determined that it's as simple as a
blood test or a saliva sample which you
then send into the laboratory and we do
the genetic testing, the results come back and the doctor and
genetic counselor help you understand
you know what to do with the information.
And ultimately maybe save your life
and maybe even your children's in
the future.
Hopefully so, absolutely.
Thank you so much, great stuff
Appreciate your time.
You're coming
back next time to talk about personalized medicine.
I'll be back!
Excellent, thank you Dr. Wohlgemuth and if you'd
like to learn more about this and
genetic testing you can go to the
website its very easy, questdiagnostics.com/patients
again do that /patients.
It'll get you right there or just go to our website
thebalancingact.com [Music]
Here's Olga with advice from Affinity on
making the process of homeownership as
easy as one, two, three.
We are talking
mortgage 101 this morning, and with me
are John Alexander and David Villarreal
joining us for our mini-series and
it's sponsored by affinity partnerships.
Today we're talking reverse mortgages.
Good morning!
Good morning to you, thanks
for being here again!
So you know I've
heard so much about reverse mortgages
there's so much confusion sometimes, what
is it?
Well reverse mortgages in a simple
way is a loan that's placed upon a home
that one owns, that has sufficient equity
and that equity can be used and tapped
for purposes of whatever need you may
have.
It's not limited in terms of how
that money is spent so I think it's a
great tool for people who need financial
planning.
And how exactly does it work,
keep it simple?
It really is, it's an
easy method to access the equity in your
home you spend your life building up and
paying those mortgage payments and now
you want to be able to access.
This is a way for individual 62 years of
age or older to access that and use that
money for whatever they feel like and it's
a safe thing to do and remember you
know not giving up your title, you're not
giving up ownership it's something you
continue to own and you'll be able to use
the value that you put into your
home for your own personal use.
And who qualifies,
is it just 62 and older?
Is that it?
Well that is the benchmark 62 is a
required age of a homeowner to
qualify.There's other conditions but that your
mortgage professional can work with you
on but you also need to know that this
type of loan has certain tools to it
that a mortgage professional must
complete and it protects the borrower.
And quickly so
if I have a reverse mortgage on my house
how do I receive payments?
There are a
couple ways you can either take it as a
lump sum you can have a variety of lump
sum and monthly payments but the good
part about it is you never have to pay
another mortgage payment again.
It's automatically paid off, so you
can just move forward and extract the
equity that's in your home.
Lots of options,lots
of possible options.
Again, great
information- great mortgage tips, we're
going to see you again for more in the
future.
Thank you gentlemen!
Thank you and if you'd like to learn more
about reverse mortgages you can just
go to site USAreverse.com, That's
usareverse.com or just check out our
website the balancingact.com [Music]
[Music] Okay so amp up your DIY game
with creative ideas using
store-bought cookies as party favors, hostess
gifts, and over-the-top dessert bars!
Here to show is how you could take
cookies to the next level is the marketing
director for Voortman Bakery Maureen
Pharand.
Good morning!
Good morning!
Thanks for being
here!
Alright, so I have a fun fact for
you that, can I read it to my viewers?
For sure!
I'm not sure you know this, but listen to
this.
The average American will eat
19,000 cookies in their lifetime!
19,000!
Wow!
That doesn't surprise me Voortman
Cookies has been around since 1951 so
we've been baking cookies for a long
time!
And you have some special Voortman
cookies for me this morning, don't you?
- Yeah we do!
We have a bunch of great DIY ideas for
gifting and just hosting parties at your
house.
I am the worst when it comes to
creativity so you're going to help me
with this do-it-yourself because my
creativity is zero.
Talk about what we
have here.
Let's start here, this is
what's considered today like a cookie
bar?
Yeah it's really becoming a fad, yeah it is
and you see it a lot of weddings and
special events right now you can bring
that right into your home and just you
know get some nice store-bought Voortman
Cookies and fill up some wonderful jars
with presentations of cookies with
ribbons on it.
Then there you have our
coconut cookies it's one of our top
sellers, we use real shredded coconut in those
cookies.
We have our vanilla wafers again
real vanilla in there as well as our
oatmeal raisin cookies using whole
grain oats.
And this one here?
That's our fudge stripe oatmeal cookie
dough Oh, Fabulous!
And of course our traditional
chocolate chip cookie.
Alright, what's this?
This is a kind of fun spin on your milk
and cookies, so just glam it up a
little bit use a martini jar, put your milk
and and a cookie on the end.
That's for the
grown-ups!
And then for kids you know you
have your hot chocolate that you put a
cookie on top with a fun little straw
and that you know, it gives a lot of fun
for your kids as well.
Speaking of kids
when I was a kid I ate a lot of these
wafers!
Chocolate?
Yeah.
And this is?
This is our strawberry wafer.
We use real strawberries in our wafers and
if you could just smell it they smell
fantastic!
Oh my Gosh!
I wish my viewers could, it smells fantastic!!
it smells like real strawberries!
It is real strawberries in there!
We use all natural ingredients no
artificial colors or flavors and no high
fructose corn syrup.
Excellent!
And this is cute, you know-little
gifts!
Yeah this is a great way,you know for
party favors, hostess gifts, etc.
You can really make them at home and just you know glam them
up a little bit with your
store-bought cookies.
So you know you can just use a
box with some ribbon, you can get a mason
jar fill it up put a straw in it just
sort of a little fun way that you make
them come to life.
You know just find some ribbon in your
house and tissue paper and old mason jar
and away you go!
Great!
Ya know this is very economical way and
it's just a really fancy way to bring
some cookies to your friends and family
Well a friend of mine actually gave me one of these
the other day.
In fact, she's sitting
right there.
My producer!
Leigh, come here!
This is my producer she had her 50th
birthday the other day!
She did a cookie bar like this!
I did do a cookie bar like that, it
was a huge hit!
Yeah!
And everybody loved it they're
all going to copy me now at all the
parties!
But I also did the mason jars.
I bought a couple of cases.
Economical!
And everybody left with a little package
of the cookies just like this with a
small glass of milk with them So you turned 50 the other day, is
that okay that I said that?
Yes 50!
So when I turn 50 will you do this for me?
Yes in ten years- ten years I'll do the
for you!
Alight I'm going back to work now!
Go back to work let's get back to work
here!
Maureen, you know I love what this is
becoming you know just more of a trend
where people are having more fun.
Yeah!
And and also this is something that you
can even take to people when you go to
their houses sometimes you wonder, wine,
cheese.
You know they're like homemade
cookies that you buy them at the store
they've got all the great ingredients, we
at Voortman make our cookies to order so we
never store them in a factory they go
straight to the store so you can guarantee that you have fresh
cookies!
Which is your favorite?
I love oatmeal
chocolate chip,actually I don't think I
see it on here but oatmeal raisin is
definitely one of my favorites!
Okay I'm going to give you one and want
to guess which one's mine?
I would say the
strawberry one.
Absolutely,this smells
exactly like a strawberry!
Thank you so
much,appreciate your time!
Thank you!
Oh my goodness mmm!!
Thank you, have a great
morning!
And for more information on any
of these ideas seen here today go to
Voortman- this is really good!
Voortman.com or go to our website
thebalancingact.com Fresh!
Very fresh!
So Amber have you ever been called
saucy?
I think I'm a little bit more
sweet!
Aw, you're saucy!
No I'm sour,
you know I get fired up about a new
recipe or a new sauce that can spice up a meal!
Oh you know my husband loves to add
a little sauce and spice to make things
hot in the kitchen and to make your meals just
right!
Now where are we going with this?
You know chef Ralph is here to save me, he's
also got some awesome recipe ideas so
sauce up everyone!
Caliente!
Journey across the globe or at least
into the kitchen and give your favorite
recipes an authentic Southeast Asian
flavor!
I'm chef Ralph Pagano and today I'll be
showing you a flavorful condiment and
marinade that adds both sweetness
and heat to all your meals!
Let's get started!
Full disclosure I
absolutely am in love with Maggie sweet
chili sauce!
It works on just about everything, it is
an absolute staple in my cupboard and it
has been for as long as I can remember.
I'm going to get one of my simple,easy,
ready to go, dishes ready for you right
now!
And this is a beef lettuce wrap-
check this out!
So simple, I'm just going to add a
little bit of oil into my wok.
Now if you don't got a wok, no sweat
you could do this on your regular stove
top with a pan but I'm fancy I got a wok.
In it, i'm going to get some sliced top
around right here.
London broil, any kind of
beef will work just pop it right into
the oil.
Put it away from you when you do
it.
I like these big pieces of scallion, I'm
going to hold these off later, I'm going
to put it into my recipe.
Nice to take it
around to this beef, I add onions, nice
and easy, fresh garlic and stir it around.
We will let the heat take over right
here, letting this meat cook up a little
bit.
I got my onions and garlic so I'm
going to throw in my green pepper that's
going to give you a little bit of crunch.
And then toss two of these pieces of
scallion.
I'm going to get that really
great rich scallion flavor going on.
It's going to be perfect for this.
Give it a stir around with my fancy
chopsticks and now let's enter the dragon Maggi
sweet chili sauce.
This is going to really
bring this whole dish together and make
it perfect.
My kids love it, my wife loves
it, when I cook this dish my neighbors
come over.
I'm not really a big fan of
them but they come over anyway.
Let the sauce do its magic and then
presto change-o abracadabra!
We've got beef
lettuce wraps right here.
We're going to
top them with some toasted peanuts, fresh
cilantro, and green onions.
They come out
perfect!
Over here on my right, how about
this?
Sauteed chicken and papaya with sweet
chili sauce?
So cool, so great so
flavorful, and in the springtime in the
summertime it's so good to eat cool!
How about this, sticky ribs!
Do you like
sticky ribs?
A little macaroni and cheese
and some cabbage slaw?
It's absolutely
incredible!
Here's what I want you to do
head to Nestleusa.com or our website
thebalancingact.com and get more info
about the Maggi sweet chili sauce.
Remember this has been a quick byte!
Get over here lettuce wrap!
But chew slowly!
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