Watching Rachael Ray

We’re starting off in the kitchen again today, because Rachael is trying to embrace new things, she says. She is attempting to embrace baking skills, and says it’s easy to make scones - since her friend showed her how. It’s easy with a little help from the store, and she shows us scones three ways - Sour Cream and Dill Scones with Smoked Salmon, Fruit and Nut Scones, and Ham, Cheese and Chive Scones.

She of course says, afterwards, she wishes she had an authentic English lad or lady to test them and see if they’re good or not! Enter Dame Julie Andrews, to do just that, and join Rachael at the kitchen table. Rachael calls her new book Home: A Memoir of My Early Years a jaw dropper. Julie says people think they know a fair amount about her after Mary Poppins, but they don’t know how it all began. The boy includes talks of how she learned to sing, he struggles to make it on Broadway, and many humorous moments.

It took so long to write because her day job kept getting in the way, and she didn’t want to hurt or offend anyone. Now that her family has passed away - aside from brothers and sisters, of course - they talked about it and she decided to do it with the help of her daughter Emma. “It was a thrill for me that she cared to know and wanted to learn about” her early years, said Julie. She thinks the family is pleased with the end result. The talk about a couple of the stories in the book - from a couple that was surprised by being given tickets to a show she was in - only to come home and find their house cleaned out by a burglary, and a note that said “hope you enjoyed the show!” That, and advances by a handsome co-star, Richard Burton, are just some of the hidden jewels in the book. When Burton finally came to her after playing a joke then not speaking to her for a week, he was all lovey dovey, and “Mary Poppins let fly with a four letter anglo-saxon word, told him where to go and how to get there!” They of course made up afterwards.

Hit up the giveaway button down there along the side to enter for the chance to win a copy of the book yourself.

Next up, KC is on hand to help a viewer organize her office - which also doubles as her family’s minivan. She’s a Tupperware consultant, and works every day out of her car - losing things along the way. With the help of Staples, KC transformed her car into the best office on the block. Click here to see the transformation and to enter a giveaway bonanza where you can enter for the chance to win Staples products every day until April 29th!

KC also has some cool storage tips from the Container Store, including Pylones Way Cool Way Hot Fridge.

What’s for dinner? Elsa’s Favorite Fish, of course.