Create stencils from freezer paper

Information on ways to add protein to your breakfast, using freezer paper to create stencils, and the healing and medicinal use of ingredients will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.)

Sarah Ryan is a registered dietitian and nutritionist, and she stresses that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. She will demonstrate some quick and fun ways to add protein to your favorite breakfast which will energize you all morning. Ryan lives in Conroe, Texas.

Jen Fox is a business owner and designer, and she’s going to show how to use a common and inexpensive household item, freezer paper, to create stencils to use to embellish fabric with fabric paint. Fox is from Albuquerque.

Maria Benardis will talk about some of the ingredients in ancient Greek recipes. She explains that their healing and medicinal use in ancient times is still current even today. She lives in New York City.

Information on professional sewing tips and the hunt for profit will be the featured topics on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Janet Pray is going to share some of her trade secrets, including how to hold the fabric while sewing, how to sew curves and talk about the importance of proper chair and table height. She is from Highland, Michigan.

Author Kivi Bernhard will talk about the hunt for profit in a tough global economy. His book is titled “Leopardology,” and he will explain the six pillars of positive predatory thinking as he compares critical business thinking with the hunt for the African leopard. Bernhard lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Putting the fast in breakfast

Break for breakfast — Take a few minutes to fuel up. Don't skip breakfast to shave precious morning minutes. If so you or your family are missing out on the many benefits of eating the morning meal. Check out these solutions plus a full menu of speedy, nutritious, and simply delicious breakfasts the whole family will love.

The traditional triplet — Whole-grain ready-to-eat cereal and fat-free milk plus 100 percent orange juice.

The hot and wholesome bowl — Microwaveable oatmeal with chopped apples and walnuts made with fat-free milk instead of water for an extra punch of protein, calcium, and vitamin D.

The PB & B — Whole-wheat toast topped with peanut butter and sliced bananas plus fat-free milk.

The swirl-and-go — Crunchy high-fiber cereal, blueberries, and sunflower seeds swirled into low-fat or fat-free vanilla yogurt.

You don't have to eat breakfast as soon as you get up, but you do need to eat it within the first few hours of your day.

Morning sundae

• 2 cups low-fat granola cereal without raisins

• 3/4 cup (6 ounces) low-fat vanilla yogurt

• 1 cup raspberries or blueberries, fresh or frozen (thawed)

Into a large glass mug or sundae glass, plop 1/2 cup of the cereal, then 3 tablespoons of the yogurt, then 1/4 cup of the berries. Repeat layers and then eat.

“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.