MINNETONKA, MN – Cari Sandstrom, a local consultant for gourmet food company Tastefully Simple, is helping an area family set to be featured on ABC-TV’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” feel right at home. Sandstrom represented Tastefully Simple in a donation of products to the family when the highly rated program recently filmed in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

“I'm absolutely thrilled to be part of this experience,” says Sandstrom. "These deserving families are role models for all of us." Sandstrom adds, "Hopefully, our quick and delicious products will help make their lives a little easier and make their time together a little sweeter. That's really what it's all about." 

Tastefully Simple’s contribution consists of some of its most popular items, including Bountiful Beer Bread Mix^®, Perfectly Potato Cheddar Soup Mix, Spinach & Herb Dip Mix and Absolutely Almond Pound Cake Mix^™. "At Tastefully Simple, one of our core values is nurturing the community," Tastefully Simple founder and CEO Jill Blashack Strahan explains. “We're very proud that Cari is doing just that and reaching out to such a deserving family."

About Tastefully Simple
Tastefully Simple is the original national home taste-testing company featuring convenience-driven gourmet foods. The company's unique, high-quality products are offered through independent consultants across the United States. For more information about Tastefully Simple, visit www.tastefullysimple.com.

About ABC-TVs Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” has won back-to-back Emmy Awards as Best Reality Program (non-competitive), and is in its 4th season on ABC. The program is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. Denise Cramsey is the executive producer; and David Goldberg is the president of Endemol USA.