Lack of sleep makes me less productive. I need a good seven or eight hours a night. Sandra Lee More Quotes by Sandra Lee More Quotes From Sandra Lee You don't need to be born with a silver spoon to reach for the brass ring Sandra Lee spoonssilverneeds Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal. Sandra Lee baking-cookiescomfortinglittles Seventy percent store-bought, ready-made plus 30 percent fresh allows you to take 100 percent of the credit. Sandra Lee storescreditmade It's really easy to figure out why I love what I love, the holidays and food. I know the difference between having them and not having them. Sandra Lee holidaydifferenceseasy Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen. It's fun whether it's baking bread or cookies. With baking, you have to be exact when it comes to ingredients. Sandra Lee cookingfunkids How do I cope with stress? I clean and organize. Sandra Lee cleanorganizestress My secret to survival has been embracing life's challenges and not letting them dictate my frame of mind or determine my fate... Learning to stand strong in the face of challenge and adversity is the only way to get through the tough times. Sandra Lee fateadversitystrong If we want to truly live, at some point, we find the dark facts of psychic life demand our full attention. Sandra Lee psychicsdarkattention Sure, you can mix the flour, baking soda, salt, shortening, and the whole nine yards, but why wouldn't you just pull out a box of Bisquick? Sandra Lee baking-sodayardsnine Yes, I love white, and I'd wear it all the time if I could. Some people think I have an issue with cleanliness, but to me it's just so pretty. Sandra Lee issueswhitethinking I like to create what I call 'tablescapes.' It's so much more fun when you organize your table around a theme, don't you think? Sandra Lee tablesfunthinking I think women today are so overwhelmed and overtaxed. Sandra Lee overwhelmedtodaythinking I'm not sure that some of the food purists are in touch with what really goes on in American households. Sandra Lee householdnot-suregoes-on If you've attended the Cordon Bleu, you would know that no woman is supposed to be a chef - only men. Sandra Lee supposed-to-bemenchef Instead of doing cinnamon, nutmeg, and all those baking spices I'll have one spice that's for sweets, and that's pumpkin pie spice. Sandra Lee cinnamonpiesweet I can certainly be part of the socialite group and walk those carpets every day, but I choose not to because I prefer to be grounded. You can't be at home and on the red carpet. Sandra Lee redgroupshome I always buy the smaller turkeys. On the pre-baste put pats of butter on the meat under the skin, put the skin back on, put a bunch of seasoning on the top, call it a day, put it in the oven. With a 10 - 12 pound turkey you are done in a couple of hours. Sandra Lee turkeyscoupleskins Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen. Sandra Lee kitchencookingkids I'm an activist for gay marriage equality and children's rights. I'm the face of Share Our Strength. Sandra Lee gayrightschildren My years of living the jet-set life were fun, but they weren't fulfilling. The perks and benefits were lovely, but all of the fabulous furs, fancy jewelry and fun fetes simply weren't enough to fill my soul. Sandra Lee soulfunyears