Since I work full time, I'm always looking for ways to cook dinner quick, delicious and easy. On weekends, when I have time, I like cooking from scratch and also on Sundays, cook 3 meals to last for the week. I love baking, especially cakes and bread. I also love cooking hearty and healthy food. I love experimenting with different types of foods. My mother always made soups from scratch, just throw everything in the pot and it came out great. The problem though, is she never remembered what she threw in. Also, our favorite dish was macaroni and beans. Simple dish, but we always love it. When my children were small, I always cooked a lot of food for their birthday parties. Always experimenting on different dishes. I learned how to cook Spanish, Asian, and Southern cooking. My cooking tragedy was the first time I was frying chicken legs in a pan of 1/2 inch of oil. My husband (boyfriend) at the time, cracked up laughing and ask what was I doing? So I told him, and then he showed me the correct way to fry chicken. From then on, the cookbooks came out.