Member Since:
Feb. 2007
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Southern, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Healthy, Vegetarian, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies:
Quilting, Sewing, Needlepoint, Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Painting/Drawing
I am 23 years old. I have a family of four: myself, my husband, and 2 daughters (all but me are picky eaters). I spend most time w/my family. They are my life and treasure :-) Otherwise I love to come up with, and find, tasty & healthy meals and treats for my family. I am also an artist and dancer(well beginning dancer). I LOVE(!) modern dance, ballet, and world dance. My favorite art, other than dance, is photography. I try to make time to work on my photography! I also spend a lot of time playing barbies and MyLittlePonies :-) Lol. Thanks to my daughters. :-)
My favorite things to cook
Anything that is sweet. I love to bake :-) And, I love to make sushi too!
My favorite family cooking traditions
My family gets together to make authentic tamales and enchiladas from scratch. :-) mmmm...yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, delicioso! Also, ever since I can remember we always bake for ALL of the holidays...mostly Christmas. I now do the same with my daughters :-)
My cooking triumphs
My family loves any baking of sweets that I do. Especially Soft Oatmeal Cookies (found on this site) that I make with whole wheat flour and splenda (shh). But that's so easy :-) And my husband liked some cheesy garlic bread I came up with instead of buying the pre-made kind, but that's easy too :-) My family also loves it when I cook up mushrooms that taste just like the ones at the Chinese restaurants. I still need to figure out the exact measurements for that recipe though, b/c I just eye-ball it.
My cooking tragedies
I once made egg rolls, but the recipe didn't say to cook the inside b4 frying & I didn't even think about it; they turned out to be absolutely horrible! And, I had like 2 dozen of them :P Also, I once made cake balls, and they tasted like soggy cake w/a coating of chocolate. Honestly, I think it was just the recipe itself, and I think some people just think it tastes great. But, not me!