I love trying new recipes. I have a problem following directions, however. I always end up adding or omitting something. Thankfully, I'm pretty good at guessing what would taste good. Until recently, I had always been labeled as the worst cook ever. I was once given a recipe by my mother and told to prepare it. Somehow I lost my focus and began adding every ingredient by the same measurement as the first. I had a 1/4 cup of about 5 different ingredients before she noticed what I had done. I'll never live that one down.