I raised five children on a rather meager income, so learning to cook for an army and to do it on a small budget certainly taught me a lot about cooking! I learned very early on to experiment to make everyday meals taste better and go further! I love to cook everything. There is really no dish that I don't enjoy cooking. A family tradition in my family is my homemade cinnamon bread and my sweet potatoes. My recipe for cooking a whole sirloin tip roast. Cookies. I burned many a cookie until I learned to stay in the kitchen the entire time!