I'm a SAHM mom to 6 fantastic kids (five that I'm currently homeschooling) and happily married to the love of my life since 1987. I love to cook and bake and try new recipes all the time. That's why allrecipes.com is one of my very favorite websites to visit all the time. I love to cook many things, from soups to cookies and cakes and more. I think that my most favorite thing to cook is anything that I can put in the slow cooker or roaster and walk away. Once a week, the kids help me in the kitchen to cook the entire meal. I use this as a learning experience for them (such as classroom time) but one that's loads of fun. One other tradition that we just started last year that I love is this. About a week before Thanksgiving I post the list of recipes that we'll be serving for the special meal. I let each child pick out what one they want to fix and pretty much let them do it all. I will help if they need or want me to but it gives them such pride to say that they did it all by themselves. It was a terrific family together and built memories that will last forever. My cooking triumphs would have to be that I no longer set the smoke alarm off when the meal is ready! Ha! Ha! Ha! I've been married since 1987 and when we were first married we ate mostly frozen foods, convenience foods (such as pre-packaged meals) and lots of Hamburger Helper. Not anymore! I love to experiment with different and new recipes and try them out on my family. One of my worst cooking tragedies was when I was trying to 'man' the grill outside the kitchen door and work on the rest of the meal inside. I stepped out the back door long enough to turn over the meat on the grill (while I had butter melting in a pan on the stove inside!) and came back into the kitchen in time to see flames shoot out of the pan. The smoke was horrible and I had to throw out the pan because it was permanently damaged. We can laugh about it nowadays but back then it wasn't funny! My husband now does all the grilling outside while he leaves the indoor cooking up to me. And it's a good thing too! =:o)