I'm a new wife to a wonderful man and an unemployed pastry chef; so now, I enjoy attempting to be crafty, playing easily addictive flash games and dance like nobody's watching! I love cooking healthier versions of the dishes that remind me of growing up in the south. Whether it's mac and cheese, enchiladas, homemade biscuits & gravy or fresh from the oven cookies, I love making comfort foods and anything sweet! My husband and I just got married last year and moved away from our family, so we're beginning our own traditions. So far, my favorites include making the x-mas cheesecake and my true love fruit salad for our spring cookout. I consider making it through Thanksgiving every year a triumph! Probably the worst thing I've ever made was my first attempt at tomato-leek soup. I had no recipe, research or plan of attack. It sounds like it would be hard to screw up, but I managed to turn unassuming veggies into an inedible disaster - what a messy, messy day in the kitchen that was.