I live in Western Colorado and work from home as a Medical Transcriptionist. I grew up in Central Florida. I love cooking with our 2 kids and passing along family recipes/traditions. Anything Southern/soul food. I have a huge collection of Family Recipes and I love making things from my childhood to share with my kids. Memories of visting my grandparents and my grandmother ALWAYS had something from scratch on the stove! She was a wonderful cook and she is dearly missed! My mom was a great cook and could really "scratch" together a meal when times were lean! Sunday breakfast was a tradition with my dad including fried biscuits, eggs, salmon, hash, etc. Making a cheesecake or having any baked goods turn out at this elevation. I "attempted" to make beef stew for my husband right after we were married. I decided to use a crock pot but did not brown the beef first. At the end of the cooking time we had a big bowl of veggies and A LOT of grease! YUK! But, bless his heart he tried to choke it down until I threw mine away and then let out a BIG sigh of relief!