I started to cook because I didn't want to spend our life in resturants and fast food joints. Once my husband and I bought our first house I knew now was the time to start learning and practicing in the kitchen, my second home. I have been practicing ever since but there are times where I will go days without cooking. When I cook a recipe and everyone raves about how good it is, there isn't anything better than that feeling of accomplishment. Its a big ego booster. Whatever friends and family will devour!! I like things that are simple to cook with a few simple on hand ingredients. When I was a little girl I used to help my mom make pierogies and a one of her famous cake desserts. Recently, I started a cooking club my sisters and I meet once a month at my mom's house where she teaches us how to cook our traditioanl polish family recipes. So they can be passed down from generation to generation. Bakes Potato Soup & Beef Stew This really isn't a recipe, but i had a tragedy with frozen pizza. My husband & I were starving one night, we didn't have a clue what we wanted to eat so I suggested some frozen pizza (california pizza kitchen). Well I threw that sucker on my nice pizza stone from pampered chef and put it in the oven. Well 15 minutes later when I check on it, the pizza still looked raw and flimsy. That's when I read the back of the box and saw you should put it direclty on the rack. Oops. It just showed me how important it was to read the directions before starting to cook, which I do now all the time.