Started my cooking "career" as a teenager liking to cook natural/health foods. Self-taught canning fanatic after my first HUGE garden. I work at a high school and stay at home with my two boys during the summers. Have a blended family with a 19 year old daughter and a 15 year old step daughter (along with my 10 & 15 year old boys) Anything my husband & boys deem a "do-over" :) Also, pasta/ vegie combos with fattening sauces, egg rolls, fun & different pizzas, mexican food, salsas. Baking cookies with my kids and nieces & nephews during the holidays. Making two rather gourmet quiches at Easter when I was 15 years old and my Grandma was visiting. Winning blue ribbons at our county fair for my jam & relish entries. A recipe for "Health Bars" that I attempted as a teen that took about 3 hours to bake and they were horrible. All the ingredients were good but the combo was a disaster!