We've been married for 3 years now, but we still feel like newlyweds :) My husband and I enjoy cooking together and for each other. This site has been very helpful and has resulted in many successful dishes and happy dinners. I'm a middle school teacher with 4 preps! The Quick and Easy section is my friend on school nights :) I love cooking many things. In particular, I love experimenting with versatile dishes like enchiladas, vegetable soups, risottos, and potato dishes until the recipe is my own. I also absolutely love to bake, particularly cookies and bread. Both of my grandmothers were amazing cooks and I learned a lot from both of them. Holidays were always special in my family. My mother had special dishes for every holiday, for instance Christmas Eve is always an amazing homemade tomato soup and special Norwegian bread. My favorite cooking triumph was quite a loooong time ago! When I was about 11, I made moussaka for my father's birthday without any help and was so proud of myself when he loved it. Also, I've cooked Thanksgiving all by myself for a few years now and that always feels like a feat to me! We all have a few! Several years ago, I tried to make chocolate mousse for my (now) husband and it turned out horribly. The funny thing was that despite it, he loved it. He still requests that I make "chocolate soup" and I remind him that it was supposed to be mousse.