I am the mother of 3 busy girls (sports, dance, etc.) that loves to cook for her family. I enjoy baking and appetizers the most. Dinner can be enjoyable when I have time and some one is there to eat it! Two of the girls were vegetarians (for 3 years) but have recently started eating fish and fowl--which made dinner choices much easier! At Christmas time we bake 10-12 different cookies along with candies and breads to share with family and friends. We have quite a few old family recipes from our heritages...polish, hungarian, and german, and enjoy them still. My grandfather was a chef, and most of my family members enjoy cooking as much as I do---we fight over who gets to make what at get togethers. Cake decorating and cookie decorating is probably my claim to fame along with my salsa canning, guacamole and various soup recipes... Cardamom meatballs from a few years back...the kids destroyed the recipe!!