I'm 22 and I've been cooking a little bit since I was probably 10, and when I was 16 or so my sister and I cooked most of the meals at home for a while. I Love cooking. I recently got married, so I've been doing a lot more cooking lately, and it's been fun. So far my husband has liked pretty much everything I've cooked! lasagna, stir fries, curries, pasta, and recently I've started to expriment with making pies, which I found out I like to do (even though i don't really like pie). I never used to enjoy baking very much, but lately have come to enjoy it more and have been doing a lot of baking. an old stand by in my family is "hash": basically ground beef, usually fried up with onions and mixed with mushroom soup to make a thick sauce, sometimes other vegetables added like corn. another old stand by which I should be sick of but still love is simple baking powder biscuits I recently substituted fish sauce in thai recipe with anchovy paste and balsamic vinegar. not quite the same, but it worked and I was so proud of myself! I can make pie (also very proud of myself for that one)! My husband and I have recently come to love soy milk as a replacement for regular milk. You can substitute it in many things, but I found out that chocolate pudding is not one of those things! The pudding didn't thicken and was like chocolate soup.