I've always loved cooking. When I was growing up, my step-father was the household cook, and I always enjoyed helping out. I even once ended up completely covering the floor of a dorm room lounge with cooling Christmas cookies. Since having children, my favorite recipes are the ones that look and taste like they took all day to prepare, but really only took a matter of minutes! My slow cooker and bread machine are heavily used as a result! I am now a stay-at-home mother of 4 children ages 7 down to newborn, and one of the things I take pride in is having a good, healthy dinner ready for my husband when he gets home. And if I can make it so the kids all like it, that's even better! I love baking of all kinds - desserts, breads, cookies, bars, etc. This Christmas I plan on having a house full of cookies to give as gifts. I also like finding new ways to cook common things. Lately this has resulted in me finding new recipes for common things. My absolute favorite food so far is the "World's Best Lasagna" recipe on this site. We have a vegetable garden in the backyard, so I've loved being able to make tasty, healthy things to eat using the fresh foods we have available. We don't really have any yet, but as my children are getting older, I'm sure we'll start some! Lasagna, a variety of breads (I'm the family baking queen), and getting my husband to eat salmon! I once tried to make lemon bars using only Splenda instead of sugar - what a flop!