I am a newlywed and love to cook for my husband! I look for quick, but healthy meals for weeknights and love to experiment on the weekends when I have more time. We especially enjoy Italian food. I love to make homemade gravy and try different types of Italian dishes. I am not much of a baker, but I try! My husband is lactose-intolerant so I try to avoid dishes with alot of cheese...unfortunately for me! My first attempt at making a pie turned out great, which I made as a "trial-run" before hosting Thanksgiving. Of course when it really mattered, making the pie FOR Thanksgiving, the dough turned out horribly and I had to make an emergency trip to the grocery store for the ready-made pie dough. Not a bad alternative though! Also, I cannot make pudding to save my life (unless it comes from a box). My husband LOVES vanilla pudding, which I have attempted to make homemade and most recently, for his b-day...big mistake! It was a runny, yellow, unedible disaster!