I am married to a Chef who has really taught me a lot about cooking. He's patient with me too:) I just recently started to experiment with new recipes and try to cook something for him at least 4 times a week, otherwise, all he eats is restaurant food and I feel guilty asking him to cook for me after a 15 hour day cooking for others... Quiches - so versatile, so easy... anything I can throw in a slow cooker... Asian... seafood is my newest challenge. Holiday cookies... Christmas Eve appetizers I recently found a recipe on here for a vinegar based bbq sauce for pulled pork that really wowed my husband... that's an accomplishment. When I was a teenager I was known for being a disaster in the kitchen - from forgetting to add the sugar to a jug of Kool-aid we took to a picnic all the way to leaving the plastic wrap on a baking dish of homemade cinnamon rolls my mom asked me to put in the oven...