I am a mom of 2 grown sons. I work 2 part-time jobs and volunteer entirely too much. I love baking bread from scratch with no recipe. The dough is so forgiving, you just keep throwing things at it until it looks like bread. Including leftover hot cereal, particularly if it has been cooked with raisins adds an entirely new dimension. My husband says I could take an old shoe and make it taste good. I like recipes, but as they say about jazz, "the music is only a guide", recipes are only a guide. I hate to throw things away and often include about anything in the bread that I bake.