I am a mother of 5. My youngest is 4 and my oldest is 21. I have one grandchild. I have been married for 6 years. My grandmother taught me to cook so a lot of recipies I have and will share were hers. My favorite main dish is chicken. My husband complains he is going to grow feathers we eat it so often. I also like to bake a lot of cookies and cakes around the hollidays. My 17 year old son and I bake cookies every year for the guys my husband works with. We usually send in 2 gift wrapped pizza boxes containing 10 dozen different kinds of cookies. The guys usually have them all eaten before lunch. My pasta salad is my biggest accomplishment. I get rave reviews about it and I am asked by everyone to include it when there is a party or picnic. My husbands ex-wife asks me to make it when she and her parents are having a party. I can't cook steak to save my life. I turned delmonico steak into shoe leather. My father didn't think that was possible until I showed him how easy it is. haha. Also, I can't make home made mashed potatoes. My mashed potatoes look and taste like elmers glue. I don't know how I manage to mess them up so bad. My sister and husband have both tried to teach me and both have given me up as a lost cause. They have watched me go thru the steps supervising what I am doing and still have no clue how I ruined it.