I am a wife of 15 years & started cooking right after we were married. My older sister, taught me the basics, when I was a teenager. She taught me a lot of Mexican dishes. My specialty was breakfast in the early years of marriage. I would amaze my husband with biscits & gravy, eggs, potatoes, sausage, the works! As we have gotten older, I cook lighter breakfasts and consentrate on dinners more. I have discovered cookbooks, and bascily try new recipes for dinner that my hubby & two boys desire. I let them pick out the meals that they like often. My whole goal is to please the three guys God has blessed me with! So I choose homemade, country style dinners with basic ingredients they love in hopes they will remember as "Mom's homemade cooking". Italian, Mexican and "home style country", cooking. Also casseroles, like macaroni & cheese, tator tot casserole, my boys love them! Menudo & Tamales at Christmas. Following a recipe perfectly & my family loving the end result.