I like learning about recipes, I don't have a very large inventory to work from. I like to cook easy recipes like casseroles that have more veggies and spices than they do carbs and fats. My favorite family recipes are egg casserole, green bean casserole, fried eggplant, banana bread. My parents didn't cook much. I made a delicious oatmeal cookie recipe based off of things I found on this site that had wheat flour, oatmeal, raisins, c raisins, and brown sugar! Fluffy AND chewey! I don't have the recipe on hand right now though. I tried to cook a whole chicken in my crock pot for over 8 hours on low... its still haunting me.