I'm a wife and mom of 2 kids who are vying for the Guiness Book of World Records title: Pickiest Eater. I'm also a nurse working in the addiction/mental health field. I'm starting a new phase now where I'm going to eke out a little time for myself each day and I plan to make cooking, reading, and exercise a part of that. Anything that at least 3 out of the 4 will eat without wrinkling up their nose. Unfortunately our family traditions, so far, are embarrasing. Both kids had very sensitive gag reflexes and texture really bothered them. As a result I heard "I like it mom but I don't want to eat it" as they retched at the table. I respected that since my husband and I find gagging and throwing up to be a real damper on the appetite at the dinner table. We ended up eating a lot of hot dogs, pizza (cheese only or, well, more gagging), chicken nuggets, and other finger food type food. Now they are over the gagging bit (which lasted about 10 years) but they aren't real big fans of anything not in the finger food category. Since finding this site, we have tried a few recipes and while the first was only enjoyed by 2 of 4, one of those was me so I'm making it again because after all, I'm the one cooking. The other 2 recipes everyone liked and said they would like for me to make it again!! Finding this site!!!!! I also feel truiumphant when I can find a recipe that all of us like. Until this site, there were NO triumps except spaghetti. (Big deal. It came out of a box and a jar. Can't have lumps so no mushrooms, onions or peppers). In the past week since I started using recipes from this site, 2 recipes that everyone liked plus one for meatloaf that my son and I loved and my husband will tolerate!!! I made 2 pecan pies for Thanksgiving years ago and was planning to send one home with my uncle. When I started making the filling, I was distracted for a few minutes. When I came back to it, the crust was thawed out a little and being new to cooking, I didn't know if it would make a difference so I put it back in the freezer and pulled out the other. The rest of the baking process went smoothly and the pie we ate was great. Unfortunately, as I was giving the other to my uncle as he left, he noticed someting poking out of the pie. It was the wax paper that separated the two pie shells. We still laugh about it and it's been probably 10-12 years now. I think he said he ate the filling over ice cream so wasn't a total waste. Lesson learned: if you are going to try to pass off a store bought pie crust as your own, remove the wax paper.