I love to cook! I"m married to a great guy who doesn't have a wide variety of tastes. I spend most of my time cooking trying to sneak in ingredients that he swears he wont eat, but loves when he doesn't know what he's eating. I LOVE Italian, Mexican, desserts, and anything with chicken. A few years ago my mom stopped making the traditional Christmas dinner with turkey, cornbread dressing and ham and we started making chicken and sausage gumbo. We use my great-great grandmother's cajun recipe and have never looked back. The secret is to use butter to make to roux and to cook it until you smell it. NEVER use the store bought stuff if you make a butter roux there is absolutely no comparison! The first time I made chicken and dumplings was amazing! I was completely intimidated by making my own dumplings. Everyone told me to buy the frozen ones but I had tried them and they didn't have the right texture or taste homemade. So I was very proud of myself and it is now one of my signature dishes. Tuna noodle casserole.... enough said.