I'm married with one 18 year old daughter. I have a rewarding career as an LVN in long term care with seniors. My husband and I are in the process of remodeling the house from the studs out. Only one room left to be done! Aside from cooking, I love to scrapbook, garden, decorate, spend time with our 5 toy poodles, ride my Harley, and TRAVEL! I like things that are quick, easy, economical, full of flavor, and 'company worthy'. We have some dishes that we traditionally serve for certain occasions so we try and adhere to keeping those things on the respective menus. My husband loves my (and only my) potato salad. As soon as the weather warms up and we can grill outside, he wants a batch of potato salad whipped up. He'll eat it 3 times a day until it's gone! I also have to make our family recipe for gelatin salad every year for Thanksgiving. Also on that menu is my cranberry relish and my sausage/apple/onion stuffing. We enjoy deep fried turkey though brined and roasted turkey is darn good too! Fall also means lots of soups, chowder, and chili. Christmas is the perfect excuse to indulge our sweet tooths and share goodies with family and friends! I like to serve Thanksgiving dinner at our house each year. Usually there are about 8 to 12 of us. My mom makes the best appetizers and I do everything else from scratch, including several choices for dessert.