For years I disliked cooking. I'd do it, but tended toward the same-old-same-old -- tasty enough, but uncreative and eventually dull. Some years ago, I started getting a flair for the unexpected in my cooking (I was an art student, so creative cooking was bound to happen eventually!). Now I have a blast searching for new and unusual recipes, and I have two kids to do the "boring" parts in preparation. *yea* Turkey. Easy, aromatic, and yummy. Also enjoy making sauces - all kinds. I'm a sauce kind of gal! Christmas egg soufflé. My mum's recipe (probably originating with my grandmum). One of these days I'll post it on here. -- Also, it's not a tradition in *my* house yet, but one of these days I'm going to start baking my mum's apple pie. Absolutely the best I've ever had, and was fun to help with (maybe because I liked to eat it so much?!). -- And, my mum used to make THE BEST cake donuts - so fun to cut the dough when I was a kid. It's another thing I wouldn't mind attempting. (All the fun things I enjoyed to "cook" as a child involved baking!) I once had a pork roast that I didn't feel like cooking in the same old way. I dug around in the cupboards and found some things I thought might make an interesting combination. "Spiced" it with cayenne, black pepper, and of course garlic (- probably some others, but I was making it up as I went along), then I basted it with pear juice for an hour or so. My hubby the "food snob" loved it! Guess what?! This initial experiment began my desire to creatively cook! I once accidentally used baking powder instead of baking soda in a chocolate chip cookie recipe. Oi!!