Growing up, meals always brought our friends and family together. My earliest and fondest memories are of cooking. It's something that's interested me since I was very young. I make meals as healthy as possible now that I'm a mom and am always learning new ways, from sites like these, to make them even healthier. I go for more complicated recipes when I need stress relief and quickly put together dishes during the work week. Thanksgiving turkey dinner, honey ham at Christmas and my very favorite meal, mom's fried chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy and creamed beans. We have many dishes that I've found are listed by others under a different name. I seem to have knack when it comes to making something for the first time. Most of my cooking tragedies come from not listening to my inner voice when I want to change a recipe and when I'm mad at the person I'm cooking for. Sorry Honey =]