Love to cook for the holidays and a house full of people. My mother was my greatest cooking influence. My favorite cooking experience of late was making vegetarian chili and finding ways to incorporate more veggies and less meat into my diet. Chili is one of my favorites. Easy & it tastes great. Also really like making quick breads. My mother's cloverleaf rolls . . . to die for. Mom also made tons of cookies around Christmas time, especially. Cinnamon-pecan rolls from scratch. I was so daunted by making a bread dough from scratch, but it was really not that hard at all! Cheesecake is another one I have accomplished. I once made an Indian dish too hot for my family to eat. Also, I once baked fish in the oven and put the glass dish on the stovetop. Apparently it was too much of a temperature change for the glass to handle because the whole thing just went "TINK" and the glass plan shattered into shards, which fell to the floor. THAT was scary!