I'm a graduate student, so I'm all about eating on a budget. I'm trying to branch out and prepare healthier meals than what I generally ate in college, but meals that are filling as well! I love food, and I have a big appetite... so I'm thrilled when I can find healthy, cheap, and satisfying recipes. I love to bake, especially dessert/sweet type dishes, but I don't do them as often as I used to. Lately I've been more into learning about cooking beyond the "meat and potatoes" diet I grew up with as a kid (though I'm certainly still a fan!) - I'm really excited about Asian, Latin, and various other flavors. I love making Wassail and TONS of cookies with my family around Christmas time. I also loved that my mom let me help her in the kitchen as a kid. I make really good grilled portobello mushrooms, and one of my favorite recent dishes was the "Best ever party appetizer" recipe on this site. I also made a really good pork shoulder roast recently, which was a cut I had never tried before. One of my biggest baking disasters happened when I was probably about 10 years old, and it still haunts me! I somehow put waaaay too much butter into chocolate chip cookie dough (like, over a stick too much). It melted and then burned onto my mother's best cookie sheets.