I am a working mom of three boys (four if you include my husband,which I have to do sometimes) ages 6,(first 2 are twins) and 2. I have been married for 7 years and have been cooking and experimenting with food since I was about 11 or 12. As a working mother of four, my own mother always welcomed help in the kitchen, even if it meant a bigger mess to clean up. I remember fondly my younger brother and I experimenting with food during our summers at home. We made our own salsa once and it wasn't bad! Who cares if we made it with a jar of Pace picante sauce? We were so proud of ourselves. I love cooking anything that my family enjoys....which is pretty hard to do at times. My youngest will not touch anything that even remotely resembles a vegetable and I have one who won't eat cheese (unless it is on pizza, of course)which can be a challenge. Sometimes I just have to say "If you don't like it, then don't eat it...but that is what's for dinner." I try to stay on the healthy side of things, substituting light versions of full fat ingredients and always like a recipe that lets me sneak in something really healthy (like spinach) without anyone noticing. Christmas is a big deal in my family and the kids always enjoy making their own cookies for Santa. Anything my toddler will eat! When my husband and I were dating I tried to make a goulash recipe from his childhood given to me by his mother. It turned out horribly and to this day I still can't figure out what I did wrong. I ended up pouring it down the garbage disposal while he ordered pizza.