When I got married it brought a new dimension of cooking challenges. I do most of the cooking, (my husband also enjoys cooking and cooks at least once a week) and I quickly realized the my list of meals I am comfortable making is quite short. So I've been pulling recipes from here and magazines and family. I come from a long line of good cooks (male and female alike) so I've been able to tap into a bit of that knowledge. I love baking!! I'm a good cook but baking has always been easy for me. Other than that I enjoy stir fry and crock pot recipes. My husband and I work full time so anything that saves us time is great. I have so many memories of my grandmother cooking, especially around the holidays. For the whole month of December she always had spritz cookies in a basket in the kitchen. She has alzheimer's now and has not been able to cook for quite some time but I have inherited her cookie press so I'm continuing the tradition. I've had many cooking triumphs but one that comes to mind was my first St. Patty's Day (on my own) and I made corned beef boiled in Guinness. I can't remember but I may have gotten the recipe from this site. I decided to make sloppy joes in my crock pot. The recipe called for browning the meat first, well I browned it a little too much and when we ate later it was just too well done.