I'm a transplanted midwesterner who's learning to appreciate the simple and regional foods of the South. I've only been been married for about 3 and a half years, but I've been cooking since I was five so I have a lot of experience under my belt. I'm very good with cooking on a budget. As a wife, student, and working member of society I thrive on quick, easy, and cheap recipes. I love to cook asian recipes and regional southern dishes. Right now my favorite recipe is Easy Tortilla Soup found on this site. Every Christmas, my mom, all my siblings, and I take a Saturday and bake cookies and fudge til we drop. It's a big deal to us, and it just isn't Christmas until we've done that. Over time, it's become less about the cookies made and more about the time together. I consider it a great honor that my husband has loved everything I've tried cooking. He says he can't remember a single dish that he didn't like! When I was much younger, I was baking a custard pie and accidently dropped it in the oven! The custard goo went absolutely everywhere - sprayed throughout the oven, came out of the oven, and over the nearby cabinets. The burnt smell stayed for atleast a month. Everytime we turned on the oven the smell reminded me of that horrible moment.