I am a working mom with two children - son is almost five, daughter just turned two. I am obsessed (husband's words) with cookbooks and reading recipes, but I've only just started really cooking from them. And the good news is I'm actually enjoying it! I LOVE to bake. I try to bake something every weekend (cake, cookies, brownies). The recipes I tend to gravitate toward are fast, somewhat healthy and things I think my kids will try. Really don't have any. My mom rarely cooked when I was growing up and never baked - so she thinks it's a little nuts that I enjoy being in the kitchen so much. I have a few things that are on a regular rotation that my husband loves - roasted chicken & vegetables, meatloaf & mashed potatoes - and it makes me so happy when he loves what he's eating. Yikes. I've had to throw out only a couple of things. Usually we just eat it and I'll make a note in my cookbook not to try that recipe again. I believe that you can't hit them all out of the park - practice makes perfect.