I'm now tring out new vegaterian dishes. Sometimes it's hard to pick a veg dish that is both flavorful and healthy at the same time. Sometimes I'll cook meat dishes, but I'm cutting back on them now. I love cooking desserts and using my bread machine. I've only been cooking for 2 years now. And still experimenting thru trial and error. My family doesn't cook, and I Go thru phases where I enjoy it, mostly in the winter months when there is a lot of time spent indoors. As far as family traditions...I have none. Very few, here latley. Only a few of the recipes I get here I would consider a tragety.