I am 26 and work for the state of California. My husband of 4 years and our pugs make up our little family. Monkey bread with my nieces!! Or anything in the slow cooker...it makes the house smell so good! My mother was (is) a terrible cook - and the saddest part is it is done intentionally. A standard meal at mom's is pan-fried chicken (seasoned with Pam...yummy yummy!) with a steamed green veggie of some kind and baguette. She is convinced that anything good tasting cannot be healthy. So I have taken more after my grandmother - who loved to cook and bake. She has been gone for over 10 years and we still talk about grandma's banana bread and chocolate fudge. I am now starting to create new "traditional" family foods with my husband - comfort foods that we like to cook together and love to eat. I love it when my husband or family ask for something specific that I have made before that they love. Just recently I tried to make a cajun chicken pasta with my husband. I had never cooked with cajun seasoning before, and I am not sure why I didn't bother to look at what exactly is in it, but I poured in WAY too much of it. The recipe called for 2 tbsp and I put in more like 2/3 cup. It was way too salty to eat so we went to Taco Bell for dinner. =)