A slow cooker sloppy joe recipe to die for; great swiss chicken casserole; finally knowing how to improvise/substitute now that I've been cooking a while with various ingredients; I measure my success by my husband's and family's appeal for certain recipes. When I lived in Spain with a family, they made the best rice pudding. I took the recipe back with me and still to this day I can't get it creamy/milky and tasty like theirs. :-( My rice never cooks right and turns out chewy.