I am 25 years old and consider myself an aspiring chef. I just recently fell in love with cooking. I have always enjoyed food and traveling to experience new resturants, but have just recently started experimenting and trying new recipes. I never thought that I would ever enjoy cooking or be good at it. I have so much fun on this site because of all the unique recipes. I especially love to bake; mainly because I have a major sweet tooth. I very rarely make the same thing twice, I am always on the hunt for "out-of-this-world-dishes" I love entertaining and "wowing" people with my food. Besides cooking (which I don't find much time to do anymore) I am working on my teaching credential, I figure if that doesn't work out I'll go to culinary school, and/or open a chic cafe and bakery. It will probably always be something I'll think about even if I never do. I have always loved to bake. I guess I can say I started off baking. I love to make fruit salads, homemade icecream, cookies, dump cake and brownies. My favorite meals to cook are casseroles, but unfortunately my husband doesn't like casseroles:(. I also enjoy making stirfrys. I love vegetables! I also love chicken, so I cook a lot with chicken. I do not like red meat so I am always trying to reinvent chicken so my family doesn't get tired of it. I also love to cook with shrimp. I love to make pastas and mexican food probably the most. My favorite Mexican dishes are chicken tacos, breakfast burritos and veggie quesadillas.. I also love to make guacamole and salsa. My mom and I always bake up tons of treats during the holidays and deliver them to family and friends. On my husband's side they always do potlucks for family parties so I look forward to those because I will try an Allrecipe recipe to see how everyone rates it. I am famous for my brownies, salsa, and chocolate cherry cake. Lets just say my old co-workers were sad to see me go! ;) One of my first meals was making homemade pizza. I was only about 13. I tried making the dough and it can out horribly. I didn't cook again for 8 years. I have also had more than one tragedy when using my slow cooker. The first time I tried stuffed bell peppers. I didn't know to add liquid at the bottom so the peppers were burt to a crisp, opps! I still don't know why everyone says they are so easy to use.