Hi there! I'm Shawna. I grew up in South Texas and still currently live there. I am 24 years old and am married to Scott. We have been married almost 2 years and I have 2 step-children (Cody & Haley). Cody lives with us and also loves to cook. We are a cooking family to say the least..lol! I love to cook for family and friends and try to do so as often as possible. I have recently become very interested in baking yeast products. I love to make cinnamon rolls, breads etc. I also love to try out new recipes on my family as much as possible. So I am always looking for new, quick, fairly easy weeknight meal ideas. I wish that ALLRECIPES had some kind of message board where all of us memebers could communicate, but until then......here is my email address - Shawrae@hotmail.com or search for me on MYSPACE using that email address and hit me up there! Have a good one and happy cooking!!!! I love to make pasta dishes with chicken and shrimp. We love ribs and good southern food also. Comfort food. Mac and cheese, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, chicken fried steaks. So if you have any favorites, email me at Shawrae@hotmail.com!!!! My newest favorite would have to be cheesecake. I'd like to start making and playing with different types of cheesecake though. Turtle, fruit, and different crumb crusts. We do all the typical things. Turkey at Thanksgiving, and a honey ham at Christmas. We also like to encorporate some Mexican flavors in at Christmas. We love good homemade tamales. Id like to start our own family traditions also. I have made 2 or 3 really good cheesecakes lately. I also have been getting much better at yeast breads and yeast dinner rolls. I am trying new recipes atleast once a week. Most meals i stick to my monthly turn around meals. But i love to try new things. Ive gotten into candy making, and i love it. Ive had many issues with fudge, but hope to get it JUST RIGHT one day. The worst thing i made was one of the first times i tried to make Chicken Parm. and i breaded the chicken with flour, and fried it. It was GROSS. Now i have perfected it. I also once messed up my deviled eggs. I used sweet relish instead of dill. Tasted horrible. Other than that, i havent made any mistakes. Maybe a crispy cookie bottom or two, but thats about it, SO FAR!!!