I'm a school teacher who also works in the evenings. This leaves little time to cook dinners and pack lunches for myself and my boyfriend. We both dislike fast food and will not use convenience/prepackages foods. I am always looking for new ways morph lefovers into lunches, and for great big batch cooking ideas. I love canning anything that I have picked either from my garden or fresh from a local farmers market. Soups, jams, pickles, tomatoes, green beans. There is such a satisfaction in looking into the pantry and seeing beautiful jars of veggies and fruits. Again, canning. I have memories of sitting on my granny's front porch and stringing beans or pitting cherries for hours. Of course there are always the continued traditions of holiday baking and we NEVER go without oyster stew on Christmas eve! Anytime someone enjoys something that I have prepared brings me joy. Pepper Jelly that I overcooked which came out more like pepper taffy!