I am 29 years old, and married to a wonderful man Robbie. I have 3 beautiful boys Mikey, Maximus and Alexander. I've been married since May 2005, and have since become a step-mother to 3 more beautiful children. Robbie, Emily, and Olivia. Besides family recipes, and basics I find most of my recipes on this site or from my friends at http://thequalitycook.phpbbnow.com where we discuss cooking techniques and recipes and also participate in activities like unity cooks and the 5 ingredient cooking challenge. I cook to please. My husband is a meats and potatoes guy, my boys and I love soups and pasta, so we eat a little bit of everything. On nights I work, I prepare quick meal for the family; but on my days off I love preparing more substantial meals. Some of our favorite repeat meals from this website include Flank Steak in Garlic Wine Sauce, Orzo with Sundried TOmatoes & Basil, Mimi's Slumgullion, Chicken Marsala, Italian Sausage Soup with Tortellini, Fabulous Fajita's, and Flank Steak Pinwheels. We have many other favorites from this site, but those have been repeated the most. I also love making meals and desserts that my children can help me with. Not only does it make them proud to have helped but they enjoy their dinner more and it's a great way to teach them basic skills including listening and following directions. Sunday's are usually spent at my parents house. The holiday's are split up between my parents and myself; however we all enjoy helping each other in the kitchen. My favorite holiday treat is olive salad that my mother makes on the holidays. I look forward to it at every holiday gathering. Let's see... Having four boys in the house (one being my husband), sometimes it is very difficult to make something that everyone will enjoy. I guess my cooking triumphs would include every time I get it right and make something that everyone enjoys and I hear no complaints through dinner. It sounds easy, but when you have four people to please with different taste buds, sometimes this task is hard to defeat. My biggest tragedies seem to be accidents in the kitchen. Usually cutting myself or burning myself. Recently I was using the julienne blade on my pro chopper plus. I accidentally julienned the tip of my finger. That hurt but life goes on. I bandaged it up and continued cooking with my finger raised above my head. Another one was when I had a frozen pizza in the oven on aluminum foil. I took it out holding on to the aluminum and it started to tear. Well I tried to catch it...and I did. Third degree burns all over my wrist and hands from the cheese. Guess the pizza wasn't really worth saving, but sadly it was still eaten.