I love, love, love to cook, but unfortunately my crazy scheduled does not allow much time for this. (I teach kindergarten!) And my husband absolutely hates to cook! So when I am home (and have all the available ingredients), I love using this site to find inventive new things to try. I love to bake: cakes, cookies, and the like. However, now that my husband and I are slimming down and getting healthy, I am more interested in learning to cook healthy alternatives for dinner. My favorites are Greek food, Middle Eastern and Italian pasta dishes. Growing up, my family & I (seven of us in all!) sat down to dinner every single night. I hope to continue that tradition with my family, and my husband and I sit down and eat dinner together every night. I am willing to try just about anything. I am getting acquainted to my crockpot, since everyone raves about how easy it is to cook with one, and I have had great results. I also make great homemade cookies (never the slice-and-bake)!!! Most recently, I cooked Thanksgiving dinner from start to finish by myself. I had never cooked a whole turkey before in my life, but was determined to try it. I didn't know how long a turkey needed to thaw, and didn't thaw it all the way through. Then I didn't know how long to cook it, and overestimated the cooking time. The top of the turkey was dried out, and the bottom was still raw. It was quite disgusting! I'll stick with turkey breast next year.