I have five teenagers and one husband...all living at home for one more year! We live on a cattle ranch, so we eat lots of beef! I love to find new ways to cook beef. Also, with five kids we go through a lot of food at each meal. I cook in large pots every day! With a big family, in a very small town, we do not eat out much, so I enjoy cooking good meals for everyone to enjoy. The kids love my spaghetti and lasagne, but my favorite is steak. We have created our own special beef rub seasoning. I use it on all meats. The biggest tradition for us is at Thanksgiving we do not have a large turkey...that's the competing protein....so we have a very small turkey and a very large prime rib roast. Delicious! Triumphs? Well, I suppose merely cooking for this large family. I enjoy using the grill and I once made steaks and all the fixings for 26 at Easter. Sometimes it seems that nothing goes right and I am totally unable to cook a good meal. But no one complains, as that means that they either don't get fed or they are the designated cook next time.