I'm a working mom of five. Happily married and loving my life. I love to use AllRecipes to plan out my meals for a week or two in advance so I can have dinner placed in the oven before I leave work. I love Mexican foods given an American twist. When I find a recipe with some of the ingredients I have on hand, I'll test my cooking know-how by altering the recipe on the fly. With practice, it becomes easier. I love to cook the big holiday meals. It's work, but cooking during this time reminds me when the women in my family would get together a few times a year and share the kitchen. They were good memories that I want to pass to my children. Simply improving and not burning everything while attpempting to do two things at once! And using AllRecipes because it makes me look as if I'm really organized! I've had people mistake me at the stores for mystery shoppers and for inventory contractors because I come in with calculator and clipboard in hand! I'm triumphant about saving money because I buy everything at once and none of my grocery budget is spent buying items I can't use in a recipe. I also plan out menus. While I do switch days that I have a particular meal, my menu jogs my memory as to what I had in mind when I bought a particular ingredient. My attempts at a low-carb cheesecake with no sugar and very little artificial sweetners isn't going well. Because cream cheese can be very expensive, I have to keep it on my try, try, try again list until I get it down right. I did get it right once, but I didn't write down the ingredient proportions I used! Oh well, back to the chopping block! :-)