I've been a stay-at-home mom for about 4-5 yrs now and that is when I decided to do some 'real' cooking. Trying my hand at making my family some real 'family' meals that I remember as a child as well as bringing in new foods and tastes. I started out being an expert in Kraft Dinner Mac'n'Cheese and now I am making my own from scratch....(smiles). I'm proud and excited to have this opportunity to stay home and do away with convenience foods and improve my cooking skills! My favorite things to make are anything that needs to be made by scratch such as cakes, frostings, cookies, pies, pizzas, and family basics such as roasts, and child-friendly meals. Having my children pitch in to help mix and blend with cooking has turned into a nice 'family' time for us. They really enjoy tasting the creations they have helped make. Bread. That is my triumph. It has taken me quite awhile to get the perfect recipe and to make the perfect loaf. Bread was also my tragedy...for months my husband had to eat lopsided, heavy, dense breads as I taught myself (thru trial and error)how to knead, how to mix and how to properly rise a good loaf.