I'm an at home mom with 2 beautiful girls and a husband that loves my cooking experiments. We have a near ZOO, with all of the pets. 3 cats, 3 birds, 2 snakes, a gecko and a small reef tank. Mexican and Italian. I love to grill because it becomes a family affair! Love soups, especially during the cold winter months and salads during the summer. On Christmas eve, my family meets together and we all bring potluck appetizers. It's a friendly competition and my family always loves MY contributions which ALWAYS comes from this site because they are always great and different. I also make Christmas dinner, fun Halloween stuff and something for the family Thanksgiving potluck. I am not certain this is a blessing or a curse, but I never measure and often stray from the recipe. My husband will say "THIS is the best (salsa, soup, dip, dinner) ever, can we have it again?" I have to break it to him that I don't remember exactly how I made it. Most of the time it's an improvement, though, so he doesn't complain. I wasn't allowed to cook growing up, because my mom didn't want the mess. In college my roomate was one of the older children in a family of 13. She had done so much cooking, that it was not fun for her. Once I made tuna chowder out of a recipe book. The recipe served 12 people and I hadn't cut it down. We ate chowder for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, for DAYS!!!