I am an over-committed working single Mom with two very active kids. I am interested in eating "in" more, eating more healthy foods, and growing our own foods as a family that is in a hurry all the time. I love baking with my kids at the holidays. However, I am not a great baker. I can do pies and cakes. I am not so good at pastries or even cookies. I think this has to do with my impatient nature. My baking is improving steadily and my cake decorating is becoming a passion. Even my eight-year old son now likes this, thanks to the TV program "Ace of Cakes" where they make Star Wars and Army helicopter cakes. Too much experimentation and short-cutting has led to too many unhappy endings to list here!