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My funniest disaster was also one of the messiest. One afternoon my husband said he wanted me to make him some cookies. I said ok, as long as he was willing to help. We get all the ingredients out and I asked him if he wanted to measure or stir (we had a hand mixer). He said that he'd stir of course so I started putting in the ingredients little by little. I turned around to get the pans from the other counter and as I turned around he asked me if I thought it was about mixed all the while lifting up his hand with the mixer still in it. Before I could yell stop, cookie dough was going all over the backsplash, on the counter and on him. The look on his face at that point was complete horror realizing what was happening which just set me off with a case of the giggles. He did manage to turn off the mixer at that point and we both began the process of cleaning up the entire time with me laughing. That's something that I still laugh about it today and always joke with him about whether he wants to bake something with me.

I like make a spinach dip and put it in a bread bowl. You can use the insides of the bread to put around to use for dipping or alternate it with some scoop type chips. It gives a nice presentation and it seems to always go over well.

I think I'm also in agreement with quite a few on here about her Mac & Cheese. I absolutely LOVE it and so does my family.

Definitely pie crust....learned from my great grandmother and still making the same way she taught me.

When I met my husband one of the first things I told him was not to expect a domestic goddess and that I hoped he liked just the basics for cooking because that was about all I could do. I honestly don't think he believed me until one evening when I was boiling some water for pasta and I forgot about it because I got to doing other things. Needless to say that when I finally noticed was when he noticed that there was an empty pot on the stove and the inside was chipping off. After the initial shock wore off he turned to me and said that he now believed me and would I like to go out to dinner.

A nice steak with sauteed mushrooms and a big baked potato loaded.

BBQ chicken, some potato salad, other veggies and finger foods. We try to do something a little different every year.