I have been cooking since I was a toddler and could drag the kitchen chair across the linoleum to the stove top to hop up there and flip my own french toast. I cook Southern style with a healthier twist to watch sodium and cholesterol levels. I love cooking Italian dishes, big stew pot meals that you can freeze servings for a rainy day, and baking. I hope you enjoy the recipes shared and will cook alongside them as I show you how to navigate a real kitchen cooking with love as the main ingredient. I created my RU-vid cooking channel as a digital cookbook to compile my most treasured recipes in case my memories fade if the same fate awaits me as my mother who died from Alzheimer's dementia a decade ago. I have been married for 35 years and my husband is my greatest fan. We have one son. I adore him and my 5 chihuahuas. When not in my kitchen, I love to paint original artworks and crochet sweaters for my chihuahuas.