I love to cook. it relaxes me and is a great way to unwind from a busy day. I love trying new recipes and eating new things. I never want to be the wife who cooks chicken on Monday, fish on Tuesday, and so on. I also want to make sue that my family is eating healthy fresh foods and not the prepackaged crap that is becoming a norm in America. However, although I love to cook and will venture out to more complicated recipes, I am tied down to the experts. Yes, I will modify a recipe to my liking, but it is never really my own. I entered a cooking compitition and won first place, but all that said was that I can follow a recipe well. I want to make something that is completly my own. I just don’t know where to start. Any ideas?