I've loved Zaar for many years and the great recipes I've found here. Back when I was working and the kids were little I was an okay cook who excelled only at a few family recipes. I began "surfing" on Zaar and started making so many wonderful fast and easy recipes. As they got older and I had more time, I began making more adventurous meals. Zaar's fabulous cooks have helped me every step of the way. Thanks to the Zaar family of cooks and the enthusiasm for cooking I developed through them, I'm now considered a good cook and develop many of my own recipes.

When the kids were grown and I was no longer working, what started as a place to find new recipes turned into a community made up of varied and interesting people. After years as a "recipe surfer", I became a premium member in 2005 not only to start organizing recipes but also to participate even more in discussions, forum activities and having fun with new friends.

I am hoping you enjoy the recipes I have posted, but welcome comments on what you changed to fit your family's taste. I try to thank everyone who reviews my recipes, but if I "drop the ball" or if you can't received Zmail, please know how much I appreciate you taking the time to make one of my recipes.

I wish I was "digitally adept" at posting pictures of my dishes, but so far I'm a failure at that technology! So, if you choose to post a picture of a recipe of mine, it would be greatly appreciated.

I've had vision problems plus a retina disease called retinopathy prematuria since birth, but never let it stop me until the last few years when I had to quit driving becauser of it. I moved from "sweet home Chicago" to rural San Diego County, CA, in 2004 when my husband of 35 years retired. Sadly, we are not near our children and beautiful grandchildren, who live in Florida and Arizona. Zaar has helped the transition from moving from the city to the country and becoming an empty nester confined to home a little more bearable.

I still love to read my grisly crime novels, play on the computer, and play blackjack at local casinos (within reason, of course??)
Even though my old friends tease that I'm a cross between a dirty old lady and a mother hen, Zaarites seem to bear with me.

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