Aside from cooking, if there's one important lesson I learned from my parents it would have to be about budgeting. I grew up in a large family of 6, and we enjoyed delicious home cooked Vietnamese dishes, so I've had my fair share of trips to the Asian market to pick out the dinner ingredients. We couldn't always get the pre-packaged American snacks from the commercials, but now that I think about it, learning those lessons about budgeting for our family really came in handy for me now that I'm a parent - way more handy than any fun snacks or juice boxes would have been! With twin teens, a hungry husband, and now my parents in my household, budgeting is still important when it comes to food, except now it seems easier. My parents might have taught me how to balance a checkbook, but those days are long gone because now I've been using software to balance everything and track my spending. I love how my expenses are automatically categorized and I can even set go...