I love to cook vegetarian meals because I find it most exciting to take something that is nutritious like vegetables and make that the most delicious meal. Although under different circumstances I could have had a Brazilian culinary background, my mother was not excited about cooking. Then once we moved to the U.S. things got even more lax. So nothing really passed on. I am determined to be the one to start cooking traditions in my own family. I would describe that as finding ways to make healthy food more specifically vegetables-- delicious. I went to visit a widower and her small children with my husband. I brought a just home cooked meal to her home and heated it up there. The food didn't look as good or as fresh from my oven to her house. The kids gobbled up my asparagus dish which was a surprise.