Bachelor cooking for himself for the first time. Unexpectedly, I'm quite enjoying the challenge and excitement of cooking for myself, and on occasion, friends. I have to say I'm a meat lover. However, I do enjoy fresh vegetables, and finding inventive ways to integrate them into my meals one of my greatest challenges. Coming from a large family, food was always in great quantity, and was commonly a clever comination of basic staples. I tend to cook this way myself, with a good deal of rice, beans, ground beef, cheese, and raw veggies. Sweet, sour, and sticky chicken as found on this site. Got rave reviews from friends I had over for dinner (may have been just partially attributable to the case of wine consumed simultaneously :) Too many to relate :-) Mostly arising from silly misconceptions, ie that you can make grilled cheese sandwiches in the oven :-)