I was raised on meat and potatoes, but run a vegetarian household. I am married and have two boys and a girl all school age. I am a registered nurse and work with traumatic brain injury patients. I work long hours and have very little time for meal prep. but I try to serve healthy meals to my picky family. I like to try to convert traditional meals into vegetarian meals. Oh yeah, don't tell the kids but, I sneak tofu into everything I can to boast the protein. On big food holiday's like Thanksgiving, my family has themed dinners,i.e....mexican fiestas, Chinese, etc.... also I am the youngest of 12 children and there is a lot of traditional foods served when we get together! Successfully converting my husband to be a vegetarian! Well... like I said I am not an expert cook, but I like to try new things and there have been some real bad ones, just ask the kids!