I cook because I have to eat. Yeah, I would prefer it if restaurants with real chefs provide delicious gourmet for me, but I ran out of money a long time ago. I now cook for myself in order to pay the mortgage and the credit card debt. Luckily, I have since found that I LOVE to cook. I'm a terrible cook, granted, but I have fun with it. I still prefer to only cook once a week and freeze meals for the rest of the week, but this system works for me. pasta, traditional vietnamese meals, lasagne, turkey burgers, lots of greens...yummy yummy I made split pea soup and it was GOOD! I burnt the lasagne :(