I used to be a high-powered business chick. Then I married and moved abroad where I couldn't work. What did I do? Took up cooking! I am a vegetarian, and my husband eats what I cook. That was fun to start, but then we had our first baby in April 2005, and now that she's eating what we eat, being healthy and fast (!) are very important. I've given up life in the fast and competitive lane for life in the busy and completely fulfilling lane as wife and mother, and couldn't be happier. Life is how it should be. All things vegetarian -- I love Indian, Mexican, cheese dishes, and Asian foods. Who says side dishes have to be side dishes? We eat a collection of healthy meals. The other veggies in my family and I are always in charge of veggie foods for holidays. It's fun -- and with an inspirational brother in law who loves to cook, we play the "what can we make from items in the fridge game." He's incredible with it... give him 5 ingredients and he'll make a vegetarian masterpiece. Lots from allrecipes.com. I love making dinner for lots of meat eaters, serving only vegetarian food, and having them all satisfied and not missing meat at all! When I first moved off to university I could do nothing but toast and cereal. Everything was a disaster. I took a vegetarian cooking course, and learned so much.