I try to make meals more healthy because I love desserts too much to give them up! It's hard for me to follow a recipe & I tend not to repeat them anyway. I like producing cookies (mostly Mrs. Fields recipes) in bulk, but don't decorate. Half of my cookbooks are for cookies. The other sections are vegetarian, ethnic, crock pot, cook for a week & freeze (I'll get around to this someday), & low-carb (this doesn't work with my love of baked goods). My favorite reference book is Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything."