I have 5 kids aged 8, 9, 12 and 4 month old twins. Therefore, easy and fast, but still healthy and kid friendly is what I like in a recipe. Have been mainly vegetarian for roughly 15 years but I still eat dairy, some fish and eggs so it's not hard to get lots of protein. I like to vary my diet and try new things. I like baking and am good with pie crust and quick breads. I never did get the hang of homemade bread, but now there's machines for that. I like using tofu because it's cheap and fast, also fresh pasta, fresh herbs, pesto, Italian, Indian foods, and Mediterranean eg hummus. I love the Moosewood cookbook and my slow cooker. We always do turkey at Christmas and usually at Thanksgiving. I make lots of sweets around Christmas time and have favorites such as bourban pecan cake and Christmas shortbreads that I like to make annually. Lemon blueberry pound cake. Tandoori tofu, curry with potato and cauliflower. Tarragon mushroom steak for hubby after watching M. Smith make it on TV. Yesterday's buttermilk pancakes - I had to make a second batch and they all disappeared, too. Pesto, hummus and baba ganouj. Letting the world know you can microwave corn with the husk on, you don't have to boil all the flavour out of it. a low fat chocolate cake. It tasted low fat, and was kinda rubbery. Ah well, live and learn. Cakes need a little fat, not just buttermilk and egg whites, if my kids are going to eat them.