I grew up with a mother who thought cooking was opening boxes and cans. As an adult I enjoy good tasting freshly prepared foods. My middle child had many severe food allergies, which forced me to make most foods from scratch when she was little. Thankfully she has outgrown many of her worst allergies. We moved to England in 2004, I cook daily because it is healther and we all enjoy the US flavors. fresh ingredients. We have found a local farmer that we get fresh meat from monthly - it is so much better than most things wrapped in plastic.