I'm a nurse, but if I could stay at home and make three healthy meals (plus dessert!) a day... oh! How great would that be? I love to bake, which, of course, isn't always the healthiest, but I basically love making anything that turns out well. And I've been a lacto-ovo (sometimes pesco-) vegetarian most of my life. Working on it... Growing up, it was tapioca pudding and sparkling cider and appetizers on New Year's Eve, green bean casserole & spinach lasagna with Christmas. Still creating my own traditions. My husband and I have spent the last several Valentine's Days making tortellini from scratch together... it is so much fun and is more of a bonding experience than going out for a nice dinner. Recently: Making pickles! I've never canned before, so it was a little scary. I also was pretty pleased to have made a nice meringue to go over a fresh key lime pie. When I was much younger, I invited all my friends over and made lemon bars... only I'd mixed up the baking powder with the baking soda, and they turned out disgusting and salty. Also, for a few years, I'd read part of a recipe, decide it would be easy, get halfway through, and then all hell would break loose... I'd have something boiling that was supposed to go immediately into something that wasn't prepared yet. I finally learned to read and reread the recipe all the way through before starting, and to read ahead while making it.