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Hi,

I've been a member for a few days now, sorry that it's taken me so long to

introduce myself, I've been a bit under the weather lately.

I'm faith, married 4 years to my dh Bob. I'm not a vegetarian, though I rarely

eat meat and/or meat products. My husband has been strugglilng with high

cholesterol and high blood pressure for several years, and although I've tried

to fix meals that are more suitable to his diet restrictions, his test results

showed that the medication and diet restrictions were not helping to lower his

cholesterol or blood pressure.

During the last visit to the doctors, our family doc told Bob, if he did not

make some drastic changes in his life, he would be dead within 5 years. That

did it for me. I knew hubby wasn't trying to change his eating habits, and to

be honest, I'm tired of nagging him about what he should and shouldn't have.

(He knows which foods he's to stay away from, but if I didn't cook he would

deliberately choose foods he KNEW were not acceptable!)

I decided to start cooking vegetarian meals, which was not easy at first -

especially since my husband believes the five food groups are hamburger, pork

chops, organ meats, ham and steak! I've needed to find recipes that would be

very filling and full of flavor or I'd never be able to get my husband in the

no-meat frame of mind. I believe I've done well so far -- I enjoy cooking and

trying new recipes and I'm not afraid of spices, (which helps when cooking).

I'm hoping to learn some food techniques that will help us lead a healthier,

meat-free life, as well as make some friends along the way.

I have a lot of recipes to share -- some I've gathered, some I've created on my

own.

I look forward to meeting you all!

Many blessings,

faith