feverish wrote:

> I'm quite familiar with a variety of tea bags. Can even do the tea ball
> thing, if it comes to it. Salt? No iodized salt shall pass my lips.. heh
> (but I will do regular old Mortons/generic non-iodized)
>
I'm curious.. why no iodinzed salt?
Cookbooks that you might check out (www.bn.com) include
"How to Boil Water, Life beyond Takeout"
"Jacques Pepin's Simple and Healthy Cooking" as well as many other
wonderful classic books.
Since you lean to vegetarian eating, and your new SO doesn't, you might
try looking at Weight Watchers or AHA type cookbooks which often
minimize meat in dishes and stretch things with a lot of veggies.