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She: a lactose-intolerant, hypoglycemic, semi-vegetarian (no red meat) health food nut.

He: literally a meat-and-potatoes guy ("vegetables are what food eats!") with a penchant for baking and eating pie.

What happens when they share a kitchen and all their meals?

They both compromise, they eat more variety than they did alone, and they eat very well.

She takes Lactaid so that she can eat dairy, forgoes eating organic produce only, and indulges in more desserts than she usually eats in a year. He drinks juice with their oatmeal at breakfast, sometimes eats fruit or yogurt for a snack, and eats salad at dinner.

They cook different dishes. Sometimes only one of them eats them, and sometimes they both eat them. Together, they prepare lots to choose from, especially on leftovers nights:

• Vegetarian chili and other bean dishes
• Spaghetti with the meat prepared separately
• Vegetarian pasta dishes
• Roast beef or hamburgers with meat or soy patties
• Baked potatoes
• Southern cornbread
• Chicken stir fries
• Vegetables in cheese sauce
• Egg-potato-vegetable medley

Desserts are just as varied:

• Bread pudding
• Fruit and custard pudding
• Dirt cake (chocolate)
• East Indian banana yogurt salad
• Peach cobbler
• Non-dairy chocolate ice cream
• Pie: coconut cream, pumpkin, strawberry, chocolate

They both like cooking and eating, they both like chocolate, and they both respect the other person’s choices. Together, they’re eating very well.