Gluten-free, dairy-free vegetarian, here. Half of my diet is lentils and brown rice. I eat all the fruit, all the vegetables (except kale, bleh), and all the nuts. I mostly eat home cooked, mostly whole/"clean"--not by design, but just because that's what happens when you eliminate gluten and dairy. I don't have a lot of cravings. My attitude toward food has shifted more into the "meh, fuel" realm. I'm less concerned about it being interesting or especially delicious. I have a sweet-tooth that's largely dormant.

People with whom I eat pretty much know which restaurants have options for me (smaller town; I can count them on one hand). I don't eat out much, and it's fine. From vegetarianism I learned to eat my protein at home before I go out, so if there's nothing for me I'll be fine. Works great.

I don't have "food issues"; I eat what I eat and I keep my mouth shut about it. Anyone who wishes to be close to me needs to not have issues as well: don't gossip about my choices, don't draw attention to them, don't tease me or try to make me feel guilty because I won't eat a steak. Go to the steakhouse without me if you can't bear to see me eat a salad sans croutons. It's totally fine; I don't care. Don't bitch because I can't eat anything at that restaurant over there--just go without me, or understand that I don't mind going somewhere and not eating. Some people get weird and hostile when you don't eat what they eat. That's just asinine.

I sometimes cook meat for my roommate. I ate it for most of my life so it doesn't offend me or gross me out.

I just want to be left alone. I don't preach about my lifestyle choices--I don't even talk about them, if I can help it. I don't care what other people eat or don't eat. The only thing I ask for is respect, and that's evidently very difficult for some when terms like "vegetarian" and "gluten-free" start getting thrown around.

I am a picky foodie. I love good tasting food, but eat no sweets other than fruit and really limit my intake of carbohydrates. I eat lots of fresh vegetables, and both animal and vegetarian protein. I like many cuisines -- Indian, Asian, Cajun, and more.

I am a vegetarian. I enjoy all types of fruits and vegetables so this is definitely not a problem for me. I do not care what other people eat around me as long as they except my diet

I only eat to not be hungry. I find eating a chore, and if we didn't have to eat to stay alive, I wouldn't. Idc most of the time what I eat. It's just food. Perhaps this is due to working at a restaurant full of fattening foods. Make America Fat Again.

I really love to eat and as a result of that I have been battling my weight for most of my life. At one point i was just under 300 lbs. For the last few years I have changed my diet a lot by avoiding convenience foods and greatly reducing my intake of sugars, simple starches, and animal fats. I also try to be active. I don't think that I'll ever be skinny, but I'm healthy in spite of being a little pudgie. My last partner had a habit of bringing very tempting garbage food into the home that I had a lot of difficulty resisting. I'm not saying that was the only reason that the relationship failed, but it didn't help things.

I love food, I love it all, though I eat meat, I mostly eat vegetables and salads, especially now its summer here, I love all Asian food, middle eastern and Indian food. Its extremely pleasurable to me. I could never be with a vegan or someone who didn't eat gluten. It would do my head in. I once was dating a man, who hated food, only ate because he had too. He only liked 3 different types of meals. Hated cooking. As to say that didn't last. He is still my good friend and currently with a women who is Gluten intolerant and loves cooking. Going out for dinner with them is an interesting task.

I would call myself an adventurous eater,the more exotic the better . I recently tried sea urchin and found it to be delicious. I enjoy sushi and all seafood .My wife is a vegetarian and I can easily adapt to her food choices in vegetarian Indian restaurants etc

Both, I enjoy a wide variety of vegetables, some red meat, chicken an fish. But tomorrow is Super Bowl so junk food reins. lol

I eat less meat and more veggies, and generally low to no added sugar, non processed and as close to natural as possible. Then I had lunch with my daughter today, she's pregnant, her choice was fast food. However, the next bite will likely be back on track, if I ever get my lunch digested....

I try to eat for health as much as possible. Love eggs fish meat nuts vegetables and butter, real butter. Try to avoid fast food and white flour as much as possible and eat at home most of the time. I would rather my partner share my taste for healthy food with an occasional splurge for some fun food.

I generally eat meat, though I would have no issue with going vegetarian if the dishes were prepared well. Fairly recently I began to control my diet, and I eat a far larger amount of veggies than either meat or carbs, but I don't really deny myself anything other than bad tasting food.

A partners attitude on food would matter more than what she ate. If she was Vegan, and didnt try to force me to change through psychological manipulation id be fine with it. Likewise if she snacked on whale blubber... Though truth be told that would be a bit weird.

I just made some kick butt onion soup...
All vegetarian for you meatless people!!!

Not a deal breaker unless it's obviously affecting their health. For the most part I side with the Epicureans. My youngest daughter just became a vegetarian so I'm going to be looking in to some vegetarian main course ideas. I'd love to have any recipes, links or otherwise anyone would like to share. My biggest weakness is baked goods. I love to bake and now my youngest daughter is into it. She made a German Chocolate cake completely from scratch for my birthday and it was spectacular.

I have to watch my blood sugar now and loose some more weight. One thing that I love is sea food, and that doesn't seem to be deal breaker. But I am not snacker. I think the thing that hurts is no pasta. I eat for survival now.

If there was a goddess to chocolate or rum im on bord

I enjoy a lot of different cuisines and am an omnivore. Food is an interest as well as necessity. Probably a deal breaker as if they were too picky they would run.

Well Witchymom....

1. Pork, hamburger, chicken, fish, shellfish, any vegetables.
2. I eat for pleasure. My wife says to survive.
3. My wife loves my cooking... she likes to eat too.
   Let it be noted that we need some discipline in our life. We both love to eat. We need help...lol.

For most of my life, I have been attached to a life support machine ..... it’s called a refrigerator.

To me, cooking a meal is my "mindful" time. I do the Blue Apron meals - and have been for a year and a half now (or longer I forget). The act of going through, prepping the ingredients, and cooking is a needed break from my day. I enjoy cooking these days. So I do eat for both pleasure and survival.

I also work from home, and the act of cooking supper most every night helps me unplug from my work -- which is always there if I let it be!

I have a kid who is vegetarian, and a kid who is pescatarian (other two kids eat all things). I change my cooking habits when those two are in town (one is grown/independent, and the pescatarian kid is in college) to accommodate them and really don't mind.

Have contemplated going vegetarian myself, but have not done so. Pretty open minded about it all.

My wife did a lot of research on an eating plan that we could do. She picked an eating plan by Ludwig. First we cut out white sugar, white rice, white bread, and white potatoes. In our eating plan, they are called the deadly whites. After we got rid of the deadly whites, started feeling better. Less aches and pains. We have a couple of garden plots, so eat a lot of fresh veggies. Got rid of highly processed foods. Mostly eat from scratch, with lots of slicing and dicing. Wife uses lots of spices, and food always tastes great. Never feel that I am missing out on anything. The plan included having chocolate that is at least 70% cocoa.

I'm trying to steer away from the pleasure and more toward survival.

I have always enjoyed eating meat. If I found I was married to a vegetarian I would smother her with her own pillow when she slept.

I am an omnivore. I cook as well as eat, so flavor is important to me and variety welcome. I can cook what anyone likes to eat, so special diets are not a problem for me. I love the challenge of stepping beyond my own dietary preferences to learn about other food related lifestyles.

Not an easy one. Let's say I'm the cook in the house and I prepare a small 10oz every day for the food as we need. For pleasure we eat in a restaurant and always share a meal. Since we do that I already lost 15 kilo's (33lb) also my wife lost 10 kilo's (22lb) but it is not always fun as we sometimes eat the same dinner every day of the week (I try to avoid that though). Every day eating food for pleasure is the poison for society. We try to eat for pleasure when we go out.

Omnivore, I don't get hungry but enjoy food. One meal per day, almost always home cooked and from our own produce except for meat. By own I include what we barter, I swap with co-workers, I have spare eggs, but no mango tree. Mango smoothie for desert tonight made with home made yoghurt. Mostly just my son and I in this house, both can cook most things. I eat too much starch, potato and bananas are prominent in my diet.