as a non-vegan that thinks i'd like to be vegan.
we've grown up on meat, we are used to it, we like it.
what we don't like is how it is procured, actually worked in a meat packing for a bit. it hurt my heart to be around it.
seems to me you must shut a part of yourself down to do something like that. if you look into the eyes of the animals, you'd find they want life too.
so cooking becomes a challenge, but is always an adventure, to make things that are tasty. i'm getting better at it with time, most advancement came when I learned indian style cooking, and some mediterranean styles.