As a vegetarian, I was a big fan of Indian food. I suppose it's because nobody eats cows in their country, but they've figured out how to make a host of wonderful, meatless dishes. Peas, and curries, and little fried vegetable clusters, and massalla, and yogurts galore, the Indians do vegetarian well.

Now as an unvegetarian I've been revisiting my favorite classic Indian cuisine, but adding in the meat.

I used to make a mean spinach and eggplant curry. I have updated to spinach and chicken curry and its even better, and healthier than ever, because I don't fry the chicken beforehand like I did the eggplant.

I've been putting massala in many of my dishes. Massala is an onion, tomato, spice mixture, its the base for many traditional indian dishes, like fried rice is the base for many Chinese dishes. the healthiness of all these veggie/chicken combos is off the charts. I mean, talk about the benefits of vitamins! If I'm not careful, I may have washboard abs before too long.

So Indian food is a winner for vegetarians and unvegetarians alike. Whether the chicken, or the pig, or the cow, is chopped up into the bowl is only secondary to the great flavors of the five C's: curry, coriandor, cloves, chili powder, and cardamom.

Oh, and make sure you get your vitamins online too!