"Vegetables are delicious if they're prepared well!" Kayla protested. Sure, she liked deep-fried meaty things as much as anyone and she had a visibly soft spot in her heart for sweet baked things, but human beings needed balance in their diets. Besides, vegetables were delicious in a nice stir-fry or roasted with the right herbs. "I'll convince you of that one day."

One nice thing about the Xavier Institute is that they seemed to have the budget to buy the better things too. She was pretty sure she had better ingredients to work with than a lot of restaurants, never mind school catering operations.