You def. need a good set of knives to cook. I tried to do it with crappy knives about a year ago (even though I wasn't on Spark People yet, just liked to cook) and I gave up because I kept accidentally cutting myself because I had to press so hard to cut anything. I got a new set of knives from Walmart and everything is great now :-)
I hope my settings make my videos open (that is my intention - open to see & comment) I'm glad to see you working your water, that's my cornerstone too.