I eat pretty much everything from baby octopus to celery, however I am in the first throws of shenanigans with a lady who doesn't eat meat, though has no problem with others who do (just a taste/texture thing I think).
I'm pretty sure she eats fish, which is fine as I can cook that without issue, but I'm wondering what other options are there.
What I'm specifically looking for is veggie food that is a nourishing meal but when has a chicken breast or steak added to it becomes an omnivores delight too... it's be great if the vegetarian part didn't just end up looking like a side order to the meaty meal...
>>3577 Quorn is the obvious choice but if you want to be clever try and cook something that just has veggies in it that you like as well. Ratatouille is a good start. Thai curries are a good option.
The trick is to just treat your "side dishes" with the same care you would normally your meaty main.
Ratatouille is terrific baked with eggs, since we've mentioned it.
Italian food tends to be very friendly to the vegetarian option. Any number of pasta/pizza/gnocchi dishes are yours for the taking. Tortillas - and I mean the fried potato cake kind rather than the wrap kind, although they could work too - are versatile and suited to veggie cooking.
If you really want to cook some outstanding veggie food, I heartily recommend the Ottolenghi cookbook. It's not exclusively a vegetarian cookbook, but there are loads and loads of great meat free dishes in it.
>>3579 Ah if it's books you want then everyone should start with this. We have hundreds of them, I can recommend many, but Leiths is one of the best. It's not at all brown-rice-and-lentils.
>>3577 > Thai curries
Another vote for these. Great for pescetarians, since lots and lots require various kinds of prawn or fish rather than red/white meat.
If Quorn is an option, then doing two lots (one with meat, one with quorn) will be your easiest bet. For reference, pretty much anywhere you can get mince, chicken pieces, chicken fillets and burgers made from quorn. For most recipes that can use chicken pieces (curries, pies) you may as well skip making a meat version. No quorn will ever beat a lamb madras, but it's good enough to be quite palatable.
Be wary of soy faux-meat stuff; it tends to come out all dry and horrid. Exceptions are the "chicken" kievs and the sausages from Morrison's, which aren't too bad.
