How strict we talking here? Vegan strict or a Vegetarian that allows things like eggs milk and such? If she eats eggs then I'd go with Quiche.

I would definitely recommend investigating Indian food. There's a big subsection of the culture that's been vegetarian for centuries, and out of the list of non-negotiables the only worrying one is beans (and even then, only if you count "lentils" as beans).

>>5251
Quiche is good stuff too.

http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm

Also, give beans and cabbages another chance. They're really great if you cook them right, especially as part of soups and stews.

Vietnamese Spring Roll

These take for-fucking-EVER to make but are sexy amounts of delicious when served with hoisin-peanut butter sauce. Just leave out the meat parts.

Also, don't forget to bring a TOFU

Wait is seafood, dairy and eggs vegetarian or

Pasta dude, noodles, kouskous, breads, there is whole world of grains to exploit.

>>5251
Just vegetarian. No sane person can give up cheese.

>>5253
I have hated cabbage in every form I've tried it in, from raw cabbage, to boiled, to kimchi to okonomiyaki. Beans I tolerate as a filling agent, but only specific beans, although my friend makes a Bean Surprise dish that is great (the surprise is that it doesn't taste like beans).


I'm already planning a Mexican burrito thing. Spanish rice, peppers, onions, jalapenos, maybe some cayenne pepper, mushrooms for the meatier texture. and a couple types of cheese, of course.

>>5252

Seconding this. We make curried eggs in a cream sauce, sounds odd but is fantastic. Followed by curried green beans and spicy cauliflower and potato.

What about Thai red or green curry? You could even cook meat separately and add it to yours at the end.

>>5268
Recipe plox.

Replace those three chili powders (you can't find them anywhere) with generic mccormic chili powder (or make your own), replace meat with that ground beef substitute (boca makes it i think?), and enjoy.

Chili in general adapts well to being vegetarian. You just have to substitute something to mimic the texture.

>>5269

Posting the egg recipe, will do the beans and cauliflower later.

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery ISBN 0 563 16491 3 (paperback)

Hard Boiled Eggs in a Spicy Cream Sauce (Malaidar Unday)

Serves 3-4
3 tblspns vegetable oil
2oz onion peeled and finely chopped
1 inch cube of ginger peeled and grated
1/2 fresh hot green chili finely chopped
1/2 pint single cream
1 tblspn lemon juice
1 teaspoon ground roasted cumin seeds
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garam masala
2 teaspoons tomato paste
1/4 pint of chicken stock (vegetable stock for vegetarians)
6-8 hardboiled eggs, peeled and cut crosswise into halves
1 tblspn finely chopped green coriander or parsley

Heat the oil over medium heat in a large, preferably non-stick frying pan. When hot, put in the onions. Stir and fry the onions for about 3 minutes or until the pieces are browned at the edges. Put in the ginger and chilli. Stir and fry for a minute. Now put in the cream, lemon juice, ground roasted cumin, cayenne, salt, garam masala, tomato paste, and stock. Stir to mix thoroughly and bring to a simmer.

Put all the egg halves into the sauce in a single layer, cut side up. Spoon the sauce over them. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, spooning the sauce frequently over them as you do so. By this time the sauce will have become fairly thick. Put the egg halves carefully in a serving dish, cut side up, and pour the sauce over them. Garnish with the fresh green coriander, sprinkling it lightly over the top.

>>5276
Oh god I just had a droolgasm I didn't think eggs could do that for me anymore-

>>5277

Just to note, might be easier with double cream as single curdles quickly.

Fried eggplant is the best. I was actually vegan for an entire year and me and my meat-loving dad loved this shit. It gets juicy and luscious and amazing and even picky-eating ten year olds love it.

Fry cubes of eggplant in oil till they get golden brown. Drain them on paper towels while you saute up some onion, garlic, ginger. Add plenty of dried chilis, soy sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, the eggplant. So delish.