Vegetarian main dish recipes wanted!

[kelliem]

I have a vegetarian* friend coming out to visit in a couple of weeks, and I'm looking for some 'tried and true' vegetarian entree recipes since kidunit and I are in main carnivores and most of my entree recipes contain meat. I could go look up vegetarian entrees on foodnetwork.com or epicurious.com but what I want are your recipes, ones you've made a zillion times and love and would like to share. So please comment to this post with your favorite vegetarian recipe.

Thank you all!

*ETA: Specifically looking for ovo-lacto style recipes-- eggs and dairy are okay but not meat or seafood.

Comments

[mems-derynicat.livejournal.com]

I mostly lurk here, but thought I would add some thoughts, hope that's ok!

First important question should be how vegetarian is your friend? Some vegetarians won't eat eggs or milk or any animal product. Others just don't eat red meat...be sure to ask first!

My sister's husband is vegetarian and when he comes for a visit we often have vegetarian quiche (either broccoli or asparagus are good choices) and often a big pasta dish like vegetarian lasagna (with eggplant is good) or a pasta salad with steamed vegetables.

At home he uses a lot of red beans and vegetarian sausages to substitute in stews and such...

Hope that helps :)

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Good point about the 'type' of vegetarian, I have edited my post accordingly! Vege lasagne is a good idea, too. Thanks!