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

[tinriddick.livejournal.com]

This isn't the most summer-ish recipe, and i'm sure you can make some improvements...
North African Stew

2 tsp olive oil
2 small-medium zucchini, diced
1 large onion, chopped
1 carrot, diced (or 10 baby carrots, diced)
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 can vegetable broth
1 1/2 tsp toasted, ground cumin seeds
3 Roma tomatoes, diced
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 green bell pepper, diced
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 can chick peas
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 lb mushroom caps, coarsely chopped
1/2 tsp paprika
1/3-1/2 cup raisins
1 sweet potato, diced
Heat the oil in a 3 quart saucepan over medium-high flame.
Add the onion and sauté until onions are limp and translucent.
Add the garlic and sauté 1 minute.
Add the spices and stir for 30 seconds.
Add the sweet potato, zucchini and carrot.
Stir to coat with the onion mixture and add the vegetable broth.
Stir to combine, Reduce heat, cover, and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the tomatoes, bell pepper, chick peas and mushrooms.
Stir, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
Add the raisins.
Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
Serve with rice or couscous. (couscous makes a nice 'bowl')
Serves 4.

(since i'm not big on mushrooms i usually use squash instead)

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Oh, yum! This sounds delicious, thank you!