I would love to go more vegetarian, and always scan these threads eagerly for new ideas. But the staples (which sound delicious to me) are chock full of stuff my son simply won't eat - risotto of any kind, dishes based around vegetables like aubergine, beetroot, peppers, mushrooms, leguminous curries and stews (he'll tolerate a green lentil salad, just, but moans and picks the meal apart, literally, if I do something like a lentil based lasagne or pasta sauce), cous cous. Also, when we're trying to reduce carbohydrate, pasta, rice and potato based meals (again, delicious but increasing protein, reducing carbs really works for weight loss, and my husband needs to do this, or buy new suits). I would love a list of veggie options that was high on protein (and didn't involve eating eggs five times a week), low on carbs and would tempt my son. Actually, I want a resident chef because years of attempting to find this particular sweet spot have come to naught. In our healthy weeks, I rely over much on chicken, frozen fish fillets and frittatas (because you don't want to eat too much red meat, and anyway, fussy son won't eat lamb or duck, but he will eat quail). In the weeks where I'm giving in, I fall back on spag bol, sausage and mash, potato dishes like dauphinoise, curries and then husband and I both feel sluggish and puffy.