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Sounds cool! Best wishes in your decision! It's not too awfully difficult and there's tons of easy and good recipes out there. Janus is a vegetarian who doesn't eat meat, however he still consumes dairy products. I still eat meat, but now that we live together, I probably eat it like three times a week. I keep plenty of peanut butter and eggs in the house for quick protein, and we eat lots of green vegetables, mushrooms, and potatoes. We were eating too much cooked pasta and rice last year, but since that's high in starch, we've been cutting back. Some of our favorite vegetarian dishes are stuffed portabello mushroom caps, eggplant casserole, homemade macaroni and cheese, vegetable stir-fry, and homemade vegetarian pizza. We don't like spending a ton of time cooking, and these dishes are pretty easy to make. I just Googled for the recipes.

 

One thing I made up on my own (though it was pretty easy) was a vegetarian soup; I get a pack of veggie soup spices/stock maker and add water, diced tomatoes, vegetarian meatballs (they're really good), fresh broccoli, sliced mushrooms, frozen corn and green beans, spiral shaped noodles, basil, and salt in a stock pot. You just let it come to a boil and then simmer on medium for about 15 or 20 minutes. It feeds the both of us for a few days.

Honestly, one of the biggest things I've found about vegetarian eating is that seasonings are your best friend. Two pieces of bread, mayo, pepper, little bit of basil, some tomatoes and lettuce. simply heavenly.

 

Also, there's actually a term for vegetarians who choose to still eat fish, it's Pescetarian. I simply say this because there are many people who will misunderstand when you say you're an Ovo-lacto vegatarian who still eats fish.

 

I still have people who frequently misunderstand my diet, and cook fish for me to eat--so y'know, the confusion goes all the way around.

 

Anyhow, congratulations! It's not the easiest diet (I mean a lot candy contains gelatin, and now that's right out) but it's rewarding and healthy in its own way. I've been doing it for over three years and I love it.

 

Good luck!