OK.. so we're still doing the transition to being vegetarian. It's fun and I am not feeling deprived or missing meat or anything. I'm currently making my meal list/grocery list. Luckily we will be eating out Friday and Saturday night while friends are in town. But the rest of the time, I am trying simple recipes. Not everything is a new recipe- some, like black bean soup and tacos with pinto beans I already make. We're going to check out golden tofu with peanut sauce and some sort of asian noodle salad one day (recipe from the veggie cookbook I got). it looks easy.

But I am also trying Dal with coconut cream. It looks yummy, easy, probably good for a college night when I have to get to class. However, I have no clue what to serve as a veggie with it. I try to serve a veggie or salad with every meal or have the veggies In the main meal (like black bean soup or the tacos will have veggies in there). So what do I serve with lentils? Normally I make lentils and they have fried onions- it's what I consider my veggie with the meal- or I make just a green salad. If I just make a salad with the lentil and coconut cream, what sort of dressing would I put on it- any recipes? I want something as simple as the Dal will be to make. Complex or time consuming is not really my thing and I know, even if it looks fabulous, I will end up feeling too tired the night I go to make it. to get even more picky- I would love something that utilizes stuff that I don't have to go to a specialty market to find and preferably uses veggies that don't cost an arm and a leg (ie: I don't want to use 5 red peppers at 5 bucks/lb).

Thanks!