What he said. Also look into Thai food. I don't have a specific book or recipe in mind, but a lot of Thai people are vegetarian, and most Thai restaurants offer most menu options as vegetarian.

Eastern European and hence, most of American culture are the ONLY ones who think a meal isn't a meal without meat. Most of the rest of the world uses it as a flavoring, or as an occasional dish.

I have no issue with meat eaters, because, as a biologist, I realize that we are physiologically designed to hunt, and to chew and digest meat. But also from a biological standpoint, you WILL eventually fry your kidneys eating that much protein on as regular a basis as most Westerners do.