So far, it's been going fine--not great. We have had several very delicious meals and a few unsuccessful ones (making your own veggie burgers doesn't always work out so well). Some dishes I'd recommend would be: Soba Salad with Carrots and Zucchini, with tofu mixed in, and Baked Tofu Szechuan Style. Both of those were pretty tasty, which is nice since the first time I cooked tofu was two weeks ago. We also grilled up some marinated portobello mushrooms and asparagus one night. That was quite delicious. So, I don't think we'll starve.
The goal is really just to work more vegetarian dishes into our lineup of meals. I imagine we'll still buy steak from time to time, but I was starting to feel like we were relying too much on ground beef and chicken breast because they are easy. I think once I get in the habit of cooking more tofu and beans, I will consider them as convienient as those meat options.
If you have any suggestions for vegetarian dishes to try, let me know.
The hamster photo is courtesy of the awesome site Cute Overload.
I've been vegetarian for 5 years now without much trouble.
Indian food works really well vegetarian style. Lentils and chickpeas are a very good meat substitute.
For myself, I prefer tempeh to tofu. It's far less processed, way more nutritious, and tastes way better. It's just fermented whole soybeans, as opposed to (probably) genetically modified white protein mush.
My preferred method: lots of oil in a pan, get real hot, fry up some chopped up tempeh, cover in soy sauce. Makes real crunchy nice bits that you can sprinkle on pasta, soups, etc. Nice bit of texture.