Yeah, there’s a really high Indian population in my area, and India has a huge vegetarian population. So most of the restaurants around me actually have decent veg options. I doubt I’d ever go fully vegan, but even casual “eat meat when you feel like it, but don’t intentionally make it the centerpiece of every meal” vegetarianism is extremely easy nowadays.

So I grew up 95% vegetarian. Stir fry can be adapted to fit just about anyone's taste, and is dead simple to make (and filling).

The first thing your going to want to learn is how to cook rice. This might be in a pot, rice cooker, or something else. Find what works for you.

Now with your rice cooking, do a hard pan fry of some tofu. Your goal is to get it crispy via the highest heat your stove can put out (think wok levels if you can). The trick is to use a firm (or extra firm) tofu that has been patted dry and cut into small cubes, oil and a lot of heat. From here add in a few veggies that you like and top with a basic teriyaki sauce.

That's a basic stir fry on rice. Mix the rice into the pan and you start down the road of fried rice.

Spicy bean chili with crispy golden cornbread is a classic American dish that will stick to your ribs pardner!

I can nearly eat my weight in hummus and butter garlic naan with seitan tikka masla, very filling and so delicious!

Or if you're ever not sure you'll get full enough, kick back a baked potato 15 minutes before the meal, it'll give you something to digest.

Slightly related I'm a big fan of trying to get 30g+ of fiber every day, and 1 tsp of psyllium husk in water before each meal. I'll end up staying fuller longer and feel better.

I like a good bowl meal. The template is grain/pseudo-grain, legume, two or three veggies, sauce. So you could have a quinoa and chickpea bowl with pickled red onions, kale, and roasted red peppers, topped with a hummus tahini sauce. Or a black bean and rice bowl with pickled jalapeños, grilled corn (which is also technically a grain but it still works as a vegetable) and chopped red tomatoes, with an avocado crema sauce. It's extremely flexible, easy to make, and good for meal prepping. You can add an additional protein if it's still not filling enough, like fried tofu or crumbled tempeh or seitan "chicken".

It's far from the only way to make an easy, filling veggie meal, but it's one of the easiest frameworks for people used to the "meat, carb, vegetable side dish" style of meal.

I know you didn't ask me but I also grew up on meat and potatoes.

I've recently discovered lentil enchiladas are very tasty. Cook the lentils in vegetable broth, after you have cooked lentils ( pretty good on there own) follow any enchilada recipe and use the lentils instead of meat.

I like to cook the lentils a day before so they are already prepared. The instant pot makes cooking both dried lentils and dried beans quite easy with minimal work.

I'm not vegetarian either, but bean quesadillas are always a good, cheap, and easy meal when I'm lazy. It can be as easy as open a can of black beans, drain and rinse, put on a big tortilla with cheese and some jarred salsa, cook both sides in a frying pan. If I'm feeling like doing a little more, I'll add some diced tomato and jalapenos. You can be eating in as little as 10 minutes.

It's pretty rare for it to infect people. It does happen, but humans are not a prefered host

think we can enlighten the maggots to switch their diets?

Well I think if you eat those we can all agree that is an ok exception to eating vegetarian, it is more like self defense at that point.