My sister gave us a pumpkin the other day (she can't get rid of the things - even after she ripped the entire plant out, it all came back). Tomorrow I'm making a pumpkin and potato curry, slow-cooked, that looked really nice in the recipe book, though I'll be making a few substitutes (as I tend to do) if I can't be bothered walking down the shops to get them. It'll be served (my sister and family will be there) on some plain, jasmine rice.
I'm not on a vegetarian diet - it just looked really nice.
I did go vego once for about 12 months to help with dieting, though it only worked until I realised chips were legit.
(you have to ask yourself why it took me so long to realise that, to which I say, "Get stuffed!").
My brother's vegetarian, for health reasons (Irritable Bowel Syndrome - eliminating meat from his diet was what worked for him). He's a decent cook (something I tend to find uncommonly common among the vegos I've known) and I could happily live on his diet, if he would cook it for me.
I do an okay vego laksa, though I normally make chicken laksa.
The Loved One makes an absolutely delicious eggplant parmigiana.
Cheers,
Marc