how wonderful! congrats.

(another good vegetarian dish is mudjaddarah, a rice/lentils dish with delicious spices)

This isn't really a recipe, but something I love to do when I travel is look on yelp.com for people's favorite vegetarian/vegan restaurants in the area. Checking out their dishes will help inspire ideas too. So if you come to LA... head to RFD or Euphoria Loves Rawvolution