Sibbie - we are into week 3 of our new vegetarian ways, and its pretty good so far. All recipes I have tried have been super yummy, but the prep does take a bit longer than just your standard meat and veg meals.

I make spag bol with red lentils, I get these indian ones from coles and I just have to rinse them. There are others that you have to soak overnight and stuff like that, but I haven't needed to, I just follow the directions on the packet. No doubt they are the more expensive ones, but I also have to consider ease in my cooking, since I have three youngin's!!

We had lentil and sweet potato pouches last night and they were sooo yummy, but took about an hour and a half to do in the kitchen!!!! Well worth it though, but definitely a weekend type meal when I have DH on hand to watch the kids for me so I can cook without interruptions and little ones wanting "up" !!!!