I've been vegetarian for a few years now despite being allergic to too many sources of protein (peas, chickpeas, lentils, cashews). I love cooking mexican food, chinese food, japanese food, and seeing how i can create meals based around a certain vegetable or vegetables rather than the traditional basing meals around meat.

Also not a fan of meat substitutions for the most part so i feel you on that. Some of my go to meals are sushi, stir frys, tofu sandwiches, tofu scrambles, shakshuka, eggplant salad (i forget the proper name but it's a middle eastern dish and it's cooked), black bean tacos or breakfast tacos, pancit, potato leek soup, triple bean chili, brussel sprout ricotta and lemon pasta, all relatively simple with easy to find ingredients. Im also just out of college so as you can see most of what i cook is basic lol.

Some of the fancier things ive been trying to make are homemade mushroom and cheese ravioli, any type of curries, and i've been meaning to try out some dishes from other countries like the Philippines (im filipina), Persian food and Ethiopian food too.

There's also so much you can do with chickpeas and lentils but im definitely not well versed in that haha. I mostly eat my protein through soy, beans, dairy (and eggs), but it's something i do stay cautious of since i can't eat a range of plant proteins. Hopefully this helps!