If you're still looking for thoughts (I realize it's been nearly six months since you posted this), there's a cookbook available free online that you might like. My family calls it Eve's Dad's Cookbook because my sister's friend Eve's father wrote it, but the actual title is How to Survive As A Low Budget Vegetarian. I love the lentil stew. I also love that the first half of the book talks about how to use all the ingredients, what the differences are between different kinds of rice, between different kinds of beans, etc.

http://www.lbveg.com/ (lbveg as in Low Budget Vegetarian)