My first purposeful vegetarian dinner and what's up next

So, I went for a Greek themed dinner for my first venture into my 10 vegetarian meals from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. I made homemade pita bread and pita crackers, hummus and tabouleh. It took a little prep work to have the dough pre-made and get all the needed ingredients. All the planning was worth it. This meal was BEST FOOD I  HAVE EVER EATEN. I'm not usually crazy about my own food. I don't always like hummus from the store and tabouleh I have to be in the mood for. I'm not sure if it was the freshness of the herbs from the garden or the lemon juice but it was excellent.  Definitely going on the list. The pita recipe was from Healthy Bread in 5 minutes a Day (Algerian Pita with seeds). The cracker recipe was from More with Less.

However, I caved and made Hubs some roasted chicken to go with. He stuck it in the pita with the tabouleh and really liked the hummus. So, overall a good attempt.

This week I have some turnip greens I need to use. So I was thinking about a tomato based soup with northern beans, wilted turnip greens and romano cheese.

Update: Leeks and Seeds and what to eat

Finally! Some recently replanted rows germinated. Took a lot of watering though. I also put some leeks in the ground yesterday. I'm hoping they'll grow.

I'm roasting tomatoes today (again) and putting bread in the oven. Pulled cracker dough out of the freeze too. I also started soy and mung bean sprouts yesterday. Yogurt is on my list for tonight or tomorrow.

Trying to decide which recipe to try from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian this week.  I have garbonzo beans so I could make my own hummus and pitas. I've also been wanting to make tabouleh. So a greek night might be in order. He also recommends a pepper and onion sandwhich. Although I'm thinking mine could include cream cheese or goat cheese, that is an option too. Two other options are black bean burgers and vegetable pancakes. Any thoughts?

Also I did make fried zucchini this week but I salted it first to remove excess water and then cooked in a little olive oil instead of breadcrumbing and deep frying them. So, one simple switch that was easy and delicious. Still dipped them in ranch though!

I also made chocolate pudding from scratch and now I am so annoyed that I ever bought a mix. So ridiculous! Instead of teaching people cooking skills, we teach them how to cheat on things that are way easy to make! The pudding was a hit and next time I'll make a double batch.