Vegan here also for a year now. Have been vegetarian for about 20. My hubby eats what I cook but will have meat if we go out or if it is served at someones house. We do vegan camping. I recommend just keeping it simple with recipes you both like. We eat a lot of Mexican minus the cheese. Italian dishes ( spagehtti sauce with lots of veggies like mushrooms, zuchinni,peppers etc), lots of soups. If you have a good library I would check out books. I look on Amazon for Vegan cookbooks then go to the library and check them out if they have them. Food for Life is one I use a lot by Dr Neal Barnard. Also here is a website you might like. http://thevegan8.com/recipes/