Looking for a vegetarian recipe a meat-eater will eat

1. Marcella Hazan tomato sauce — pasta 30 min
   Three ingredients (tomato, butter, onion). Iconic.
2. Mushroom bourguignon — Smitten Kitchen 60 min
   Beef bourguignon's vegetarian cousin.
3. Eggplant parmesan — NYT Cooking 90 min
   Restaurant-quality at home.
4. Black bean burgers — Serious Eats Kenji 30 min
   Real, not falling-apart.
5. Cauliflower steak — Bon Appétit 30 min
   Get a cast iron really hot.
6. Lentil soup — Smitten Kitchen 60 min
   French style.
7. Chickpea curry — Madhur Jaffrey 45 min
   Channa masala basics.
8. Caprese salad — yourself 5 min
   Tomato, mozzarella, basil. Olive oil. Salt.
9. Spinach lasagna — Smitten Kitchen 90 min
   Béchamel-heavy version.
10. Roasted vegetable grain bowl — NYT Cooking 45 min
    Whatever vegetables. Tahini sauce.