Reddit reviews Food for the Vegetarian: Traditional Lebanese Recipes

I guarantee other people in the family have made some major change that was abrasive to everybody at first, always the way isnt it ? :)
I don't know much about romanian but perhaps with the lebanese you could find vegan blogs or books specialising in such and figure out how to do some dishes that are already vegan or close to it as a kind of bridge like 'isn't X dip fantastic! - its one of the traditional things I can always use as a vegan' all the best with it

this book reckons most lebanese food is vegetarian even if meat portions are large http://www.amazon.com/From-Tables-Lebanon-Traditional-Vegetarian/dp/1570670404

another http://www.amazon.com/Food-Vegetarian-Traditional-Lebanese-Recipes/dp/1566561051/ref=pd_sim_b_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1VRMXX2XQ5AX7TM7SCSM

here are vegetarian Romanian recipes for adaptation if necessary
http://romanianrecipes.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Vegetarian_Recipes