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1. Invest in a good vegetarian cookbook.
2. Check out your local health food store - it's bound to have vegetarian foods and products you haven't seen before - and ask questions about vegetarian foods that are new to you.
3. Buy vegetarian cheese. Some cheeses are still made with an ingredient from the stomachs of slaughtered calves, while vegetarian cheese uses vegetable-derived rennet. Many of the more unusual varieties such as Stilton and Brie are also now available in vegetarian versions.
4. Buy free-range eggs instead of the factory/battery produced versions. They are much healthier.
5. Buy legumes/pulses and lentils. No need to buy the dried variety - go for the tinned types of kidney beans, garbanzo-beans (chick peas), etc.
6. Make friends with soy products. Buy soy beans, try soy milk and experiment with Tofu. You might prefer tofu in smoked varieties, but remember: it has no specific taste of it's own - it's meant to absorb the flavour of other ingredients.
7. Try TVP (textured vegetable protein) - buy the 'flavored' variety and use it instead of ground beef in vegetarian lasagna, and other recipes.
Start reading food labels. You'll be surprised how many non-meat foods contain meat-derivatives, like animal fats or gelatin.

3 or 4 servings of cereals/grains or potatoes
4 or 5 servings of fruit and vegetables
2 or 3 servings of pulses, nuts & seeds
2 servings of milk, cheese, eggs or soya products
A small amount of vegetable oil and margarine or butter.
Some yeast extract such as Marmite, fortified with vitamin B12.