you can avoid most of the lava by picking no rivers, no ocean, no lake or swamp biomes (like C. Merika) and probably pick standard caves (frequent but small)
large flat caves could be good for underground minerals, strata slice biome for all the rest that can spawn on surface
see this to have a better idea what’s the water/ lava situation for each biome - it is a more accurate representation than the official thumbnails World Builder Pre-built Biome Preview