Vegetarian meal ideas

maddieboyle1992

Looking for some inspiration! I am a confident cook but feel bored of everything! Would love to hear what meals you have been eating. Vegan ideas welcome too

BarbaraHelen2013

Honestly, you’ll get maybe a few dozen ideas here, but there are literally thousands of vegetarian and vegan recipes on Pinterest.

Pinterest is my main source of ‘what’s for dinner’ moments. Hasn’t failed me yet!

acpgee

If you don't mind gluten you can replace the meat in any asian stir fry with seitan. It's cheapest to buy seitan at the asian grocer where it is known as "buddhist mock meat".

Here's an example of a seitan stir fry.
https://www.connoisseurusveg.com/vegan-mongolian-beef/

janejellyroll

Vegan here. Some recent meals I've had:

Whole roasted cauliflower in Korean bbq sauce

Hot and sour soup

Buffalo cauliflower & ranch salad

Black-eyed pea soup

3-bean cornbread pie

Penne with cauliflower

Chickpeas and spinach with rice

Rosemary garlic white bean soup

Gazpacho

Cold peanut noodles

Enchiladas

Beet burgers

Kitchari

Tomato soup

Nicoise salad

(Yes, I know that's a lot of cauliflower, but I love it and can get it for pretty cheap).

thelastnightingale

I saw @AnnPT77 post this site on another thread: https://www.eatthismuch.com/

If you sign up, you can specify allergies etc. It has taken a lot of refreshing, but I've found a few veggie ideas I like the sound of. Whilst I'll modify the recipes to suit my calories/taste and what I can actually source during lockdown, it's a good source of inspiration!

I also saw someone else (sorry, can't remember who) post a link to this reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/1200isplenty/ A lot of posters seem to post their day's intake with photos and calories, so again, another source of inspiration.

More veggie than vegan, but from playing with the above, I like the sound of:

• protein pancakes (pancakes made with banana)
• cucumber gazpacho
• fennel and orange salad
• carrot and coriander soup
• peach, pesto and mozzarella quesadilla
• caprese on sourdough
• cinnamon baked apples

Worth having a look to see if anything jumps out at you too. I find it more helpful to look at sites like the ones I've linked than just pictures of food, as I like to have a rough idea of the calories when pondering.