in a vegetarian rut...need recipes

Refried beans on a wrap with lettuce and salsa. Almond butter and banana wraps.
Mexican type quinoa casserole topped with avocados.
Baked oatmeal can be made the day before and eating during the week. Instead of egg, use apple sauce.

Enchiladas made with beans and red sauce (could even whip up an easy vegan cheese sauce recipe), vegan chili, soups, and breakfast for dinner are my staples I highly recommend any of Chloe Coscarelli's books! I have her Chloe's Kitchen book, and I've made a ton of recipes out of there, and they're all really easy, vegan, and turn out to be delicious.

I cook tofu and greens in a skillet with 1/2 packet of oriental ramen seasoning, and then serve on the cooked ramen noodles soup.

I also like pasta salad, my favorite kind is spaghetti noodles w/ garbanzo beans, celery,sesame seeds, and Kraft sesame salad dressing.

Buy any Ottolenghi cookbook. Not exclusively vegetarian but they are stuffed with brilliant veggie recipes.

I'm not vegetarian, but have been in the past and have many vegetarian family members. Have you checked out recipes in the Indian mode? Lots and lots of great ideas, very pro-vegetarian, and most dishes honestly don't take long to prepare. (That's a secret. Don't let it get out! But seriously, it takes me maybe 5 minutes to prepare a curry.)

My teen (whose middle name is "pizza") really likes cucumber raita. That's just yogurt with thinly sliced cucumbers and maybe some onion or cilantro if you want. It's a side, but goes with everything. Also you can make it and just keep it in the fridge for days.

I know you said you're tired of stir fries, but FWIW, coconut milk makes everything taste better! And you really only need a tablespoon added at the end. It'll coat things like green beans or whatever and make it really good, but still not high-cal like a whole cup or more of coconut milk.

Don't know if you've tried rice topped with dal, but that's a standard that feeds a good chunk of the world's population, and it's super-quick. You may already know this, but dal (a legume sauce) is typically just made by tossing some lentils or other legumes into the pressure cooker with salt. Not even spices. (Well, traditionally turmeric, but you can do without.) Try adding a few tomatoes, maybe a bit of coconut milk, or a rasam mix -- rasam is great! (Tamarind paste is one of the secret ingredients.) It shouldn't be thick like a lentil soup ... more like a broth. Then you just serve sauteed veggies on the side and perhaps an achar (often described as a "pickle," which it can be, but a tomato achar and salsa are basically the same.) Anyway, the whole meal is very easy, and everyone'll think you worked hard LOL!

And of course you can keep frozen eggrolls, spring rolls and potstickers around. Definitely kid-friendly, and no need for cheese

I'm not vegetarian or the OP but try to eat as many veggies as I can but it does get boring, so THANK YOU all for posting suggestions ! I'll try some of these ! )

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OMG, I forgot I have 2 spaghetti squashes in the pantry ! Love them baked with just butter spray and garlic, and maybe some cheese if Im splurging ! Tomorrooooooow !

try some ethnic cuisine books. Lots of cultures eat small amounts of meat, mostly from economic factors.

Vietnamese, Indian, Thai, Mexican, Ethiopian all have lots of vegetarian alternatives.

Cook your stuff. It's much cheaper than buying the prefabricated meat-like stuff like veggie burgers. My wife is vegetarian, she stopped buying them. They aren't even that tasty: mix vegetable pulp from juice [or just shredded vegetables] with almonds and chickpeas in a food processor with onion and garlic. Add spices, hot sauce, soy sauce, etc. for flavour and some breadcrumbs for consistency. Form patties. Grill. Delicious, and can keep for a week in the fridge. No meat means little risks of them going bad, and you can add them to a pasta, or if you make it into a large enough tray instead of patties you can make it into a veggie "meat" loaf. My 3 year old loves it with ketchup.

Pink Grapefruit, Avocado, Hazelnut, Fig & Sage Salad (instagram Desla_pomme)


Ingredients: Salad leaves, #Kale finely sliced, pink #grapefruit, #figs finely sliced, #avocado cubed, handful of toasted #hazelnuts, Sage few leaves finely sliced.
Dressing: juice of 1 #orange, 3-4 tablespoons olive oil, 1 teaspoon #mustard wholegrain, salt, crushed pepper, sugar (optional). Method: Tear the #salad leaves roughly. Add the kale + sage and toss. Now place the grapefruit, figs and avocados evenly all over and throws the nuts. For the dressing just mix all the ingredients well and pour over the salad. #vegan #vegetarian #healthyrecipe #easycooking #recipeshare #cleaneating #foodporn #superfoods #aaplemint Recipe from www.aaplemint.com

From instagram desla_pomme: Salsa Soup, by #BillGranger. Ingredients: 5 ripe #tomatoes (300 gr.), 1 red #onion, 1 #garlic clove, 1/2 tsb sugar,1 #lime juice, handful #coriander, #oliveoil, #tortillachips. Put all the ingredients into a #blender (not the chips) with a generous grinding of pepper and salt, if you like. Pulse until you get a chunky, frothy #soup. Serve straight away with tortilla chips on the side or chill until needed. #bbcgoodfood #easycooking #quickrecipe #healthyfood #vegan #vegatarian #salsa #salsasoup