Healthy, meat free meals?

We eat mostly vegetarian dinners. Even the vegetarians among our household eat eggs/dairy so it's not very restrictive, the only thing most people are giving up are cows, chickens, pigs, and fish, kind of a short list when it comes to food. It leaves almost all the foods in the diet.

Some of our staples:

Indian food
Mexican food
All sorts of beans and rice dishes
Chili
Pasta
Breakfast for dinner
Thai coconut curry (no fish sauce if veggie daughter is making it)


And veggie girls cheat on:
Ramen Night

because the one we love has beef bone broth, but pretty sure you could easily work up a veg version.

Basically, any soup, rice dish, pasta dish, potato dish, you can just leave out the meat and there you go.

My favorite vegetarian recipe site of all time is Cookie and Kate. She just posted 20 simple weeknight dinners.

Here's one of my go to simple recipes that is super healthy & delicious.

Fagioli in agrodolce (Tangy White Bean Stew)

Ingredients

• 2 cans cannellini or butter beans (rinsed)
• 28 oz good crushed tomatoes (w basil preferably)
• 1 large sprig rosemary (chopped)
• 1 medium onion (chopped fine)
• 1 Cubanelle pepper or a somewhat mild chili pepper (chopped fine)
• 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (far tastier if you get a good quality one - "grape must" as the only ingredient or the 1st ingredient)
• 2 cups vegetable stock (stock is tastier than broth)
• olive oil

Directions
1. Saute the onions with the rosemary and pepper in a soup pot using a little olive oil.
2. When the onions are translucent, but not yet brown, add the tomatoes and vinegar.
3. Cook for 10 minutes.
4. Add the beans, the vegetable broth and salt to taste.
5. Cook for a further 20 minutes on low heat, stirring frequently.

Really nice leftovers as the flavor only deepens over time. It can also be frozen.