Simple Flavorful Vegetarian Meals?

Gado gado. Skip the shrimp paste and replace fish sauce with soy sauce.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/gado-gado-salad

Sesame noodles.
https://www.recipetineats.com/sesame-noodles/

Mejadra. But to keep it simple don't bother deep frying the onion and use ready made deep fried onions or shallots.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/09/mejadra-recipe-yotam-ottolenghi

There are a lot of very easy Italian pasta dishes that are vegetarian where the sauce is made in the 10 minutes needed to cook the pasta. You will need a veggie side or a salad to make these a balsnced meal. You can also replace 30%-50% of pasta with spiralized squash or courgette to reduce calories without detriment to texture of original recipe.

Spaghetti aglio e olio
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/222000/spaghetti-aglio-e-olio/

Spaghetti cacio e pepe
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2016/nov/03/how-to-make-the-perfect-cacio-e-pepe

The person who said it’s not about what you eat but how much you eat, of course, has a good point. However, you can eat as much steamed broccoli, celery, spinach etc as you want. Sometimes it just feels good to eat a lot of food.

https://www.womensweeklyfood.com.au/tags/vegetarian

Have a scroll through here. All my dinners this week are from here!

I have many favorite recipes I rotate through:

Noodles and Sauce
I make homemade marinara sauce with noodles. My kiddo’s favorite. Sometimes I add tvp or lentils or make “bean balls” or make sautéed mushrooms with it. I serve it with a green salad. I put half a batch of sauce in the freezer for another meal it to use with homemade pizza.

Seitan
Here are two favorite Seitan recipes:
Sausages can be eaten alone, served on a bun or sliced up and added to recipes like soup or pasta: https://www.isachandra.com/2012/01/vegan_sausage/
BBQ Ribs - I love these and usually make a double batch. Sometimes I substitute an Asian marinade in place of bbq sauce for a different flavor profile: https://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2007/05/barbecued-seitan-ribz.html

Mushroom Stroganoff
I am obsessed with this lately. I usually skip the pasta and serve this over rice: https://frommybowl.com/one-pot-mushroom-stroganoff/

Other favorites are:
Tofu Jerky
Chickpea Curry
Veggie Reuben
Tacos
Chili
Lentil soup
Stir fry with tofu
Hummus
Quinoa tabbouleh

I could go on and on

https://youtu.be/X4gwxDpzqhs try Indian food, I've made my own at home. Following the recipe and also making it without the extras that u maybe can't find and it comes out great. They use a lot of spices and most are vegan or vegetarian so they have a lot to offer. Yesterday I made a recipe similar to this excluding curry leaves and one or 2 spice was missing along with me using a different onion but it was so good. I added corn and broccoli

Also canned jackfruit in place of meat for tacos or anything really. Look up recipes on youtube!
https://youtu.be/vehbmvL3mtA.

https://youtu.be/KdZspNPcwnI
https://youtu.be/SW0atW-xxCE
https://youtu.be/xv_nUE_9drw

Not exactly low calorie, but we were at a restaurant tonight where the french woman at the next table ordered a baked camembert for dinner. She was dipping melba toast into the melted cheese. A more balanced meal would be to dip raw and blanched veggies such as green beans, asparagus spears, snow peas, tender stem broccoli into the melted cheese.

Along the same lines mac and cheese is an easy flavourful veggie dinner. I lighten mine by stretching macaronni with 30%-50% cubed courgette. Instead of traditional cheesey bechamel, I blitz no fat cottage cheese in the food processor and stir in some grated hard cheese (cheddar, parmesan, or pecorino) to taste. Pop cooked pasta and lower calorie cheese sauce into a casserole dish, top with bread crumbs and extra grated cheese and bake until bubbling.