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Our Most Popular Vegetarian Recipes of All Time
Meat-free entrées everyone will love.
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Christine C.
December 23, 2023
I love this butternut brisket from The Forest Feast. It can be an entree or a side, depending . . .
https://www.theforestfeast.com/blog/2022/9/19/butternut-brisket-for-rosh-hashana
https://www.theforestfeast.com/blog/2022/9/19/butternut-brisket-for-rosh-hashana
april
November 16, 2020
I love to hack shepard's pie and make curried tofu scramble with sweet potato topping, pecans add a nice crunch
RoastedBeet
May 5, 2020
My husband, who is definitely *not* a vegetarian, often asks me to make Yotam Ottolenghi's black pepper tofu. And Deborah Madison's lentil minestrone (she calls for green lentils, but I make them with black lentils) is the over-all most popular vegetarian dish in our house -- my kids love it.
Ellen
January 26, 2019
Fried rice is a go-to dinner favorite; we riff off Sam Sifton's New York Times recipe.
kathy
January 20, 2019
I made the quinoa salad with apples, cranberries, & nuts (I used almonds instead of hazelnuts) for Thanksgiving for vegetarians but EVERYONE loved it. Had lots leftover for the next day's lunch. Great recipe that all thought tasted so fresh even the next day!
FS
January 20, 2019
That roasted cauliflower is drop dead gorgeous - I'll have to try that recipe soon.
Louise G.
January 20, 2019
I do love spaghetti aglio e olio. I have tried many recipes but love Ina Garten’s recipe. Also I try to use whole wheat pasta when I cook, I prefer the regular for this recipe.
Debra L.
January 20, 2019
This is great timing as one of our New Year's "modifications" is doing Meat Free Mondays. Like the other commenter, we would definitely be interested in mains that will be filling and satisfying. I understand lentils are a good protein source so we'll definitely be looking for those recipes.
Pat
January 20, 2019
These look like great recipes. I agree totally with Joanne. If you’re a vegetarian, you need protein in all your meals. If you’re trying it for a week this will feed you, but not nourish you. There is more to being a vegetarian than just eating vegetables and pasta.
Joanne
January 20, 2019
Hi! These look wonderful and tasty, and i will be trying them out! - but from my experience, some of these veggie recipes are definitely ‘sides’... Without more protein, for example after eating the carrot or cauli soup, you will be raiding the kitchen at 2 am, starving. Planning your veggie meal is important - be sure to include lots of beans, tofu, tempeh, quinoa, nuts, seeds - something to sustain you, or you won’t make it a week!
Snow
February 19, 2019
Great reminder Joanne....some of us learned the hard way.
Replace what you know...grilled hummus and pesto sandwiches instead of grilled cheese. (Because its sometimes more about that buttery salty grilled bread than the cheese-only sometimes). Roasted nuts chopped or broken up and used as soup garnish/salad mix-in. A small bowl of beans with olive oil and herbs with a few slabs of garlicky toasted bread balanced on top to scoop them up with. You'll be surprised how easy it is.
Replace what you know...grilled hummus and pesto sandwiches instead of grilled cheese. (Because its sometimes more about that buttery salty grilled bread than the cheese-only sometimes). Roasted nuts chopped or broken up and used as soup garnish/salad mix-in. A small bowl of beans with olive oil and herbs with a few slabs of garlicky toasted bread balanced on top to scoop them up with. You'll be surprised how easy it is.
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