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Healthy Vegetarian Recipes

Find healthy, delicious vegetarian recipes including vegetarian breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Healthier Recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.

The Best 30-Day Vegetarian Meal Plan

Nutritious vegetarian recipes for a month of delicious dinners.

The Best 30-Day Vegetarian Meal Plan

Easy Quinoa & Mushroom Burgers

Even meat-eaters will love this healthy veggie burger recipe!

Easy Quinoa & Mushroom Burgers

Slimming Vegetarian Dinners

Whether you’re a vegetarian or just looking to cut back on calories, eating meat-free meals can have real weight-loss benefits.

Slimming Vegetarian Dinners

Tex-Mex Black Bean & Quinoa Bowl

Vegetarian Pinto Bean Sloppy Joes

Butternut Squash & Black Bean Tostadas

Peanut-Tofu Cabbage Wraps

The Best 30-Day Vegetarian Diet Plan

Incorporating more vegetarian meals into your weekly routine is a great way to boost your health. Eating more plant-based foods and less meat has been shown to reduce your risk of heart disease, type-2 diabetes and even certain types of cancer. Plus, going meatless has environmental benefits. Whether you're already vegetarian or trying to cut down on meat, this vegetarian diet meal plan makes it easy with mouthwatering meatless recipes all month long.

Skillet Gnocchi with Chard & White Beans

Baked Mac & Cheese

EatingWell's Best Vegetarian Recipes

In celebration of EatingWell's 10th anniversary we picked our 100 favorite recipes of the decade. These are EatingWell's 10 best vegetarian recipes for a delicious meatless meal. Our best vegetarian recipes come from food writers, famous chefs and the pros in the EatingWell Test Kitchen. And of course each one meets our high nutrition standards. Check out EatingWell's best vegetarian recipes for a satisfying recipe where you won't miss the meat!

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Vegetarian Spaghetti Squash Lasagna

Chickpea Dumplings in Curried Tomato Sauce

Butternut Squash Soup with Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Falafel Salad with Lemon-Tahini Dressing

Best Vegetarian Recipes

Whether you’re vegetarian, going meatless for a meal or need to figure out what to cook for your vegetarian friends, these satisfying, healthy dinners belong on your table. They feature fiber-rich vegetables, vegetarian proteins, like tofu, beans and eggs, whole grains and flavor-packed sauces, for a delicious dinner.

Black Bean Croquettes with Fresh Salsa

Caramelized Onion & White Bean Flatbread

Tortellini Primavera

Egyptian Edamame Stew

Meatless Monday: Healthy Vegetarian Recipes You Must Try

In addition to the environmental benefits, research shows cutting back on meat may have a host of health benefits. Join the Meatless Monday movement and enjoy these healthy vegetarian recipes including vegetarian pizza recipes, tofu recipes, vegetarian pasta recipes and more meatless meals.

Caprese Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

Celeriac & Walnut Tacos

Summer Vegetable Tian

Vegetarian Recipes You Need to Make All Summer Long

Caprese-stuffed portobellos or eggplant gyros, anyone? These are EatingWell's favorite updated vegetarian classics that take advantage of summer's best produce.

Spinach & Artichoke Dip Pasta

Cauliflower Tikka Masala with Chickpeas

Beefless Vegan Tacos

Vegetarian All-American Portobello Burgers

30 Family-Friendly 30-Minute Vegetarian Meals for Busy Weeknights

Life can get busy and these vegetarian meals are the perfect go-to when you need dinner on the table fast. In 30 minutes, you can feed the whole family with a meal that is loaded with vegetables, whole grains and plant-based protein. Featuring Vegetarian All-American Portobello Burgers and Pesto Ravioli with Spinach & Tomatoes, it’s easy to feed your kids vegetables that they’ll want to eat.

Vegan Cauliflower Buffalo Wings

Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps

Spinach & Artichoke-Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

26 Meatless Restaurant Copycat Recipes

These meatless recipes recreate your favorite restaurant dishes from the comfort of your own kitchen. Whether it’s an appetizer or main dish, these recipes are healthy and delicious. After you make these recipes, you won’t want to go out for take-out again. Recipes like Vegan Cauliflower Buffalo Wings and Vegetarian Enchilada Casserole are tasty, filling and taste just like the original recipe, but meatless!

Crispy Gnocchi Pasta with Tomatoes & Leeks

Mojito Blueberry & Watermelon Salad

Creamy Cucumber, Radish & Tomato Chopped Salad

Spinach & Strawberry Pasta Salad

25 Summer Vegetarian Recipes in 20 Minutes or Less

These summer vegetarian recipes take advantage of the season’s gorgeous produce. Whether it’s a side dish or the main attraction, these recipes highlight fresh vegetables and fruits like zucchini, tomatoes and avocado. You can easily swap produce in these salads and pastas depending on what’s available. Recipes like Cucumber & Avocado Salad and Cherry Tomato & Garlic Pasta are healthy, delicious and perfect for summer nights.

Yatimcheh (Iranian Eggplant, Tomato & Potato Stew)

Yatimcheh is a comforting, economical and easy-to-prepare Iranian vegetarian stew of eggplant, tomatoes and potatoes. This dish can be prepared year-round but is particularly flavorful with sweet late-summer tomatoes and eggplant. Serve yatimcheh with flatbread, like lavash or sangak, or rice, with a side of fresh herbs such as parsley, mint, basil or green onions, and plain yogurt.

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Banana-Zucchini Muffins

Use up your extra bananas and zucchini in these healthy banana-zucchini muffins. Serve them for breakfast with fresh fruit or as an afternoon snack with a glass of milk. If you prefer a larger muffin, these can be baked in a 10-cup muffin tin instead of a 12-cup tin.

Falafel Waffles with Yogurt-Tahini Sauce

Get your falafel fix with this fun, healthy twist on classic falafel. We use a waffle maker to crisp up chickpeas with lemon and herbs. A tangy sauce, made with zippy za'atar and served on the side, adds a creamy note.

Kale Salad with Balsamic & Parmesan

In this healthy kale salad recipe, you massage the dressing into the kale, tenderizing the leaves and infusing the salad with sweet balsamic flavor. Creamy pine nuts and salty Parmesan cheese added at the end balance the flavors. Enjoy this salad on its own as a side dish or add cooked chicken, shrimp or steak to make it a full meal.

Lemon-Rosemary Melting Potatoes

These full-flavored potatoes are a great new approach to your typical potato side dish. The potatoes roast, then "melt" with the flavors of lemon, rosemary and garlic. They're good enough for a special occasion, but easy enough for a weeknight.

Broccoli-Cranberry Salad

This easy broccoli salad is tossed in a creamy dressing and spiked with sweet cranberries, Cheddar cheese and toasty walnuts. This easy side is great for lunch--add shredded chicken to make it a main dish.

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Carrot Cake with Candied Carrot Curls

Our 30th anniversary deserved a cake, and what cake better represents EatingWell than one with vegetables? While many homemade carrot cakes include pineapple in the batter, we made a jammy filling with it instead to tuck between the layers.

Make-Ahead Freezer Oatmeal Breakfast Bowl

Keep a lineup of these simple breakfast bowls in your freezer for a heat-and-eat breakfast that will give you energy throughout the morning. Rolled or steel-cut oats will work for this recipe. Feel free to swap fresh fruit for the frozen berries.

Veggie Sausage English Muffin

Keep several of these simple vegetarian sausage sandwiches in your freezer so you always have a healthy breakfast ready to go. To keep it simple, we use roasted peppers from a jar instead of roasting them at home.

Ricotta-Berry Crepes

Make a big batch of these easy 3-ingredient crepes to stash in your freezer so you always have a healthy breakfast on hand. A dollop of ricotta adds protein to a store-bought crepe, while the berries give a burst of sweetness and a little fiber.

Pomegranate Gimlets

Cookbook author and TV show host Ina Garten gives the classic gimlet recipe a modern twist. She says, "I like to serve these Pomegranate Gimlets with Fig & Cheese Toasts, which is simply toasted bread, spread with fig preserves and goat cheese; they take no time to make and they're sweet and savory with the cocktail. But even something simple like salted cashews is good in a pinch."

Strawberry Margarita Snow Cones

These boozy snow cones make cocktail hour extra fun.

Horseradish-Cheddar Mashed Cauliflower

This mashed cauliflower recipe with butter and sour cream mimics the taste and texture of mashed potatoes. The swap saves you 40 grams of Carbohydrates and 100 calories per cup, plus it quadruples the vitamin C, giving you 82% of your Daily Value of the immune-boosting nutrient.

Wilted Greens with Warm Apple Vinaigrette

Massaging kale, curly endive and Brussels sprouts then tossing with a warm dressing wilts them slightly for a more tender bite.

Marinated Yogurt Cheese

By draining the liquid whey out of yogurt, you can make a "cheese" with the texture of soft cream cheese. Here it's turned into a savory spread with dried herbs. Avoid using regular yogurt containing additives like modified food starch, vegetable gums or gelatin; these thickeners inhibit the release of the whey. Serve this with crusty French bread or crackers.

Whipped Frozen Cantaloupe Creamsicle

Got a lot of leftover cantaloupe? Don't worry about wasting it--just throw it in the freezer and you'll be ready for cool cantaloupe creamsicles whenever you get the craving. Frozen cantaloupe cubes make this blended treat refreshingly juicy, and when blended with milk or a nondairy alternative, you get a summery treat that's just sweet enough.

Zucchini Noodle Pie

If you're familiar with Italian spaghetti pie, you'll love this better-for-you gluten-free update to the classic comforting casserole. Replacing the traditional spaghetti with zucchini noodles keeps the meal from weighing you down, but it's still as cheesy and saucy as ever.

Creamy Spinach Pasta with White Beans

Here, we whir up fresh spinach and kale with cream cheese and Gruyère for the luscious sauce that highlights this rich pasta dish. Paired with beans, it makes a filling vegetarian meal.

Frozen Mojito

This frozen blender cocktail pays homage to the classic Cuban mojito cocktail, a refreshing blend of mint, limes, sugar and rum. This easy-breezy sipper is easy to make for 2 people in minutes.

Cheesy Corn Casserole

This cheesy corn casserole is surprisingly light and fluffy, thanks to eggs and a whirl in the blender. The sweet corn batter and salty Cheddar cheese make this casserole pleasing to kids and adults alike.