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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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Noodle Salad with Tofu

Spinach Cannelloni with Cabbage & Smoked Mozzarella

Easy Saag Paneer

Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup

Best Vegetarian Recipes

Join the Meatless Monday movement and try one of our best vegetarian recipes! Whether you’re vegetarian or just trying to cut back on meat, these satisfying, healthy recipes, featuring fiber-rich vegetables, proteins like tofu and tempeh and flavor-packed sauces, make 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.

Blackberry Buttermilk Scones

Whether pronounced SKON to rhyme with "gone" or with a long O to rhyme with "cone," this is the everyday breakfast fare of rural Ireland. The old recipes, like this one, are unfussy. You don't see a lot of farmers grating frozen butter or chilling their mixing bowls. But variations, such as brown bread scones, oatmeal scones and even fried potato scones, abound. It's hard to beat this version made with fresh blackberries and tangy buttermilk.

Vegetarian Niçoise Salad

This vegetarian take on a traditional Niçoise salad omits the fish and piles on plenty of vegetables.

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Vegetarian Collard Greens with Shiitake Mushrooms

Collards are related to cabbage and have sturdy, thick leaves that hold up well to cooking. They pair well with strong flavors such as garlic, cayenne, and ham or bacon. This vegetarian take on traditional collard greens gets a boost of savory flavor from shiitake mushrooms.

Tofu & Snow Pea Stir-Fry with Peanut Sauce

A fast dinner recipe perfect for busy weeknights, this easy stir-fry recipe will quickly become a favorite. To save time, use precooked rice or cook rice a day ahead.

Spring Pasta with Escarole

This easy pasta recipe stars spring vegetables--classic asparagus as well as escarole, a member of the chicory family with a slightly bitter flavor. Escarole cooks quickly and is ideal for wilting into soups and pasta dishes. It can also be eaten raw in salads. It looks like green-leaf lettuce but its leaves are sturdier and a bit curly; you can find it the produce section of large supermarkets.

Spinach & Herb Galette

A galette is a rustic version of a tart. Here, we fill the whole-wheat crust with spinach, herbs, and three cheeses. With its mild, versatile flavor, spinach works in a wide range of dishes. Baby spinach can be eaten raw or cooked briefly--when cooked it will reduce in volume quite a bit.

Roasted Veggies & Hummus Sandwich

Spruce up your sandwich game with a medley of roasted veggies. For extra vegetables throughout the week, roast a whole sheet pan in Step 1, then add the cooked veggies to salads, sandwiches, and pasta dishes, or serve them as a side dish.

Ricotta & Mushroom Tartine

This savory open-face sandwich recipe features citrus-spiked ricotta cheese. You can try it with any variety of mushrooms, including portobello, shitake, and oyster.

Farro Salad with Kale

In this easy vegetarian recipe, hearty kale and other fresh veggies come together with nutty farro for an easy main-dish salad. The many varieties of kale vary in color and texture; all can be enjoyed cooked or raw. You can gently rub raw kale to make it more tender--massaging will help break down the thick, sturdy leaves. Pearled or semi-pearled farro has some or all of the bran layer removed, so it cooks more quickly.

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Eggplant Tortilla Casserole

This layered casserole is inspired by classic cheese enchiladas, minus the fuss of rolling and stuffing individual tortillas. You'd never guess that within this comforting Tex-Mex casserole hides a layer of thinly sliced eggplant. The thin slices become tender when roasted and add a subtle savory note.

Curried Sweet Potato & Peanut Soup

In this flavorful soup recipe, sweet potatoes simmer in a quick coconut curry, resulting in a creamy, thick broth punctuated by notes of garlic and ginger. We love peanuts for their inexpensive price and versatile flavor. They're also a great source of protein--1 ounce has 7 grams.

Curried Chickpea Stew

Who says a meatless meal isn't filling? Packed with fiber-rich vegetables and chickpeas, this fragrant stew satisfies.

Heart-Shaped Pizza with Bell Peppers

Shaping pizza dough into a heart makes a healthy vegetable pizza whimsical and fun. Slices of red pepper form decorative hearts on the pizza too. For the best heart shape, use a pepper that has a deep curve at the stem.

Scallion Pancakes

The real magic of this recipe lies in the way the dough is rolled, coiled, stacked and then rolled again to create a pancake. When pan-fried, it's layered with flavor and flaky on the outside while chewy on the inside. Serve these delicious and healthy pancakes with black vinegar or chili sauce for dipping.

Citrus-Arugula Salad

This easy salad recipe makes a stunning side dish for anything you've got cooking for dinner. The bright flavor of the citrus pairs perfectly with peppery arugula and avocado, plus a bit of jalapeño for a slight kick.

Wood Ear Mushroom Salad

The mild flavor of deliciously soft (but still surprisingly crunchy) wood ear mushrooms is a perfect canvas for the vinegary marinade in this healthy salad. This recipe uses dried wood ears, so make sure you soak them overnight the day before.

Sautéed Pea Shoots with Garlic

This quick and easy side dish goes with anything on the dinner menu. Made with a simple sauce, it highlights the fresh vegetables as the stars of the show. When pea shoots aren't in season, try this same stir-fry with fresh watercress or spinach.

Spicy Kohlrabi Salad

Inspired by cool cucumber salads, this easy salad recipe calls for salting the raw kohlrabi to tenderize it. Then it's tossed with a sweet, salty and mouth-tingling marinade for a delicious and easy side dish you'll crave.

Watermelon Radish & Avocado Summer Rolls

Consider the fillings in this vegan summer roll recipe as a starting point--papaya, snap peas and shrimp are all good alternatives. The first thing you layer on the rice paper will be what shows through on the finished roll, so vary what you start with for stunning, Instagram-worthy results.

Really Green Smoothie

The combination of kale and avocado makes this healthy smoothie recipe extra green. Chia seeds lend this creamy smoothie a heart-healthy punch of fiber and omega-3 fatty acids.