51 crazy easy vegetarian dinners
I’m sure a lot of you can cook beautifully, but I’m also sure that some of you are a little more lacking in your cooking abilities. If you can’t even fry an egg or toast a slice of bread, this is the place for you. When I was first learning to cook, I would have loved a collection of recipes like this – easy vegetarian dinners that are pretty much impossible to get wrong, so you can feel like you’ve cooked something a little bit special without actually needing to have any skill whatsoever.
So, I thought I’d put together this list for those of you who aren’t particularly confident cooks. These recipes involve chopping vegetables, putting them in the oven, maybe stirring things a bit… things that anyone can manage. Since you newbie cooks probably don’t have a kitchen stocked with dozens of weird appliances, I’ve also tried to make sure that you won’t need any fancy equipment – the most you’ll need is a blender or food processor, but a lot of the recipes don’t even need that.
So, here goes! The motherlode: 51 crazy easy vegetarian dinners. Enjoy!
Soups
(‘veg + liquid = food’ type dinners)
15 minute tomato soup with basil pine nut crumb (pictured above)
Thai green curry spinach soup [vegan]
Minestrone soup from Supergolden Bakes
Green veggies minestrone from Jen’s Food [vegan]
Tuscan bean soup from The Wanderlust Kitchen [vegan]
Italian orzo tomato spinach soup from Little Spice Jar [vegan]
Butternut squash and sweet potato soup from Making Thyme For Health [vegan]
Kale and cannellini bean soup from May I Have That Recipe? [vegan]
Stove-top dinners
(‘just throw some stuff in a pan’ type dinners)
Cheater’s 15 minute mushroom risotto (pictured above)
Butternut squash and black bean skillet
Sticky honey soy aubergine
Veggie chow mein [vegan]
Restaurant-style black beans [vegan]
Puy lentils with cannellini beans and garlicky leeks [vegan]
Quorn, broccoli and noodle stir fry from A Mummy Too
Easy vegetarian chilli from The Endless Meal [vegan]
Curries
(‘cook some veggies in a pan with spices and sauce’ type dinners)
Easy Sri Lankan curry with toasted chickpeas (pictured above) [vegan]
Aubergine red Thai curry noodle bowls [vegan]
Weeknight tikka masala
Peanut butter chickpea curry [vegan]
Mushroom, spinach and chickpea curry from Fab Food 4 All [vegan]
Chickpea and potato curry from Franglais Kitchen [vegan]
Lentil, sweet potato and coconut curry from Detoxinista [vegan]
Pasta
(‘pasta + anything’ type dinners)
Lemon and artichoke pasta (pictured above)
15 minute creamy pasta primavera
Easy macaroni cheese with brown butter leeks
Veggie pasta with asparagus and artichokes [vegan]
Garlic and wild rocket pasta from Recipes From A Pantry [vegan]
Greek spaghetti with roasted tomatoes, feta and olives from Hungry Healthy Happy
Red pepper and chard pesto pasta from Baking Queen 74 [vegan]
Tomato and basil pasta from Lovely Appetite [vegan]
Salads
(‘just mix some yummy bits together’ type dinners)
Black bean and walnut taco-style lettuce wraps (pictured above) [vegan]
Artichoke and feta quinoa salad
Tortellini Caesar salad
Brazilian-style black bean salad from Food To Glow [vegan]
Sautéed chickpea salad with roasted peppers and mint from Kalyn’s Kitchen [vegan]
Sweet potato, rocket and pomegranate salad from Natural Kitchen Adventures [vegan]
Oven bakes
(‘throw some stuff in the oven’ type dinners)
Pizza baked gnocchi (pictured above)
Easy roasted vegetable ratatouille with chickpeas [vegan]
Vegetarian enchiladas for one
Pizza roasted chickpeas
Butternut squash and blue cheese bake from Kavey Eats
Roast vegetable, sausage and chickpea bake from Tinned Tomatoes [vegan]
Garlic bread and tomato bake from Farmersgirl Kitchen
Other easy vegetarian dinners
(…basically anything that didn’t fit nicely into a category)
Kale and avocado burritos (pictured above) [vegan]
Crock-Pot mushroom stroganoff
Low-carb cauliflower pizza
Slow cooker veggie fajitas
Slow cooker saag aloo [vegan]
Creamy courgette puff pastry tart from Family Friends Food
Greek quesadillas
Facebook (for recipe updates and occasional chatter)
Instagram (for everyday life stuff)
Pinterest (for things that make me hungry)
Twitter (for all the other nonsense)
It looks like all your cookbook day vegetarian. And I am a new vegetarian. I am not vegan. But so many times I tap on a recipe and it comes up vegan instead of vegetarian it’s very frustrating. Not only that I have a budget of $75 a month to buy food . I need very simple recipe. That won’t cost much, and I like recipes that make enough for 6 meals.
Ty.
Hi Jo, I’m not really sure what you mean? All the recipes on the site are vegetarian, and some of those are also vegan. Vegan recipes are still fine for vegetarians! :)
What a great collection. I’m always looking for new dinner recipes!
Awesome collection so many fantastic ideas!
Becca this is an amazing collection. Great job. I know a person or two that this could really help!
Been needing more inspiration for my vegetarian meal so super excited with this list.
I love the colours, and the soup is probably one I would try. I actually don’t like veggies hah! xx
You must like SOME veggies! They’re all so different! :P
Some really good recipe ideas that look delicious and easy to make too.
This is a great list Becca, thanks for such a great post! I have bookmarked it so I can refer to it when I need some vegetarian inspiration. I will also share it on my social accounts.
Thanks Petra! :)
What a fantastic collection of delicious looking recipes. I will definitely use this as inspiration. We are not vegetarians, but I would like us to eat less meat. A lot less. I will have a lot of fun with these!
What an amazing round up of great recipes here. One to refer to in future when I’m stuck for veggie ideas for sure!
fabulous collection of recipes Becca – and yes they look really easy to put together. Thanks for including one of my recipes here :)
So many lush recipes here, love the look of the Pizza Bake Gnocchi! Thanks for linking to my curry:-)
OMG I love this Becca!!! But I especially love that you labeled certain ones VEGAN! This is fantastic! pinning!
Thanks Mila! :)
Becca I tried to pin and got an error that said “Sorry could not find any pinnable images on this page.”
Pinterest just seems to do that sometimes, it’s working fine for me. Maybe you could try again? :)
You’ve done it again! What a great collection, and thanks for the shout-out!