r/vegetarianrecipes

My daughter is 14 and recently became a vegetarian (technically pescatarean but she doesn’t like most fish and wants to be mostly veg).

I am the one who cooks most meals, and I want to accommodate everyone’s dietary preferences but also have a life outside the kitchen—we are an extremely busy family and evenings especially are hectic.

I’m looking for quick meal ideas that are either completely vegetarian or can be easily altered to have/not have meat. The whole family likes veggies and vegetarian dishes but my husband and other daughter do like meat pretty regularly. I figure some nights I can cook totally veg meals and other nights I can cook a “base” meal that can have meat or not.

Oh—the veg daughter hates beans. The only way she will eat beans is if it’s not a texture she can identify as “beany” - like hummus and this one cookie dough dip I make with white beans. She will eat tofu though!

I’m looking for meal ideas that can be completed start to finish in under 45 min or as close to it as possible, or even stuff I could make a few days in advance and heat up at dinner time.

Thanks in advance, kind strangers!

ETA: I’d like to encourage ideas that DO NOT use fake meat. I don’t have a problem with it but it’s so expensive and I’d rather just cook something different. We aren’t above an Impossible burger every now and then though!

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Can anyone help me get restaurant style crispy Brussels sprouts? I love them so much when I go out to eat but have no idea how to replicate. I don't want them to be sad and mushy - is it even possible for them to come out nicely if they started frozen? Looking for any tips, tricks, and recipes to help me out! I do not own an air fryer so looking for oven/stove top options. I do have a large cast iron pan if that helps any. Thanks!

Hi all! I’m cooking for a large camping group that has a lot of vegetarians in it, and I’m hoping to find some recipes for a super easy meat-free chili. Like through a bunch of stuff in the crockpot, season it, maybe cook some veggies to put in, but as bare bones and out of a can as possible while still being yummy?

Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks in advance!!

Hi all, this may be a bit of a specific request so please if you have another sub you think I’ll have more luck in let me know!

In the UK there is a very diverse range of breakfast sausages available, and there’s a plant based version of everything (Stella McCartney, Tesco own brand, etc.). Has anyone ever successfully recreated them at home?? I currently live in a country where buying a plant based alternative isn’t possible

Long story short is that I’m in the midst of a long period of life changes (daughter graduated college and is living 400 miles away; husband retired recently; ended a long friendship) and I’ve been blue and blah and I’ve stopped cooking almost entirely. And, when I do cook, it’s lackluster and downright boring.

I love to cook and I’m pretty capable in the kitchen.

What are some of your favorite recipes, things that are fun to cook, exciting, inventive? What have you done to get yourself back into the kitchen? (As I type this, I’m literally boiling a potato for dinner to have with a veg frankfurter. Nothing wrong with that dinner, but nothing exciting or inventive or engaging).

EDIT to update: Thank you all SOOO much. I now have a list of quite a few things I want to make, and I'm remembering that I've been wanting to make a roasted eggplant pita sandwich with fresh hummus.
Truth? It's not about recipes so much as admitting I've been feeling lost since the daily pattern of my cooking changed from routine family meals to mostly cooking for myself and leaving leftovers occasionally for my husband.
Your comments helped me remember how fun and exciting cooking can be. Thank you!

I have 2 cana of butter beans and wondering what to do with them. Sunday is a day I try to cook for the week - its just me. What would you suggest thats fairly easy to throw together? Tnx.

Ideally relatively healthy with no/minimal sugar and not super sweet. Thanks!

hello, hot to get rid of the skins after sprouting them.
all advices souns like "skin will float"
BUT it always does not. In my experience its like 50% float 50% does not so It is a lot of skins left ! 😄

I am craving a casserole, but I can't handle melted cheese or garlic- I get wicked heartburn. So here's what I came up with. Would love some suggestions/additions/deletions:

Thawed mixed veggies (from frozen). Drained and patted dry to remove moisture

Impossible ground beef + sauteed sweet onions + sauteed mushrooms

Cream of mushroom soup + 1/4 cup of milk

Mini red potatoes, cubed and par-boiled

Bread crumbs tossed with melted butter

Basic idea is to brown the beef + onions + mushrooms, then mix with the potatoes and veggies and cream of mushroom soup. Top with the buttered bread crumbs, bake for about 30 mins.

I haven't tried this yet, was hoping for some feedback from you all first just in case I got something wrong or forgot something.

TIA for your replies :)

Had abdominal surgery two weeks ago, and since then I've been struggling to eat 1200 calories/day. Eating closer to 500-800. It's been torture as I feel both hungry and nauseous at the same time.

My doctors know. My surgeon encourages me to "push through", find something I can eat a lot of, and also assures me "you can afford to lose the weight anyway".

My primary says I've developed anemia and several other nutritional deficiencies. She's concerned, says I'm at risk of fainting. She's been encouraging, and tells me to try to find what I can eat, and to eat small bites throughout the day.

Success:

• Fruit. I have to take it slow, and I get full quickly, but I can eat any fruit.
• Sweet instant oatmeal
• Instant mashed potatoes
• A small bowl of ice cream (like 1/2 cup)
• Juices
• Veggies, in small quantities
• Cheese in small doses

Failure:

• Protein shakes. Tried a couple types; I can get a couple sips down at a time, but they make me feel nauseous, and I struggle to finish a full shake that I sip on throughout the day.
• Buttery foods. I can handle a little butter, but more than a tsp at a time is revolting. (I usually like butter.)
• Chips. I got one of those snack bags from a vending machine while waiting in the ER (yeah, I had to go back once) and I could eat maybe 8 chips. I could taste the grease and spices like never before.
• Massaman curry. 😭 This is my favorite curry, and I ordered it a few days after the surgery, to try to stimulate my hunger. Did not work. The spices made me nauseous, and the scent seemed to follow me everywhere, even when it was in an air-tight container in the fridge.

Why haven't I tried hummus yet? I've moved in with my parents during the recovery period, and my mom "is going to make it" eventually. I'm trying to get her to just buy a damn tub, but no, no, she's going to get to it soon. 😑 😞 She's trying. She's been a BIG help with me being able to move around and manage my bandages, but she's got ADHD, and I suspect performance anxiety around the hummus, and been kind of a mess in her own way. Sorry Mom.

Oh, and peanut butter. I can eat some. It helps. But I can't eat much. And bread is a struggle.

The good news is that this is a two-part surgery. Right now I've got a bunch of drainage stuff in me, and we will eventually be removing all the gear I'm hooked up to, and the rest of the mass inside me. So hopefully the loss of appetite is due to all the stuff inside me, and I'll regain my appetite when they get their asses moving and approve the second surgery.

I'm starting my diet from tmrw and I'm trying to stop having rice for lunch.I want smth that's actually filling and tasty, not just salads

Vegetarian options only pls...

Edit: def gonna try these😋

Not looking for a fancy showpiece dish — more the reliable weeknight recipe that's become a staple, the one you could make in your sleep and it still hits every time.

Mine is a simple chickpea and spinach curry with coconut milk. Takes maybe 25 minutes, uses pantry staples, and I've had meat-eating friends ask for the recipe after eating it, which never happens with my other cooking.