No-cook dinner for hot nights.
Under 30 min · Vegetarian · Healthy · Cheap
Vegetarian Dinner Ideas
No meat, no fish, and still filling: these get their protein from eggs, beans, lentils, tofu and cheese. Where a recipe calls for broth, use vegetable broth.
24 recipes, fastest first.
The fastest dinner in this collection that still feels like a real meal.
Under 30 min · Cheap · Vegetarian · One pot
Mashing half the beans glues the filling together so nothing falls out.
Under 30 min · Vegetarian · Cheap · Family
Instant ramen blocks make this cheaper than takeout by a mile.
Under 30 min · Vegetarian · Cheap
Taking the pot off the heat before adding cheese stops it going grainy.
Vegetarian · Family · Cheap · Under 30 min · One pot
Cooking zucchini until it collapses turns it into the sauce.
Vegetarian · Under 30 min · Cheap
Cold rice holds its shape; fresh rice will fall apart.
Under 30 min · Cheap · Vegetarian
Finely chopped mushrooms stand in for the usual pork.
Vegetarian · Under 30 min
Two cans and a spice jar become dinner for four.
Vegetarian · Healthy · Under 30 min · One pot · Cheap
Squeezing out the water is the difference between crisp and soggy.
Vegetarian · Cheap · Under 30 min
Toasting the seam first seals the burrito shut.
Vegetarian · Cheap · Family
Rinsing quinoa removes the bitter coating.
Vegetarian · Healthy
Crumbled tofu browns like mince and soaks up soy sauce.
Vegetarian · Cheap · One pot
Eggs poached in spiced tomato: a pantry dinner that looks like brunch.
Vegetarian · Healthy · One pot · Cheap
Red lentils need no soaking and melt into a thick sauce in twenty minutes.
Vegetarian · Healthy · Cheap · One pot
A cornstarch coat is what makes tofu crisp in a skillet.
Vegetarian · Healthy
Eight eggs and a pound of potatoes make four filling portions.
Vegetarian · Cheap · One pot
All the flavour of arancini with none of the frying.
Vegetarian · Cheap · Family
Leaving some chunks gives body without a blender. Use veg broth and skip bacon to keep it vegetarian.
Vegetarian · Cheap · Family · One pot
A home for the half-bags of vegetables at the back of the fridge.
Vegetarian · Healthy · Cheap · One pot
High heat caramelises the cauliflower; do not crowd the pan.
Sheet pan · Vegetarian · Healthy
Sweet potato thickens and sweetens the chili without meat.
Vegetarian · Healthy · One pot · Cheap
Baking skips the 20 minutes of stirring and still comes out creamy.
Vegetarian · One pot
Mostly hands-off: an hour in the oven while you do something else.
Cheap · Family · Vegetarian