These low-calorie vegetarian recipes are a great option for tonight’s dinner.
Each serving contains 400 calories or less, while also featuring hearty vegetables like portobellos and zucchini.
These recipes are full of fresh veggies and satisfying proteins like chickpeas and tofu.
Many of these recipes take about a half hour to prepare.
Others are casseroles, so they’re in the oven for a while.
And if you happen to have leftovers from dinner, these meals make terrific next-day lunches.
Look for presliced mushrooms to cut prep time.
Serve with a tossed salad.
If you don’t have carrot greens, use 1 cup of parsley instead.
Eggplant Lasagna Rolls
Vegetarians and meat-eaters alike will devour these comforting lasagna rolls.
We use thinly sliced eggplant in place of pasta to cut the carbs.
Pre-roasting the eggplant helps develop the flavor and softens the slices for easy rolling.
Beefless Vegan Tacos
Take taco night in a new direction with these healthy vegan tacos.
you could also use the filling in burritos, bowls, taco salads and to top nachos.
Giving tomatoes a stint in a hot oven makes them candy-sweet.
The meaty, umami-rich mushrooms do enough heavy lifting so you don’t miss the meat.
Start these quesadillas in the oven and finish them in a skillet for melty cheese and crispy tortillas.
All will keep for months in the pantry or fridge.
An easy arugula side salad is a vibrant accompaniment.
Baked tofu has a firm, toothsome texture that crisps well in a hot pan.
Or opt for a smoked version, which has the same texture with a more robust flavor.
Serve over brown rice.
Creamy Spinach Pasta
This might be one of the creamiest light pasta dishes you’ve ever had!
The mascarpone cheese adds a richness to the spinach pasta that’s unexpectedespecially in a healthy pasta recipe.
The sweet potato balances the savory spices nicely.
Serve this bright and flavorful curry with rice or rice noodles.
If your peppers are mild and you like heat, opt for spicy pico de gallo.
This easy vegetarian dinner recipe is sure to become a new family favorite.
This quick vegetarian dinner is chock-full of colorful vegetables smothered in a light, creamy sauce.
Plus, using these spices shows how simple it is to make a sauce for an easy vegetarian recipe.
Serve with whole-wheat naan to sop it all up.
This recipe is just as delicious with sweet potatoes in place of russets.
Jackfruit Sloppy Joes
Meaty jackfruit makes these vegan sloppy Joes rich and filling.
Vegetarian Gumbo
This flavorful vegan dinner is a veggie version of the South Louisiana classic.
It’s chock-full of butternut squash, tomatoes, poblano peppers and okra, to name just a few.
This vegetarian gumbo is a quick dinner packed with flavor and spice that’s done in only 30 minutes.
To make it a meal, serve it with cornbread drizzled with olive oil.
Spicing up the collards with paprika coats them with smoky flavor while keeping this dish vegetarian.
Whip them up for easy meal-prep lunches or a healthy and satisfying dinner.
This vegetarian soup recipe is full of aromatic vegetables, brown lentils and fresh spinach.
Cheddar cheese melts into a bubbling topping.
