Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plans: Week One
I have exciting news, friends!! Today is the first day of a new series on the blog: Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plans!
Some of you might remember the meal plans I was doing last year. Those weren’t entirely veg-friendly and because this is a vegetarian site, I decided to part ways with them. But the good news is that the meal plans are back, and this time they’re entirely vegetarian with vegan and gluten-free substitutions!
I’ve teamed up with Alexis from Hummusapien, Izzy from She Likes Food, Julia from The Roasted Root and Joanne from Eats Well with Others to bring you these weekly meal plans that feature nutritious and approachable options for dinner. Each week we’ll provide you with ideas for five different meals along with tips to prep ahead and a printable color coded shopping list. Green is for produce, blue is for pantry items and red is for dairy.
I hope you find them useful! If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to let me know. I’m always interested in hearing your feedback. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Sunday
Ultimate Grilled Portobello Burgers from The Roasted Root.
Prep Ahead Tip: Because everything gets grilled or is left raw, there is no prep ahead necessary. If serving more than 2 people, double or triple the recipe as needed.
Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Sub the havarti for avocado or omit the cheese altogether. Use gluten-free buns of choice.
Monday
Stone Fruit Panzanella Salad from Eats Well With Others.
Prep Ahead Tip: The cherry tomatoes and zucchini can be roasted ahead of time and the stone fruit can be chopped ahead of time as well. Combine and store together in the fridge.
Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Sub vegan cheese or omit cheese altogether. Use gluten-free bread of choice.
Tuesday
20-Minute Cherry Tomato Penne Pasta from She Likes Food.
Prep Ahead Tip: The recipe only takes 20 minutes to make so not much needs to get prepped ahead, but you could make the cherry tomato sauce ahead of time if desired.
Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: None. Recipe is vegan and gluten-free!
Wednesday
One Skillet Mexican Quinoa from Making Thyme for Health.
Prep Ahead Tip: This recipe requires little prep but you can dice the onion/peppers and mince the garlic ahead of time.
Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: None. Recipe is vegan and gluten-free!
Thursday
Easy Vegetable Teriyaki Stir Fry from Hummusapien.
Prep Ahead Tip: Dice peppers and broccoli ahead of time. Using frozen brown rice makes the recipe come together in no time!
Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: None. Recipe is vegan and gluten-free if using tamari instead of soy sauce.
Click HERE to print the shopping list!
Thanks you, thank you! I have hope now I will be able to get my husband to eat vegetarian/vegan along with me!!
Yay! I’m so happy to hear you’ll be able to benefit from this. Thank you so much for your comment, Jayne! :)
Nice list. Thanks for all your efforts in putting this together for your readers. :)
Thanks Jerilyn! I’m happy to be able to do it. :)
What a great meal plan!! All of these recipes look delicious! I’ll be adding some of these into our dinner rotation for sure :)
Why do these only go until Thursday? I feel like I’m missing something :(
Hi Arianna! We chose to do 5 recipes because we figure most people eat out or have leftovers on the other two nights. If you usually take Sunday off and cook Friday, then you can always adjust to accommodate your schedule.