Giving up meat once a week isn’t only good for your body. It’s also good for the planet. We share a whopping 74 of our favourite vegetarian recipes.
Slow-roasted butter eggplant curry
“Inspired by the family favourite butter chicken, this vegie version slow-cooks the eggplant until meltingly tender. Serve in whole pieces or break up the eggplant and stir through the sauce.” – Phoebe Wood.
Vegetable lasagne
Shannon Harley's lasagne is a vegetarian tweak on the meaty original. It's delicious, easy to make, and always welcome at the dinner table, even by hardened carnivores.
Zucchini carpaccio
This is an extract from our new book, Feel Good Food.
Eggplants stuffed with haloumi, basil and pine nuts
Eggplant, haloumi, basil and pine nuts? This recipe has got it all. Plus it's vegetarian.
Roasted sweet potatoes with chilli and seeds
For the busy cook, microwaving is the best way to get ahead. Chef Matt Wilkinson's roasted sweet potatoes are the perfect combination of sweet, savory and spicy.
Pumpkin and haloumi burgers
This Middle-Eastern inspired burger is a great vegetarian alternative to the meaty hamburger.
Cacio e pepe with sage mushrooms
Need a break from meat tonight? This simple vegetarian pasta is a winner. With just five ingredients, it's the perfect midweek recipe to add to your weekly meal plan.
Healthy pumpkin, lentil and mushroom curry
Filled with plant based protein and fibre, this vegetarian curry is one even the carnivores will like.
Mixed mushroom noodles with tea-marbled eggs
Traditional Asian flavours collide in this delicious dish of mixed mushrooms, wheat noodles and stunning tea-marbled eggs, all drizzled with a zingy ginger dressing.
Vegetarian nachos
Fresh, zingy - and totally vego! We're loco for these nachos.
Vegetarian bolognese with fettuccine
Don't knock it until you try it. This healthy vegetarian bolognese recipe features high protein lentils as a substitute for mince.
Spelt margherita pizza with ‘pepperoni’ chickpeas
Mouth watering Italian flavours spring to life in this healthy, vegetarian pizza recipe by Phoebe Wood. Introducing: spelt margherita pizza with ‘pepperoni’ chickpeas.
Jamie Oliver's Melanzane lasagne
Topped with oozy mozzarella cheese, this meat-free eggplant lasagne is a decadent treat.
Jamie Oliver's roasted brassica salad with lentils and haloumi
Jamie Oliver's hearty salad is the perfect combination of warm, roasted veg with haloumi and lentils – the crowning side to any family feast, or a meal on its own.
Eggplant rotolo ragu
It's time to get saucy with this delicious eggplant ragu. Perfect for weeknight cooking.
Ricotta dumplings with orecchiette, peas and prosciutto
Perfectly balanced, this pasta dish is full of flavour explosions.
Spiced tomato Afghan pizza
Using Afghan bread as a base, this recipe beats pizza delivery, on speed and taste. There's a sneaky serve of vege, too.
Vegetarian haloumi hash burgers with kale aioli
This is not your standard vegie burger. Forget processed patties and go for home-made haloumi hash, with an earthy aioli and punchy Sriracha to round things out.
Vegetarian nachos
Fresh, zingy - and totally vego! We're loco for these nachos.
Broccoli and tofu green curry
Celebrate Meat-free Monday with a light and tasty green curry. To make this recipe vegetarian, omit the fish sauce and season with salt instead.
Buffalo cauliflower
Rest assured no buffalo were harmed in the making of this dish.Originating in Buffalo, New York, these little snacks are actually all about the classic cayenne-spiced vinegary sauce used to coat chicken wings eaten at pubs, clubs and football matches all across the great nation. But the vinegary sauce is not just good for wings. We’ve tried putting it on everything (bloody marys, steaks, babies), and it’s all good.This is a great vegetarian snack to add to your dinner party repertoire,and we promise any self-respecting American will give it the thumbs-up.This recipe an extract from James Wirth's cookbook, This could get messy: A guide to eating. To drinking. To doing both at the same time.
Udon noodle salad with teriyaki tofu
Tofu is the perfect alternative to meat - it's gluten-free and a great source of protein, iron, and calcium.
Harissa chickpeas with silverbeet
This warm harissa chickpea and silverbeet dish is a good source of plant protein and is also no-waste, as you use the silverbeet leaves and stalks. Eat it for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
Healthy broccolini, pea and asparagus breakfast gratin
Pair broccoli, asparagus and peas with eggs and ricotta to create this high-protein breakfast.
Ancient grain salad with grilled haloumi
This deliciously healthy salad is packed full of nutrient rich whole grains which will keep you satisfied for longer.
Eggplant and red bean mapo tofu
Mapo tofu is one of the best things to do with tofu ever. Here is a vegetarian version packed full of flavour.
Zucchini fritter burgers
Packed with feta, parmesan and crisp chickpea patties, these virtuous vegetarian burgers taste down-right decadent.
Baked sweet potatoes with chipotle butter and pico de gallo
Drizzle baked sweet potatoes with chipotle butter and pico de dallo for a knock-out vegetarian dish.
Eggplant and sweet potato curry
Vegetarian curry? Yes please! And when it's as vibrant as this you'll want a second helping.
Tortellini with wild mushrooms
Rick Stein takes us to Italy with this delightful vegetarian pasta dish.
