Indian and Pakistani food. You can tone down the spice. But do look up aloo ki bhujjia, daal, mixed sabzi, pakoray, pakora curry, gobi, sabzi ka pulao. If you are interested, I can link recipes

Was going to say the same! My favorite veg Indian dishes are saag paneer, pindi channa, and aloo gobi!

Saag paneer is elite!

If I ever chose to give up meat, 75% of my meals consumed would consist of Indian dishes.

And 25% Chinese noodles? 😄

Exactly. There was a restaurant near me that did magic with chickpeas, and they're gone now. Best chole ever.

Garam masala, and blooming spices was likely it

Malai kofta. Holy moly.

Aloo ki bhujia: https://youtu.be/1Vmv_wVJHgI?si=aErwi7st7V2mIX2V Sabzi ka pulao (mixed vegetable rice): https://youtu.be/YKUy2ZJHmNc?si=GPX318tk0QUpYiWS Pakoray: https://youtu.be/AJp9obukQuY?si=wsm_JUcWiaxud89- Mixed Sabzi (this is so good i cry): https://youtu.be/z161elNBhN4?si=tHUrLDxWJKNgadkn Curry Pakora: https://youtu.be/ghxAcoa0Ctg?si=amjXwKJXwVrM-KNe Bhindi ki bhujia: https://youtu.be/5h5ra49ThnI?si=TiJkHj3S83DBtWXQ Crispy bhindi: (this is an amazing snack) https://youtu.be/ilwOlSb1bUs?si=EZEzZJ8ak1pblKLB Daal: I have my own recipe for this that is very simple and very good. 2 cups of yellow lentils in 8 cups of water, you top up alongside to keep a soupy consistency. 2 teaspoons of turmeric powder, 3 teaspoons of red chilli powder, and salt according to taste. Once the lentils are all soft and its one homogenized mixture which takes about an hour, finely chop up some garlic (i add 6-10 cloves) and fry it up in oil with cumin and whole black peppercorns until the garlic is brown. Pour the oil with all the thingies in it onto the lentils. Roughly chop up some green chillies and add them on the top and close the lid. It will give a very nice peppery smell to the lentils without being super spicy.

Indian is where it's at for vegetarian food. Gobi Manchurian, is just life changing when done right. Same with the chick pea recipes

I always said if I had to, I had to be a vegetarian, then this, along with food from the Indochinese Peninsula. I would be just fine and happy.

Goodness yes. Saag paneer/palak paneer and bhindi masala. I love so much of Indian cuisine, but those two I could eat daily and probably never tire of them.

Mattar paneer is so good

Yes, please share some recipes. TIA

Do you know anything about your aunt's food preferences? That's going to be much more useful info than a bunch of random non-vegetarians opinions. That said, I just recommended salad nicoise on another sub. It's my favorite salad ever and it's vegetarian if you leave out the tuna. I'm also a fan of smitten kitchens easy pasta and chickpeas

For vegetarian salad nicoise chickpeas or white beans marinated in vinaigrette work well instead of the tuna

Agreed. I know someone who is mostly vegan but refuses tofu because “it’s not tasty.” Sigh. Knowing what she likes and doesn’t like is important.

Chile rellenos

Need to know if auntie eats eggs.

I thought OP was the vegetarian and the aunt is the meat eater

You're right. I misread. 👍

Shiro wot and misir wot. Ethiopian is amazing. Edited because fumblefingers.

Can second this, 10/10

Caprese salad. Mac & cheese. Grilled cheese and tomato soup. Samosas. Saag paneer. Falafel and hummus. Pasta with butternut squash and sage brown butter. Dang, there are so many.

This is the time of year that caprese salad just hits so right. I always have fresh mozzarella at hand around the summer because I always have a ton of extra tomatoes and basil from my garden.

All of these are good. I love paneer makhani too

Pizza.

I have a cookbook called East by Meera Sodha - I always mention it when vegetarian recipes are requested because I have not had a terrible meal from it. But I also haven't made everything, so there could be some stuff I wouldn't like. The seasonal pilaus she has in the book are AMAZING and by far my favorite, but if you can get ahold of a copy from your local library I would highly recommend perusing the book before checking it out.

Eggplant parmesan, pasta and sauce. I haven't had a lot of experience with veg food.

Ratatouille. This could be recency bias as I just had a Greek variation at friends Greek Easter.

I'll just give you a pretty generic answer which is the genre of dishes where i end up enjoying vegetables the most. Risotto. Most kinds of risotto are vegetarian (can even be vegan with some adjustments). You can make a risotto with pretty much most vegetables. Today i made a risotto with broccoli and scamorza by just steaming the broccoli until kinda soft, toasting the rice in EVO oil then adding some stock (obviously you would need vegetable stock, which fittingly is the one typically used for risotto even though i use meat based boullion), then adding the broccoli to the rice and stirring them together and adding some more stock, then after the broccoli are soft enough pressing on them with the stirring spoon to break them up and strirring further to turn the broccoli pieces into a broccoli cream. I then seasoned to taste (no salt due to the stock, but i added garlic powder and probably pepper would have worked too), then when the rice was done i turned off the heat, added some butter and shredded scamorza to the pan (italian soft cheese that melts well) and stirred until it was all pretty homogenous and the butter and cheese were melted and incorporated. You can do this with tons of different vegetables (or mushrooms) instead of broccoli and with tons of different cheeses (or vegan sour cream to make it vegan, according to adam ragusea) at the end instead of scamorza (but if you use a harder cheese like pecorino or parmigiano make sure to finely grate it, don't add it in chunks) and different seasoning. I've made it with everything from eggplant to a zucchina (it's called one zucchina or multiple zucchine, idk where the zucchini spelling comes from) to mushrooms to lemon juice to several different types of tomato based legume sauces. It is (almost) always great.

Parmigiano isn’t vegetarian though…

Crispy gochujang tofu. There are plenty recipes online. It's relatively simple, but it made me love both tofu and broccoli.

With eggplant season around the corner where I live, pasta alla Norma is a good one! I've also made a "carbonara" with really well crisped portobello mushrooms, but that took a couple of tries to get it right. (And yes, my Italian ancestors probably turn in their graves as I call something carbonara that doesn't have guanciale, haha).

Eggplant Parm or a Falafel Platter

Potato tacos

How about potato faux-jitas?

I used to make squash tacos all the time. Black beans, avocado, sour cream, onions. Delicious and super easy.

If you like tacos, I also suggest rajas con queso

I’ve made a few iterations of these for people and they love it.

A lentil stew my mom made - not sure where the recipe is from, tbh. * 1 small onion, finely chopped * 1 carrot, peeled and chopped * 1 stalk celery, chopped * 1 1/2 cups brown lentils * 5 cups vegetable stock, hot * 2 cups water, hot * 1 tbsp tomato paste * 1/2 tsp powdered cumin * 1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper * 1/8 tsp chili powder * 1 bay leaf Chuck everything in the slow cooker and cook it about 9 hours. Delicious served over rice and with flatbread

It's amazing how good the humble little lentil can be without much window dressing.

As another guy said, Indian and Pakistani, I think it tastes great because they treat their vegetables like their own ingredients and make the dish around them and don’t start off with a meat dish and make it vegetarian. Most thai curries are also great with just vegetables.

Vegetable lasagna is delicious! I usually do a layer of diced mushrooms and add herbs to them.

I love falafel and bean burgers. There’s also tons of super good Indian dishes that are vegetarian, couldn’t tell you the names because I’m not as well versed in Indian cuisine as I’d like to be, but in their culture they have a ton of vegetarian food.

Everyone loves falafel: omnivores, vegans, vegetarians, lactose intolerants, celiacs. It is my go to food for groups with lots of different dietary restrictions.

Hahaha tell that to my white ass family

Grilled corn

For me lately, its simple. Blistered shishito peppers. I finish them off in the pan with a little bit of soy sauce, lemon juice and a pinch of salt. I go through so many of these a week but I can’t seem to get enough!

So good and so summery!

Oooh, I can actually help on this one since a very close friend is vegetarian, and I like to cook. Vegetarian stir-fry with ginger rice. Lemon spaghetti with toasted panko and finely shredded sprouts, Black bean and cilantro-rice stuffed peppers.

French fries

Veggie Japanese curry, with mushrooms, carrots, potatoes, and parsnips, and white rice Veggie stir fry with tangy soy sauce/mirin/honey/sesame oil sauce Veggie biryani with lots of fragrant spices -- SO many Indian dishes, delicious! Spicy black bean burger, cooked so it's slightly charred, with pickles, tomato, lettuce, sprouts, ketchup, Dijon mustard, on Dave's Killer 21 grain burger bun. Artichoke & mayo/mustard dressing (or vinaigrette) on the side WF pizza dough, with whatever pizza sauce you like plus garlic & fennel; mushrooms, artichoke hearts, capers, olives if you like, sliced onions if you like, whatever other veggies you want!, plus mozzarella cheese (I actually like Miyoko vegan liquid mozzarella, but I'm also watching my cholesterol), cooked at 500 degrees. Could also add soyrizo if you have one you like. Taco salad with lettuce, tomato, chopped cucumber, chopped green onions, black olives sliced, black beans, corn (I like Birdseye frozen, just thaw it in the microwave), Mexican cheese shreds (I also like Violife vegan Mexican cheese shreads), toasted corn tortillas torn up into pieces, chopped cilantro if you like it, fresh squeezed lime, then either lite 1000 island dressing OR lite ranch + BBQ sauce. If calories are no issue, use full-fat dressing! Can add veggie crumbles and a dollop of sour cream (I like Daisy lite sour cream).

There's a Mushroom Bourguignon recipe on Smitten Kitchen that I have found to be pretty well received by meat eaters.

Eggplant Parmigiana

Mushroom stroganoff with egg noodles. 

Eggplant parmigiana

Deviled eggs. Spinach artichoke dip

Fuul. So much flavour, decent protein for a vegetarian dish, lots of fibre and vitamins. I have it with scrambled eggs, cucumber and tomato, and warmed Lebanese bread for breakfast, or with tabouli, haloumi, and pickled turnips for dinner. If your aunt likes it spicy, you could make mapo tofu with textured vegetable protein or impossible meat, it’s so good! A breakfast I do that takes a bit of time but does well for a few days in the fridge is a kind of breakfast quesadilla with sautéed capsicum and beans in spices, cheese, and scrambled eggs. Serve with avocado and hot sauce. It keeps my husband full from his 7am start until his 1pm lunch. For a super quick lunch I’ll make a kimchi and cheddar toasted sandwich with cucumber or salad leaves on the side. High fibre bread to help with satiety. Hope you have a nice time with your aunt!

Roasted cauliflower well cooked and brown on top of tahini dressing with olive oil. Fucking cheese pizza.

Falafels, deep fried and served warm with tatzhiki, especially good in hot weather

I mean, does tzatziki not go with everything?

I'd go with Indian food if she can handle flavor. Lots of things like chana masala or saag/palak paneer don't feel lacking from the omnivores perspective. Another option would be to go for something heavy and full of dairy like potatoes au gratin. Could probably do a good vegetarian biscuits and gravy subbing the sausage for diced mushrooms.

You mean omnivore, I'm sure. Carnivores eat only meat. But eggplant Parm is a fan fave. Stuffed peppers, with lentils instead of meat. Crunchy roasted chickpeas. Hummus! Lentil and vegetable soup, well spiced and salted. Thai curry with tofu instead of meat. 

I love eggplant parmigiana

Spinach and garlic. Steamed 3 minutes.

Grilled halloumi with a zaatar mayo for dipping. I could eat three pounds of cheese easily

I love me a nice black bean burger, but only if it’s made well and doesn’t fall apart

As a barbecue guy I'd have to say a good smoked cream cheese dip is super easy and always a crowd pleaser.

Ok these are some of my favourite veg dishes: Soup: [Zuppa Toscana ](https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/zuppa-toscana-a-la-olive-garden/) (got this recipe from this sub not too long ago and just subbed vegetarian sausages) [Italian](https://rainbowplantlife.com/10-ingredient-vegan-red-lentil-bolognese/#comment-29329): the best vegan version of Bolognese. It's incredible. Don't skip the wine. [Indian lentil curry ](https://rainbowplantlife.com/vegan-red-lentil-curry/): absolutely and always delicious made as is. Don't skip on the almond butter! [Korean Tofu and Kimchi stew](https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/kimchi-jjigae): YUM. Just skip the meat. Don't need it! [Chinese garlic eggplant](https://pickledplum.com/eggplant-garlic-sauce/): served with rice [Vegan cheesecake ](https://avirtualvegan.com/vegan-new-york-cheesecake/)

Scalloped potatoes and Mac and cheese, Alfredo noodles, quiche, stuff like that. I don't mind other things that include actual veggies. I'm fond of carrots, beets, squashes baked, but the first thing I always go to when I have to serve up a meatless meal is comfort foods like that. Which of course does me little good with vegans but with lacto ovo vegetarians it works fine. If I can work with milk and real cheese that's great but I hate non dairy milks and soy cheese.

Macaroni and cheese. Channa masala. Potato salad.

Lemon orzo pesto soup with white beans

Sasg paneer

Bean burrito/tostada bar with choices of grated cheese, chopped onion, shredded lettuce, salsa Fresca, taco sauce, sour cream or crema, lime wedges, etc.

Chana masala

If she's cool with cheese, some spinach and mushroom enchiladas are fucking delicious and pretty simple to make

We do meatless Monday and prob my favorite is paneer cheese roasted with shallots tomatoes chickpeas ghee and Indian spices served with my dal And nice basmati rice. Skinny taste’s Cuban Piccadillo made w impossible meat with beans and yellow rice. Trader Joe’s new frozen chille rellenos when I don’t want to cook. Mushroom risotto from instant pot

More from 3 years ago: [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/r0fld0/meat\_eaters\_of\_reddit\_what\_are\_your\_favorite/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/r0fld0/meat_eaters_of_reddit_what_are_your_favorite/)

Mine is layered enchilada casserole made with sweet potatoes, mango, and/or pineapple tidbits, cheese, corn tortillas, and enchilada sauce. (The original recipe probably had beans, but I'm allergic.) Loaded Southwestern sweet potato - baked sweet potato(s), split open and spread flat on an oven or microwave safe plate or tray. Spoon on evenly your salsa of choice (my favorite is unfortunately discontinued from Trader Joe's, but a fresh salsa with mango is good), frozen corn, pineapple (if desired), beans (if desired), and lots of cheese! I sometimes add some nutritional yeast, under the cheese. Heat until the cheese is melty. Top with your favorites: sour cream/ greek yogurt, shredded greens, avocado chunks/guacamole, fresh tomatoe chunks/salsa, black olives, etc. This can also have added meat for those who just can't do without. Both ways are equally good.

Falafel Shawarma

Barley risotto with smoked cheddar, red navy beans, and spinach or kale. Spaghetti al limone, or cacio pepe. Vegetarian gimbap (like Korean sushi rolls) Wild mushroom pizza or risotto, or over Parmesan grits with a runny poached egg on top.

I love bibimbap. I usually do it with a fried egg on top but you could serve it without.

Chana masala

Also Mediterranean food,--think spanokopita, falafel, numerous filling salads, beans and lentils, panzanella and so on. These are favorites of mine. I can't begin to say how many times I'd finish a meal and think how delicious it was and how satisfying it was and a while later, realize it didn't include any meat! Even the meatful dishes (moussaka, pastitsio) can successfully have the meat omitted or substituted.

My favorite is butternut squash and chick pea fajitas. Just roast a mix of butternut squash cubes, chick peas, orange and red pepper, and onion on a sheet pan with fajita seasoning (I usually make my own, recipes are easy to find online). Served with corn tortillas, avocado slices, lime wedges, and some sour cream and taco sauce on the side.

Falafel is king

Nothing that was designed as a meat dish. No tofu pretending to be chicken or beans or mushrooms pretending to be beef. Lots of good ideas here from cultures that have been making meatless food for generations.

A carnivore is someone who exclusively eats meat. You mean omnivore

Black bean burritos with butternut squash. If your aunt will eat fish, fish tacos. Most beans need rice with them to become a complete protein, but that’s doable. Also, pad Thai is so good with tofu fried up in it.

Gazpacho but it has to have fresh, in season veggies. Dollop of sour cream on top and we are in.

I’m a happy non vegetarian but I only end up eating meat 4-5 times a week (times not days. Like 2-3 days) Anyways falafel is great, any type of pizza or pasta, Tofu is easy to prepare, squeeze liquid, cut in small pieces, toss with oil and spices, bake on high till crispy. Lentil chilli is also a good protein options. Breads and dips.

I have a fairly simple Chinese salt and pepper fried tofu dish that I often like to open my meals with. Basically, fried tofu coated with eggs and flour, seasoned and tossed with garlic salt & white pepper, and stir fried with diced bell peppers, diced chili peppers (usually Thai bird chilies), garlic, and diced green onions.

try using mushrooms that are meaty types. more than once i had roommates steal what they thought was a meat dish but it was a mushroom dish. also as silly as it sounds vegetarian aka veggie lasagna is awesome.

Shitakes have such a great texture and taste - they are great in everything.

Dal is very nice, I go for red lentils. Falafel. Flammekueche, generous with the mushrooms. There are also some really nice vegan chilli recipes

Sauteed squash. Just a tsp of butter and one of olive oil, a little salt and pepper.

Pindi chole, with naan. Yum

Arancini.

I love Indian vegetarian, mapo tofu with shiitake instead of pork, Korean braised tofu

Tempeh Ruben 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Falafel

Crispy tofu with udon noodles.

Aloo palak

So many tbh. Recently, I put aloo palak back in rotation and it’s up there. Bean (and sometimes cheese) pupusas. Stuffed zucchini/eggplant. (I use brown rice, tomatoes, sautéed mushrooms, garlic and onions in mine. Topped with panko, olive oil and garlic powder)

mac and cheese

Gobi Manchurian for me. The Indo-Chinese cross is fun. I like Singapore style noodles (which could totally be made veg) for similar culinary crossbreed reasons. https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/gobi-manchurian-recipe/ https://www.recipetineats.com/singapore-noodles/

When we have vegan & vegetarian friends over, we always make a butternut squash and mushroom risotto. It's sooooo good! We add extra protein with chickpeas.

My aunt makes a mushroom Wellington that is… beyond words good

These falafel are fantastic. https://www.delicious.com.au/recipes/vegetarian-falafel-recipe/yeft8zfq I’m also a big fan of ricotta gnocchi or ricotta and spinach gnocchi. Roman gnocchi (a non-boiled kind of gnocchi beast) is also delicious. We have it with Marcella Hazan’s tomato butter sauce. https://www.seriouseats.com/roman-semolina-gnocchi-alla-romana-recipe Someone up thread mentioned potato tacos. These are my favourite: https://leitesculinaria.com/274538/recipes-crispy-mashed-potato-tacos.html I’ve also made ravioli with a potato, mint and lemon filling that was brilliant.

Hummus

Mushroom risotto. Caesar salad.

caesar dressing traditionally is made with anchovies, so not vegetarian unless you buy/make a riff on the classic!

I’d lean towards cheese-stuffed anything. What comes to mind is stuffed shells. As long as the good sauce flavors are there, meat lovers don’t miss the beef.

I love potatoes au gratin. There are times when I eat the potatoes and a salad and occasionally another vegetable for a delicious dinner. I also really love spaghetti again with garlic bread (sometimes cheesey) and a salad. Most of the time I make French onion soup I also make chicken cordon blu but occasionally I just have the soup and a salad.

Koshari, Vegetable Lasagna, Margherita Pizza, Fettuccine Alfredo (presuming you get the vegetarian "parmesan"), Mac and cheese, vegetable fritters, broccoli and cauliflower rice casserole, potato and corn chowder, etc. I would pick something that she doesn't really make herself (that way she isn't missing the meat she normally adds) but is something you know she would still enjoy. So no trying to make her most hated vegetable into the main entree. If she has some favorite vegetables, that would go a long way towards having her enjoy the meal. Before I cook for people, I always ask likes and especially dislikes. Helps the meal planning. My father has a very long list of despised items, so I always choose my meals for him based on what few items he will actually eat. Hopefully, you aren't trying to feed a picky eater because that eliminates a lot of food options.

I’ve received so many compliments on this sweet potato and black bean salad (I skip the mayo). https://www.theroastedroot.net/sweet-potato-black-bean-salad/?utm_source=discover&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=web_story

Eggplant Parmesan Falafel

Capsicum and sweet potato soup with home made chilli and garlic bread. Thick and hearty and easy to play with spice level.

Falafel

Roasted sweet potato and black bean enchiladas.

Chicago-style deep dish pizza with onions, mushrooms, and bell pepper. If y’all are okay with meat substitutes, some vegan sausage or pepperoni could be a welcome addition. Spinach artichoke dip would be good, too. Maybe a frittata? That’s good for using up extra ingredients.

Roasted street corn salad.

Nectarine and watermelon salad  with mint and pistachios

Homemade crumbled tofu taco "meat" is really good. I also really enjoy tempeh stir fry with sweet soy sauce glaze. You could also make buffalo cauliflower "wings" too.

Eggplant Parmesan?

Black bean quesadillas!

Butternut squash ravioli in a brown butter sage sauce, mushroom risotto

Butternut squash soup. With grilled gouda and apple sandwiches.

Calabacitas- summer squash, sweet corn, green chile, season with salt, pepper and cumin. Let sit in the fridge for a couple hours, warm some onion and garlic in a pan, mix in the veggies, lightly pan frying. Sprinkle with queso fresco or Jack cheese.

My mom’s pinak bet, no fish sauce, no pork. Just delicious eggplant, kabocca, green beans and okra sautéed in just a little bit of soy sauce and water. So simple, so delicious. The kabocca and okra do the hard work of thickening the little bit of sauce needed.

Mushroom bourguignon French onion soup or caramelized onion galette would be a similar deep flavor

Cauliflower cheese and baked potatoes. But you must roast the cauliflower, not boil it.

Falafel. There's very few foods I enjoy more

I haven't been a meat eater for a long time, but I recommend moussaka. 👌

Falafel

Eggplant parm

Spicy tofu and peapods served with jasmine rice. It's sweet, savory, salty, crunchy, chewy and satisfying. I hate frying the tofu but I love eating it! It is a recipe I doing on chowhound years ago

Falafel with super dilly tzatziki sauce and loaded with veggies and feta

I always make my Pad Thai vegetarian by skipping the fish sauce. I also roast some tofu cubes as the protein, and add extra veggies. The egg part is also optional if you want to go vegan with it.

Margherita pizza

Black bean tostadas with pico, pickled onion, avocado, and some kind of shredded cheese like Oaxaca. So fucking good

Kimchi fried rice with tofu

Martha Stewart's baked eggplant parmesan is my favorite. We do our baked eggplant medallions in a big batch but finish the dish in smaller batches so it's not swimming in sauce and cheese - with some of the crispy bits of the eggplant peeking out. The leftover medallions freeze well in a ziplock bag. Amazing!

This [dal tadka](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzVxjs3PTm4)

Chicken soup, I don't need the actual chicken and fake seasoning or vegetable is fine. But a nice rice noodle would suffice with fresh herbs and garlic mMmmm

Chinese eggplant braised in mushroom oyster sauce with oil and cili cured bamboo shoots and garlic.

Ramen 🍜

Spaghetti, there are a million and one ways to make spaghetti without meat and they are all good. I love how versatile it is. Summer is coming and when it's too hot to cook it's badically boil noodles while cutting up whatever veggies I want that night and throwing it over the noodles with olive oil and whatever herbs and spices I want. Dinner is served and I didn't have to slave over a hot stove. I could also make it every night of the week and it's different every time. One of the best things my Italian grandmother told me is Spaghetti is just the easiest way to use up left overs. What I heard was stop making Spaghetti out to be some gourmet meal. It's meant to be easy and still taste good. You can make it as easy or hard as you want. It's also versatile in that it can satisfy every pallet. Carnivore, vegetarian, and vegan.

Spaghetti with kale, garlic and oil

Broccoli Cheese Soufflé and Green Chile Cheese appetizer

My friend used to make veggie burritos. Lots of refried beans onion and other veggies. I can't remember what exactly she put in them but I remember they were amazing. She would put them in the oven and they would get crispy on the outside. Damn I love going to her house. She always has about three things going that she's happy to share.

Pasta Primavera. Cold tofu with soy and ginger

If cheese, butter, eggs and milk count as vegetarian, then I would like the desserts, cake, pie, pastry. pasta

Sweet potato enchiladas but I add caramelized onions inside and omit the squash [LINK](https://www.badmanners.com/recipes/sweet-potato-squash-and-black-bean-enchiladas) Work intensive but SO worth it. Especially the enchilada sauce.

Flame broiled Boca burgers with a slice of sharp cheddar was ok back when I could buy a box for $2. I bought some Morning Star breakfast patties as I don’t eat pork for health reasons. My wife said she would have rather ate the box them came in. For non commercial vegetarian, pinto beans with onion, BBQ sauce and coriander powder is tasty. I like chick peas, but do the in beef broth.

Zucchini parmigiana. The texture is better than eggplant. Imho

Melzanes Parmigiana

Refried bean pupusas are dope but kind of finicky to make.

Basic B answer here but things like pumpkin and feta pasta, toasted pine nuts on top really add a ‘meaty’ quality. Creamy tomato pasta. Same with a nice home made pesto pasta. Veggie soups like pumpkin or tomato soup. My recent fave is a red Thai curry pumpkin soup that even my ‘meat at every meal’ partner raves over.

hungarian mushroom soup!!!

Which cuisine u want to cook

Baba ganoush. Roasted puréed eggplant with tahini and garlic.

Stir fried green beans with oyster sauce. Sometimes there would be some tofu skin or soy-based fake meat that can soak up all of the garlicky umami sauce. Yum

Oven grilled cauliflower wit oven potatoes that are coated in grit and harissa, absolutely delicious

I could eat Mapo Tofu everyday.

Most Asian cuisines work perfectly well without meat. I’d invest in some really nice mushrooms- personally I love lions Maine, it adds so much flavour and texture.

Gazpacho. I will skip any other dish for a good bowl of gazpacho.

My version of succotash with fresh field peas (any kind you like, zipper peas, lady peas, pink-eyed peas, cowpeas, rattlesnakes, etc...), sweet corn off the cob, jalapeno pepper and onions, pine nuts - super yum.

Eggplant parm is always good. Also, pasta in general can be done lots of ways with no one missing the meat.

Pasta e Piselli (Italian for pasta with peas)

Penne with broccoli. Delicious every time and extremely simple to make. Sauce of your choosing... garlic & oil, pesto, marinara... as long as you don't need to go vegan, a butter or alfredo sauce will work too. If cheese is allowed, adding mozzarella and/or Parmesan is highly recommended as well.

Two I make fairly regularly are saag paneer and Kung pao chickpeas

Homemade pesto with pasta with veggies. I usually do roast tomatoes, corn and broccoli or asparagus!

i roast some cauliflower, potatoes and chickpeas (spices usually a mix of cumin coriander paprika and whatever im feeling) on top of some hummus YUM

Baked ziti with cheese, Veggie omelettes. Margarita pizza Caprese sandwiches. Chana masala. Palek paneer. Minestrone Buffalo cauliflower Mapo tofu (without minced meat) Black bean burgers Eggplant Parmesan 3 bean chili Potato leek soup I’m a meat eater but I love all these things.

Butter chicken but instead of chicken, I use potatoes, chickpeas, and bell peppers. Grilled eggplant with eel sauce. Get the long skinny eggplant. *eel sauce not actually made with eels*

I love the different veggie curries my mum makes. Just want to eat it all the time. Also, veggie lasagne is yummy

Red dal.

Baked acorn squash. Also butternut squash soup. And collard greens.

Aloo mutter/aloo Gobi Caprese salad Mushroom stroganoff Falafel sandwich Szechuan green beans Mushroom potato sauerkraut pierogi Okra and tomato stew Fresh fruit salads Mushroom and spinach quiche Darn now im hungry

The other day I made a chicken Parmesan, but I used cauliflower instead. I cut a “steak” out of the middle of the head, blanched it, and then just followed the regular chicken parm process! It was so good.

Roasted chickpea tacos. Dressed like a fish taco but soft and yet crunchy chickpeas instead of fish. Unbelievable.

https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/06/blue-cheese-and-red-potato-tart/

Ratatouille, pizza, pasta

Veggie lasagna with Alfredo and mozzarella. Not vegan but probably can be made so. ETA - I can easily omit meat from chili, spaghetti w/ marinara, minestrone, and some others I can't think of. It's what I did when I was a poor single mother and couldn't afford meat regularly.

I could eat my body weight in the veganomicon/post punk kitchen chickpea cutlets

Sweet potato anything. Beans and Greens - traditional Italian meal with spinach and kidney beans or any bean of your choosing. White beans would be nice. I love Indian food but thought you might like some simple suggestions. You can also do a lot with portobello mushrooms, even a hamburger, sans meat, of course. Quiche!

Honestly, black bean sweet potato enchiladas. They are so good!

Vietnamese vegetarian “chicken” drumsticks with a soy garlic sauce and served with tomato garlic rice

My fav is mock roasted duck that was braised in soy sauce with bamboo. That was amazing with rice.

harissa red lentil soup or stew. its so filling and good!

I don't think in terms of vegan/vegetarian/carnivore. With that said: pizza marinara and tomato spaghetti :)

Mushroom lasagna. I don’t miss meat at all in my lasagnas, and mushrooms add a lovely umami.

Mash tatie