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Meatless Recipes

Whether you’re planning a Meatless Monday or simply looking for more vegetarian meals, these easy meatless recipes include flavorful pasta, soups, casseroles, enchiladas, and protein-packed lentil dishes.

Top down view of green salad on white plate with roasted pumpkin seeds, chopped apples, candied pecans, feta cheese and red onions.

Harvest Apple Salad

Fork spearing three zucchini rounds on gray plate.

Quick and Easy Baked Parmesan Zucchini Rounds

Three tacos of flour tortillas filled with cooked lentils, sour cream, cheese and tomatoes.

Amazing Instant Pot Lentil Tacos

Flatbread topped with creamy avocado sauce and roasted vegetables.

Creamy Avocado Roasted Veggie Flatbread

white bowl with handles filled with creamy tomato basil soup with Parmesan for topping

Instant Pot Creamy Tomato Basil Soup

baked manicotti on white plate

The Best Baked Cheese Manicotti

scoop taken out of 7-layer dip in white casserole dish

The Best 7-Layer Dip {New and Improved}

twirling instant pot red coconut curry noodles with fork in white bowl

Totally Not Authentic But Super Delicious Instant Pot Red Coconut Curry Noodles

Landscape view Top down view of Buddha bowl recipe with peanut sauce.

Mel’s Buddha Bowls {With Super Tasty Peanut Sauce}

Stone bowl of instant pot quinoa red bean chili with cheese.

Quinoa Red Bean Chili {Instant Pot or Slow Cooker}

One pot creamy tomato basil pasta on white plate with parmesan breadstick.

One Pot Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta

Cowboy caviar dip in white bowl.

Easy Cowboy Caviar Dip {a.k.a. Shrapnel Dip}

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