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Vegetarian Meal Plan for the Year: January and February
Whether you're looking for inexpensive vegetarian meal ideas or are just wanting to follow a semi vegetarian meal plan, this Vegetarian Meal Plan will help you create a menu that fits your family's needs! This meal plan is for January and February. Check out March and April here. Be sure to PIN THIS to save it for later! :)
Lots of people ask for help with how to plan a vegetarian meal, because they're so used to eating meat that they end up scratching their head when it comes to vegetarian foods. I used to be the same way. The image above is from a post that I wrote last year. Yes, die-hard vegetarian Sadie was once a die-hard meat eater. I still can't believe I said our meatless dishes were boring! Since becoming a vegetarian a little over a year ago, our dishes have gone to okay to AMAZING! You've gotta think outside the box, but I promise there are many delicious quick and easy vegetarian meal ideas out there!
31 not enough? Check out the rest of my vegetarian recipes!
Key:
V = Vegan
GF = Gluten-Free
SF = Soy-Free
DF = Dairy-Free
Books
The Everything Vegetarian Cookbook: 300 Healthy Recipes Everyone Will Enjoy
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food
Meatless: More Than 200 of the Very Best Vegetarian Recipes
Quick-Fix Vegetarian: Healthy Home-Cooked Meals in 30 Minutes or Less
1: Cauliflower and Smoked Cheddar Soup GF
2: Tempeh Tacos with a Roasted Poblano Salsa
3: Quinoa Pasta with Creamy Garlic Sauce & Toasted Hazelnuts
4: Buffalo Cauliflower Wing Pizza with Tofu Blue Cheese Spread
5: Light-As-Air Chickpea and Zucchini Fritters
6: Spinach and Chickpea Veggie Burgers
7: Avocado Salad with Sweet Red Onions and Lime
10: Panera's Broccoli Cheddar Soup
11: Raw Sundried Tomato Cashew Pesto Sauce & Zucchini Pasta GF, SF, DF
12: Mini Grilled Cheese with Roasted Red Pepper & Pesto Sandwiches
14: Thai Chickpea Pizza V
15: Cheesy Vegan Tempeh Slow Cooker Chili V
16: Fettuccine with Sage and Asiago Pesto
18: Panera’s Mediterranean Sandwich Copycat Recipe
19: Huevos Rancheros Breakfast Burrito
21: Vegan Warm Chickpea and Artichoke Salad
22: Roasted Cauliflower & Cheddar Soup
23: Portobello Mushroom Stuffed with Basil Pesto
24: Baked Empanadas V
25: Dynamite Tofu With Rice and Broccoli
26: Veggie Burgers
27: Couscous Cakes With Spiced Cream Sauce
28: Baked Falafel
30: Black Bean-Roasted Zucchini-Goat Cheese Enchiladas
February
1. Gluten-Free Crock Pot Mac & Cheese
3. Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers
4. Yam Roast
5. Baked Buffalo Broccoli Bites
6. Zucchini Linguine
7. Cheese Stuffed Shells in Cream Sauce
9. Baked Eggplant with Pistachio Pesto and Goat Cheese
10. Quinoa Patties With Tzatziki Sauce
12. Mushroom Marinara Sandwiches
15. Curry Chickpea Burgers
16. Margherita Pizza
17. Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup
18. Tempeh Sloppy Joes
19. Orange Scented Cauliflower Ricotta Ravioli
20. Spinach Quiche
21. Best Tomato Soup Ever
23. Pasta With Creamy Broccoli Pesto
25. Vegetable Chili
P.S. Don't be afraid of the repetitive questions non-vegetarians will ask you, the animals will thank you for not eating them. ;)
Julie says
This is a fantastic post! If you don’t mind, I will occasionally get requests for vegetarian meal plans (which I don’t have). I’ll refer subscribers to this post.
SlapDashMom says
That would be awesome, Julie! Thanks! :)
Carrie Medford says
YAY!!!!! I started eating Gluten & Dairy Free on Jan 1st. (as much as possible, I do slip) and this will be a great reference! Thanks so much!
Rose @ Walnut Acre says
What a great list of yummy recipes!
Misty Kearns says
Thanks for sharing all these great recipes! Can’t wait to try a few! (and thanks for linking up at Motivating Monday on CEO of Me!)
Jill says
Julie from Shrinking On A Budget sent me and the recipes look great. Thanks to both of you!
Tazim says
It’s is so helpful, and definitely will make people consider adding more vegetarian meals to their weekly plan.
Jeanette Nyberg says
I’m so excited! Thank you for these great ideas! (Except for the portabellas. I do not thank you for those. Gag.)
Laurie C says
Thank you for posting soy free recipes. My daughters are soy intolerant and finding good meat free/soy free recipes can be hard.
Ellen Christian says
Thanks so much for sharing my recipe. Off to check out some of the others!
diane says
Thanks so much for sharing my vegan spring rolls. While my family isn’t vegetarian we do try and limit our meat consumption and buy only from organic and/or local farms. I hope your readers enjoy my recipe!
Tosh says
YUM! Thanks so much for including my Eggplant Parmesan (my kiddos favorite). I can’t wait to check out the rest of the recipes. We try to eat at least 1 meatless meal each week to save money!
mike says
who puts meat in eggplant Parmesan?
Jaci @ windykitchen says
What a great roundup! This is an awesome resource and I can’t wait to try some of these. Thank you so much for including my asparagus brie pierogies; we definitely loved them in my house!
Rachel says
This is a great idea! I’m not finding the rest of the year however when I search. Was this the only post for the year, just Jan and Feb?
Jen says
This post is a sight for sore eyes! I love that some of these are vegan, and it looks like many of them could easily be made vegan. Pinning for future reference – thanks for sharing!
Funny Good Morning Meme says
I Learned allot from this article really it was amazing thanks for sharing this with us