Eating a plant-based diet doesn’t have to be boring. These meat-free recipes prove being vegetarian isn’t all just limp salads and dull leaves. Here, we’ve rounded up our favourite vego-friendly dishes that hero whole ingredients without compromising on flavour.
Comfort food that will warm your tummy and your heart. With its rich sauce and cheese topping, nobody will think that it’s missing meat, but if you’re still not convinced, fry off some mince when making the sauce.
“For me, comfort food is big-bowl food, especially when it comes with slurpy noodles and that irresistible urge to add more chilli as you go.” – Tracey Pattison
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.
Don't knock it until you try it. This healthy vegetarian bolognese recipe features high protein lentils as a substitute for mince.
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.
“By themselves, konjac noodles have very little taste, so pan-frying them in the curry sauce allows them to absorb the gently spiced flavours of this simple vegan dish. If you eat seafood, top each portion with four cooked prawns.“- DK Australia. This is an edited extract from Modern Australian Flexitarian (published by DK Australia, an imprint of Penguin Random house,$39.99).
This vegetarian pasta recipe is the perfect way to make the most of summer vegetables.
“This simple stir-fry is light, yet full of flavour and colour. The lime gives it an added zing that pairs well with the sweetness of the toasted cashews and crunchy vegetables. Meat eaters can add 200g of sliced chicken breast when frying the vegetables.”- DK Australia. This is an edited extract from Modern Australian Flexitarian (published by DK Australia, an imprint of Penguin Random house,$39.99).
These smoky carrot hot dogs with caraway relish and chimichurri are perfect for your next gathering.
Filled with plant based protein and fibre, this vegetarian curry is one even the carnivores will like.
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.
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.
This egg-centric Asian noodle dish is a stir fry you must try!
You can literally eat the rainbow with this healthy veggie slaw recipe.
Making dumplings is not as scary as you think, thanks to this easy Korean dumpling recipe by chef, Eun Hee An. Traditionally known as 'mandu', this vegetarian take uses simple ingredients like zucchini, shiitake mushrooms, tofu and pantry staples like soy sauce and sesame oil to make a hearty filling. Making thirty perfect bite-sized delights, guests can dip their dumpling into the tangy mandu dipping sauce for an extra flavour kick. Perfect for entertaining or as an easy weekend dinner idea, this delicious dumpling recipe is one to keep in the back pocket. Recipe note: You’ll need a metal or bamboo steamer.
