Here is a collection of our top vegetarian recipes. You can find all our readers' favorites here, from breakfast to appetizers and vegetarian dinner ideas, we've got them all. These are healthy and delicious dishes that are so easy to make, and many of them are plant-based recipes.
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Benefits of Vegetarian Meals
It's always been advised to add more vegetables to our meals and make sure we have enough servings of them through the day. Here are a few benefits of having vegetarian meals on a regular basis:
- It boosts your heart health and reduces the risk of heart disease.
- Might help preventing type 2 diabetes.
- Consuming vegetables daily would reduce the risk of cancer.
- It might increase your metabolism.
Vegetarian Dinner Recipes
Persian potato patties (kuku sibzamini)
Briam Greek Roasted Vegetables
Homemade Falafel Recipe (Step-By-Step)
Persian eggplant soup recipe (ash-e bademjan)
Gozleme Recipe (Turkish Stuffed Flatbread)
Fried potatoes and onions (Do piazeh aloo)
Tomato Rice Persian Style (Dami Gojeh Farangi)
Easy Mediterranean Green Lentil Soup
Classic Spanakopita Recipe (Greek Spinach Pie)
Mirza ghasemi Persian smoked eggplant and tomatoes
The Best Middle Eastern Eggplant Recipe (Video)
Kashke Bademjan (Persian Eggplant Dip)
Authentic Dolma Recipe (Stuffed Grape Leaves)
Mucver - Turkish Zucchini Fritters
Kuku sabzi Persian herb frittata
Roasted vegetable pasta recipe
Avocado Caprese Sandwich Recipe
Cheese stuffed eggplant meatballs
Vegetarian Appetizers
Turkish red lentil soup (mercimek corbasi)
Piyaz (Turkish white bean salad)
Muhammara Roasted Red Peppers and Walnut Dip
Vegetarian Side Dishes
Best Fried Eggplant Recipe with Tomatoes
Mujadara (Lebanese lentil and rice)
Sabzi polo (Persian herb rice)
The Best Caprese Pasta Salad [Video]
Salad Shirazi (Persian Cucumber Tomato Salad)
Mediterranean Grilled Vegetables Recipe
The Best Greek Potatoes [Video]
Mediterranean Oven Roasted Vegetables
Vegetarian Breakfast Recipes
Spanish Tortilla Recipe (Easy Tutorial)
Nargesi Persian spinach and eggs
Menemen (Turkish scrambled eggs and tomatoes)
Italian baked eggs in marinara sauce
Creamy oatmeal Middle Eastern style
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Step-by-Step Recipe
60+ Easy Vegetarian Recipes
Ingredients
- 2 russet potatoes washed and peeled
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 yellow onions chopped finely
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to boil. Cut the potatoes into ½ inch chunks and add them to the boiling water. Cook for 5-10 minutes until they're almost cooked. Drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, Heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Sauté onion in olive oil until golden brown.
- Add in the tomato paste and spices. Mix to combine. Add in the potatoes and stir well. Cook for another 5 to 8 minutes.
- Serve warm.
Notes
- You can serve fried potatoes and onion with bread such as barbari. This dish would also go well with cold side dishes like salad shirazi (Persian cucumber tomato salad) and mast o khiar (Persian yogurt and cucumber).
- Store the leftovers in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave or in a pan over medium low heat.
- To make this dish spicy, add ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper with the rest of the spices.
Amanda Wren-Grimwood
Such a great collection of recipes here for meat free days. Can't wait to try the Turkish stuffed bread. Thanks!
Kris
What a fabulous collection! I can't wait to make so many of these. 🙂
Anita
I am loving this vegetarian recipes list. There is such a huge variety to choose from.
Andrea
Wow! What a fantastic list! I'm really loving the eggplant ones. Will be starting with the caponata. I've never had it with black olives too. Yum!
Toni
This is such an amazing list!! Thank you so much! I would love to try everything on this list!