All Vegetarian Recipes: 2,600+ Plant-Based Ideas

Perfect polenta — 3 ways: soft, baked, or fried — is the one recipe that answers three different dinners from a single pot. The coarse-ground yellow cornmeal can be creamy tonight, then chilled into slabs to bake or fry later in the week. The trick is in the details —...

This quinoa-stuffed acorn squash recipe fills sweet roasted squash with a Southwestern mix of quinoa, black beans, corn, and jalapeño. The squash halves roast while the stuffing cooks on the stove, so the whole thing lands on the table in about an hour and forty...

This roasted butternut squash and barley risotto gives you all the comfort of the classic with the chew of pearl barley, and the squash roasts while you stir. A splash of white wine and a shower of Parmesan at the end pull it together. It's a weekend-feeling dish...

These vibrant barley-stuffed bell peppers are a complete dinner in an edible package: mushrooms and quick-cooking barley bound with egg and mozzarella, piled into sweet peppers. They bake up golden on top while the pepper walls turn tender enough to cut with a fork....

These savory couscous cakes with black bean salsa turn pantry couscous into crisp-edged little griddle cakes, topped with a fresh corn-and-bean salsa. The batter comes together in minutes and the cakes cook fast, so most of your time goes into letting them set up...

This spiced chickpea and couscous bowl is a 30-minute dinner built on a warm trio of ginger, cumin, and turmeric. The spices bloom in olive oil with garlic and green onions before the chickpeas join, which is what makes such a simple bowl taste slow-cooked. Serve it...

This hearty vegetarian chili with cornmeal dumplings cooks in one pot in about 35 minutes, thanks to canned chickpeas and kidney beans that need nothing more than a rinse. The dumplings steam right on top of the thickened chili, so you get stew and bread in a single...

These 25-minute falafel pitas with spicy aioli come together from one can of chickpeas and a handful of pantry spices, which makes them my favorite busy-night dinner. The patties pan-fry in olive oil until the edges turn deep golden, and shredded carrot keeps the...