Healthful Vegetarian Meal Ideas – Tracy Boykin, RD
Posted: Jun 06 in Nutrition, Recipes, Weight Management Strategies by AimeeA vegetarian diet can include just as many tasty varieties as one including meat. Don’t hesitate to get creative in the kitchen. Try these healthful, vegetarian meal ideas:
Breakfast
- Cereal with milk (soymilk if vegan)
- Whole-wheat toast with margarine or jelly and a piece of fresh fruit
- Instant oatmeal with nuts, raisins and (soy)milk
Lunch
- Vegetable sandwich (tomatoes, peppers, onions, avocado) with or without (soy)cheese on whole-grain bread
- Vegetable soup with a piece of whole-grain toast
- Vegetable burger or falafel with (soy)cheese, mushrooms and tomato on whole-grain bread
- Pita bread filled with vegetables or peanut butter
- Chili with beans, textured vegetable protein and (soy)cheese
Dinner
- Tofu stir-fry with brown rice
- Whole-grain pasta with tomato sauce plus vegetables (mushrooms, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and onions)
- Tacos or burritos filled with beans, textured vegetable protein, tofu or tempe
- Pizza with or without cheese and topped with vegetables, tofu or meat substitute
Snacks
- Dried fruits
- Trail mix
- Popcorn
- Rice cakes
- Yogurt
- Smoothies made with calcium fortified rice milk, soymilk or cow’s milk
- Hummus
- Bagels with nut butter
- Instant soups
Information provided by Vegetarian Nutrition, a dietetic practice group of the American Dietetic Association.