Vegetarian meal plan ideas
Here are some vegetarian meal ideas for you to try - there are a few to choose from for each meal and also some between meal snacks! Mix and match according to your taste and see our Vegetarian recipes pages for hundreds more vegetarian recipes.
Breakfast
Cereals
- Weet-Bix™ delight: 2-3 Weet-Bix™ wheat biscuits with fortified soy milk, topped with yoghurt, strawberries and 1 tbs of chia seeds. See our Smooth strawberry Weet-Bix™ delight recipe
- Oats porridge: Make oats porridge with ½ cup of traditional rolled oats and creamy fortified soy milk, and top with sliced banana and 1 tbs of ground linseeds (or flaxseed)
Quinoa porridge: Lemon coconut quinoa porridge topped with banana, berries and hemp seeds.
Muesli: Swiss bircher muesli with soy milk, grated apple, mixed berries
Smoothies
- Tropical vegan smoothie: Tropical green vegan smoothie with pineapple, mango, passionfruit and coconut milk
- Breakfast smoothie: Weet-Bix™ breakfast smoothie with wholewheat or sorghum breakfast biscuits, soy milk, banana and berries
- Cashew, date and raspberry smoothie bowl: Bright, creamy and delicious! Cashew, date and raspberry smoothie bowl
Savoury
Frittata: Quick spinach frittata
Fritters: Corn, zucchini and chickpea fritters
Morning snack
Fruit: 1 orange, 2 kiwi fruit or a handful of fresh berries
Nuts: ¼ cup of unsalted mixed nuts and seeds
Nut-free muesli bars: perfect to make ahead Nut-free muesli bars
Lunch
Wraps: Roasted sweet potato and beetroot wraps with ricotta and fresh herbs or these Singapore noodle lettuce wraps for a bread-free option.
Tabbouli: Buckwheat tabbouli, serve with falafels and hummus
Frittata: Zucchini and quinoa frittata with pinenuts, olives and feta
Sandwiches: Toasted sweet potato, ricotta and rye sandwiches
Burgers: Vegetable burgers, serve with brown grainy bread rolls
Soup: Minestrone soup, serve with crusty bread or grainy sourdough
Snack
Crackers: Seeded crackers topped with natural peanut butter, tahini or avocado
Veggie sticks: Veggie sticks with Beetroot hummus or these tasty Peanut boats.
Muffin: Date and bran muffin
Dinner
Stir-fry: Stir-fry greens with tofu and cashews and cashews, serve on a bed of long grain brown or wild rice
Soup: Homemade Vegetarian laksa soup with tofu, egg noodles, and fresh mung bean sprouts
Pilaf: Chickpea pilaf with spinach topped with yoghurt and slivered almonds
Butter beans: Greek-style butter beans, serve with rocket leaves and rustic garlic bread
Curry: Nepalese vegetable curry, serve with brown rice or roti or naan bread.
Pasta: Creamy sweet potato (kumara) pasta, serve with a colourful side salad
Burritos: Toasted mexican burritos, serve with guacamole and salsa
Vegetable pie: Spring vegetable pie, delicious served hot or cold
Vegetable bake: Hearty and healthy Vegetable bake
After dinner
Drinks
Herbal tea: your favourite Herbal tea
Mineral water with fresh fruit: add sliced seasonal berries or citrus to flavour
Snacks
Pudding: Acai chia pudding, serve with fresh berries or this dairy-free Chocolate pudding
Crumble: Apple and almond crumble with a scoop of soy ice-cream
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