Meatless Menus for Nine Lunches and Dinners
Looking forward to lighter meals? Try these meatless recipes: vegetarian, vegan or pescatarian. I have included links for main courses for lunches and dinners. I tend to make enough for 2 meals, eating the first meal at night and often using the leftovers for lunch the following day. I don’t mind leftovers and appreciate the extra time they allow me for other projects. Some people have eliminated meat from their diets, some have reduced the amount of meat meals, and many, like me, like to switch ingredients around, having meals that at times have meat, poultry or fish and other vegetarian or vegan meals. A good balance of different foods helps create a healthy diet and planning helps keep this variety.
The menus on this page include non-meat recipes for lunch and dinner. Lunches are generally lighter. All of these recipes are vegan, vegetarian or contain fish. The special meal in this collection is for Day 6 Dinner, with Cold Cucumber Soup and Mushroom Quiche.
Soups: To make a meal a bit more substantial, add a soup as a first course. Most of my soups are vegan. For your ease, soups are listed as vegan, vegetarian or meat. Follow the link to Soups.
Desserts: All my desserts are meat free. Some are vegan or vegetarian, pareve or dairy and are listed as such. Check out the sweet tooth satisfying Desserts.
Day 1
Lunch: Asian Fusion Latkes: Kimchi and Scallion Pancakes #vegetarian
Dinner: Beanie Burgers #vegetarian
Day 2
Lunch: Red Beans and Rice #vegan
Dinner: Asparagus Soup with Tuna Fish Platter using tuna fish or chickpeas in place of chicken, as in the suggestions below the recipe. #vegan
Day 3
Lunch: Eggs Benedict (use non-meat versions) #vegetarian
Dinner: Beni's Garden Pasta #vegetarian
Day 4
Lunch: Tuna Sandwich Use tuna fish or chickpeas in place of the chicken in the recipe, as in the suggestions below the recipe. #fish
Dinner: Spicy Broccoli Kimchi Bowl #vegan
Day 5
Lunch: Cast-Iron Skillet Pizza #vegetarian
Dinner: Roasted Eggplant Rigatoni #vegan
Day 6
Lunch: Quinoa, bean, corn and pepper salad #vegetarian
Special Dinner:
Cold Cucumber Soup #vegan
Mushroom Spinach Quiche and Salad (For more quiche recipes search under Vegan and Vegetarian on the Recipe Index. Quiche recipes are in the right column)
Day 7
Lunch: Leftovers from Day 6 dinner
Dinner: Cauliflower Tiki-Masala #vegan
Day 8
Lunch Eggplant “Bacon” Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich #vegan
Dinner: French Toast Casserole #vegetarian
Day 9
Lunch: Slider Bites Use non-meat versions. Vegan or vegetarian.
Dinner: Cod Cakes #vegetarian
Chickpea-Spinach Salad with Sugared Almonds #vegan