Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plans: Week Twenty Three

Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plans- weekly recipes with prep ahead tips, vegan/GF substitutions, and a color-coded shopping list!

Happy weekend! I’m writing this on Friday and we’re getting ready to head out to our first social gathering since we moved to Georgia. Cue jazz hands!

I’m actually kind of nervous because it’s going to be a group of my husband’s new coworkers who are all academic professors and deans. You guys, I don’t know what to say when people ask me what I do! I guess I feel like telling someone I’m a food blogger just sounds so…unprofessional. Even though I know there’s a ton of work and passion that goes into it, it just doesn’t translate well, you know? Le sigh.

Anyway, enough blabbing, let’s get to the food! We’ve got spaghetti squash, chickpea tiki masala, Tex-Mex stuffed sweet potatoes, lentil bolognese, and beet burgers on the menu this week. So much healthy goodness. I hope you find something you like and that you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Sunday

Spaghetti Squash with Vegan Tomato Basil Cream Sauce from Hummusapien

Prep Ahead Tip: Squash can be cooked ahead of time and re-heated.

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is vegan and gluten-free.

Spaghetti Squash with Vegan Tomato Basil Cream Sauce from Hummusapien

Monday

One Pot Chickpea Tiki Masala from Making Thyme for Health

Prep Ahead Tip: To save time cook the rice ahead of time or use microwaveable rice.

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is already vegan and gluten-free.

One Pot Chickpea Tiki Masala from Making Thyme for Health

Tuesday

Tex Mex Loaded Sweet Potatoes from She Likes Food

Prep Ahead Tip: Quinoa can be cooked ahead of time. Sweet potatoes can be roasted ahead of time and heated up again just before assembling.

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is already vegan and gluten-free.

Tex Mex Loaded Sweet Potatoes from She Likes Food

 

 

Wednesday

Spaghetti with Vegetarian Lentil Bolognese from Eats Well With Others

Prep Ahead Tip: The lentils can be cooked ahead of time.

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: To make the recipe gluten free, use your favorite gluten free pasta in place of the spaghetti. To make it vegan, simply omit the parmesan cheese or replace it with a sprinkling of nutritional yeast.

Spaghetti with Vegetarian Lentil Bolognese from Eats Well With Others

 

Thursday

Beet Veggie Burgers with Herbed Goat Cheese from The Roasted Root

Prep Ahead Tip: Rice can be cooked in advance; goat cheese can be prepared in advance; and vegetables can be shredded in advance. Alternatively, you can make the burgers up to 3 days ahead of time and store in the refrigerator until ready to cook.

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Substitute vegan cream cheese for the goat cheese or omit altogether.

Beet Veggie Burgers with Herbed Goat Cheese from The Roasted Root

 

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