17 Days of Vegetarian Comfort Food
The trouble with some vegetarian recipes is the meat substitutes can look (and taste) scary. If seitan, tofu, and tempeh are a few of your not-so-favorite things, allow these meatless recipes to be a breath of fresh air. Nuts, legumes, mushrooms, and pseudograins (aka quinoa) sub in for meat in some of your favorite comfort-food recipes like lasagna, tacos, and potpie. Going meatless for a few meals or a few weeks is starting to look a lot easier now, isn't it?
Mushrooms (Subbing For Pork)
Get the recipe: vegan ramen soup with zucchini noodles
Tempeh (Subbing For Ground Beef)
Get the recipe: vegan Bolognese
Lentils (Subbing For Sausage)
Get the recipe: kabocha biscuits with black lentil, sweet potato, and kale chili
Walnuts (Subbing For Ground Beef)
Get the recipe: raw walnut tacos
Cashews (Subbing For Shrimp)
Get the recipe: spaghetti squash pad Thai
Quinoa (Subbing For Ground Meat)
Get the recipe: zucchini and quinoa enchiladas
Black Beans (Subbing For Ground Beef)
Get the recipe: vegan Mexican lasagna
Various Veggies (Subbing For Chicken)
Get the recipe: creamy vegetarian pot pie
Black Beans (Subbing For Ground Beef)
Get the recipe: vegan pumpkin chili
Chickpeas (Subbing For Chicken)
Get the recipe: chickpea and avocado salad
Black Beans and Quinoa (Subbing For Ground Beef)
Get the recipe: roasted garlic quinoa black bean burger
Coconut (Subbing For Bacon)
Walnuts (Subbing For Ground Beef)
Get the recipe: stuffed mushrooms with arugula, walnuts, and sun-dried tomatoes
Cauliflower (Subbing For Chicken Wings)
Get the recipe: buffalo cauliflower
Mushrooms (Subbing For Beef)
Get the recipe: mushroom and leek lasagna
Lentils (Subbing For Liver)
Get the recipe: red lentil terrine
Sweet Potato and Quinoa Patties (Subbing For Ground Beef)
Get the recipe: spicy sweet potato quinoa burger patties