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Mega meat-free Monday collection: Our best vegetarian recipes

Plant-based cooking has never been so popular. Here are our tastiest sure-fire vegetarian lunches, dinners and sides to inspire you again and again.

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Tomato dhal topped with yoghurt and panch phoran roasted tomatoes.

Tomato, coriander and ginger dhal with panch phoran tomatoes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Yoghurt and coconut milk make this spinach and chickpea curry nice and creamy.

Three brilliantly simple vegan recipes from Deliciously Ella's new cookbook

  • Ella Mills
Tandoori butter corn with cheat's raita.
EASY

Charred tandoori buttered corn on lazy person's raita

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Comforting: Zacchary Bird's butternut pumpkin mac 'n' cheese recipe.

Three retro vegan recipes for when you're craving fast food

  • Zacchary Bird
Blitz the eggplant skin through the yoghurt for extra smokiness.

Flatbread with eggplant, harissa capsicum and tahini yoghurt

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Sweet potato and lentil curry topped with crispy chickpeas and yoghurt.

Sweet potato and lentil curry with roasted spiced chickpeas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Japanese-inspired eggplant noodle bowls.

Shichimi togarashi crumbed eggplant with noodles, herbs and coriander mayo

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Practically cooks itself: Pumpkin and black-bean baked rice.

Four one-pot vegan dishes for mess-free meat-free cooking

  • Jessica Prescott
A showstopping vegetarian centrepiece.

Vegetarian Wellington with roasted spiced pumpkin, feta and grains

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
A portable version of pasta alla Norma.
EASY

Picnic pasta alla Norma

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Vegetarian bolognese, no plant-based mince required.
EASY

Meat-free mushroom and lentil bolognese

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Roasted and raw broccoli salad.
EASY

Roasted broccoli salad with chilli, mint and lemony tahini dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This one-pot wonder will warm you up.
EASY

Warm chickpea and rice one-pot wonder with yoghurt and greens

  • Katrina Meynink
Spiced pumpkin soup with barley, labne and leftover lamb.

Roasted ras-el-hanout pumpkin soup with barley and leftover lamb

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
This stroganoff-inspired pasta bake skips the beef.

Vegetarian stroganoff pasta bake with mushroom and spinach

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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Adam Liaw's simple vegetarian-friendly spaghetti.

Roasted carrot and tomato spaghetti

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Falafel salad.

Four vegan lunches you can throw together in five minutes flat

  • Alexander Hart
The Blue Ducks' mixed-grain dhal is a convenient and healthy mid-week dinner recipe.
EASY

Mixed grain dhal recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Pumpkin and pesto pearl cous cous salad.
EASY

Pesto cous cous with maple roasted pumpkin and almond

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This spanakopita is a little time-consuming, but it is ultra satisfying.

Spanakopita

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Neil Perry's cauliflower fritters.
EASY

Cauliflower fritters recipe with feta, mint and dill

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Karen Martini chops the tomatoes into different sizes for textural variety.
EASY

Karen Martini's tomato salad with buffalo mozzarella, pickled onions and guindilla peppers

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
There's no shortage of avocado in this grain salad.
EASY

Farro, corn, chickpea and avocado salad with chipotle lime dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Charred corn kernels coated in creamy, cheesy dressing.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Charred corn salad with creamy parmesan dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
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Smushed potato salad with honey mustard dressing.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Smushed potato salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Corn on the cob with coriander butter.
EASY

Super simple corn on the cob with coriander butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Punchy meat-free flavour: Shakshuka with coriander dumplings.

Five recipes from Shannon Martinez's new book Vegan with Bite

  • Shannon Martinez
Raid the deli cabinet for this adaptable pasta salad.
EASY

Deli cabinet pasta salad with chilli, parmesan and sunflower seed dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
A much-loved Roman pasta dish gets a modern Asian makeover.

Miso e pepe udon (udon noodles with miso and pepper)

  • < 30 mins
  • Hetty McKinnon
Herby cous cous with creamy avocado tahini.
EASY

Green cous cous with avocado tahini

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Eggplant, brown rice and quinoa salad with caramel dressing.

Eggplant, brown rice and quinoa salad with quick pickled onion and a date and ras el hanout dressing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Strozzapreti with fennel, tomato, and olive vinaigrette.
EASY

Neil Perry's strozzapreti with fennel, tomato and olive vinaigrette

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Spring tabbouleh with peas, asparagus and broad beans.

Green tabbouleh

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Roasted sweet potato and brussels sprouts.

Charred spiced sweet potato and brussels sprouts with labne, lemons and crunchy bits

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Ridiculously tasty AND ridiculously good looking: Pumpkin, green bean and black rice salad with lemon thyme dressing.

Pumpkin, green bean and black rice salad with lemon thyme dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This salad will get you back on the roasted cauliflower bandwagon.
EASY

Roasted cauliflower, chickpea and herb salad with harissa and honey dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink

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