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    Hummusapien » Recipes » Recipe Round-ups » 21 Quick & Healthy Vegetarian Meals

    21 Quick & Healthy Vegetarian Meals

    Published Jan 15, 2015 · Modified Nov 8, 2021 · by Alexis Joseph · 10 Comments

    Quick. And healthy. In the same sentence. Shut the front door.

    21 Quick & Healthy Vegetarian Dinners

    Today we're making the impossible possible! Sometimes people want to think that eating well is super complicated and time consuming, but in all honesty, it's not. You really don't have to slave over the stove for hours on end cooking dried beans and pickling radishes. Don't listen to what the haters tell you!

    Spending my days at Alchemy and The Fitness Loft has totally flipped my world upside down. I, too, pretty much have one day to prep. And guess what? I don't always want to spend my day off cooking lentils!!

    Lately I've been getting back to the basics. Breakfast is make-ahead steel cut oatmeal with chia seeds, blackberries, and almond butter. Lunch is always leftovers. Dinner is some kind of bean or legume in some form (chili, burgers, curry, etc.) with roasted sweet potatoes and another roasted veggie. Snacks are no-bake bites, fruit, nuts, and hummus.  Sometimes dinner is an Amy's burrito, sometimes it's a can of Trader Joe's vegetarian chili, sometimes it's scrambled eggs with avo, and sometimes it's some delish lentil burgers that I prepped on the weekend. There's one thing I know for sure, and that's that I always feel better when I'm eating something balanced and homemade.

    Quinoa and Kale Salad

    These 30-minute meals are for those evenings when you come home to nothing prepped and you don't want to spend your night cooking up a storm. It's for the nights when you want to squeeze in a workout AND chow down on a warm, home-cooked, and healthy meal.

    You can do this. Pick two meals, create a grocery list, and make them this week. Eat the leftovers for lunch and BOOM--life just got a whole lot easier! A little planning goes a longggg way, my friends.

    Ready, set, COOK!

    Check out 21 Healthy & Quick Vegetarian Meals

    by Hummusapien at Foodie.com

    This post is sponsored by Foodie.com through Mode Media. I was compensated for my time. All opinions are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that make Hummusapien possible!

    About Alexis Joseph


    Oh HEY there! I'm Alexis Joseph, food writer, blogger, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), new mama, and co-founder of local restaurant group, Alchemy. I use my passion for cooking and wellness as fuel to help others ignite a more freeing and happy relationship with food.

    Learn more about Alexis!

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    1. Mee Anders says

      March 16, 2015 at 8:02 pm

      Alexis, I can't seem to find the link to these recipes. Am I being dense or has the link been taken down?

      Reply
      • Alexis says

        March 18, 2015 at 9:50 pm

        Sometimes it doesn't show up on certain browsers. Here ya go! https://www.foodie.com/7078478/collections/21-healthy-quick-vegetarian-meals

        Reply
    2. Davida @ The Healthy Maven says

      January 16, 2015 at 10:18 am

      This post makes me want to become a vegetarian. Also clearly I need to step up my veg game! Thanks for including me lovebug! I miss dos burgers!

      Reply
      • Alexis says

        January 21, 2015 at 3:55 pm

        I need to make your burgs!!

        Reply
    3. Cassie says

      January 15, 2015 at 11:55 pm

      I've been all about the quick meals... and veg eatin'... lately! Found some great new recipes, especially the avocado chickpea salad, yum!

      Reply
      • Alexis says

        January 21, 2015 at 3:56 pm

        I need to make that again soon. I always forget about old recipes!

        Reply
    4. Dana | fresh simple five says

      January 15, 2015 at 12:29 pm

      I love everything about this! Healthy most certainly doesn't have to be hard or time consuming. I look forward to trying the chickpea avocado salad and the Greek quinoa burgers. Yum!

      Reply
      • Alexis says

        January 15, 2015 at 9:04 pm

        Exactly! The chickpea avo salad is one of my faves. Great for lunches!

        Reply
    5. June Burns says

      January 15, 2015 at 6:13 am

      Such great ideas! the quinoa burgers sound amazing, so healthy and hearty 🙂

      Reply
      • Alexis says

        January 15, 2015 at 9:05 pm

        Agreed! Meatless yet mighty 🙂

        Reply

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