60 Simple and Tasty Vegetarian Meals That Don’t Take Long to Make

Simple and Quick Vegetarian Meals – Are you looking for quick and easy vegetarian meals that won’t take up too much of your time? With our collection of 60 simple and quick recipes, you can easily whip up tasty vegetarian dishes in no time. Whether you’re a beginner in the kitchen or a seasoned pro, these recipes are perfect for satisfying meals without spending an entire evening in the kitchen. Try our roasted cauliflower steaks, broccoli stir-fry pasta, or creamy vegetarian mushroom soup! So, put away those complicated cookbooks and get ready to be inspired by these fast and delicious vegetarian recipes!

by Sidney Yang

Sidney Yang

Sidney is part of the Eatwell101 family since 2014. As an editor, she shares her enthusiasm for food, cooking tips, and entertaining across more than a thousand written articles published on Eatwell101.

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Updated May 14, 2025

1. Parmesan Spinach Mushroom Pasta Skillet

This parmesan spinach mushroom pasta skillet is super quick and impossible to mess up - The ultimate win for vegetarian weeknight dinners!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

2. Cheesy Baked Cabbage Steaks

Make these baked cheesy cabbage steaks for a vegetarian meal or a versatile side for any main course!
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

3. Baked Zucchini and Cheese

Baked zucchini and cheese is an easy side dish made in 30 minutes. If you're looking for the perfect balance of crispy and cheesy, this cheesy zucchini bake is for you!
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

4. Baked Cauliflower Parmesan

Oven Baked Cauliflower Parmesan cauliflower parmesan is a low carb, vegetarian dish with marinara sauce, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese to add a tasty vegetable to your dinner table.
Cooking time: 40 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

5. One-Pot Garlic Parmesan Pasta with Spinach and Mushrooms

One-pot garlic parmesan pasta skillet with spinach and mushrooms is super delicious and quick to make. This pasta recipe is the ultimate win for easy weeknight dinners
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

6. Parmesan Chopped Salad

Easy Chopped Salad Recipe - Parmesan chopped salad is fresh and light, perfect for a light lunch or as a side dish. Enjoy this parmesan salad recipe today!
Cooking time: 0 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

7. Creamy Mushroom Pasta

This 30-minute creamy mushroom pasta is the perfect weeknight indulgence for any pasta lover!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

8. Cheesy Zucchini Gratin

This cheesy zucchini gratin is the perfect side to any meal. Just 20 minutes in the oven and you can serve up this baked zucchini gratin bubbly and delicious!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

9. Healthy Tomato Zucchini Pasta

This Healthy Tomato Zucchini Pasta recipe is the perfect quick and easy weeknight meal. Filled with fresh vegetables this vegetarian pasta recipe is sure to be a hit with the whole family. Ready in under 20 minutes!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

10. Butternut Lentil Stew

This butternut lentil Stew in creamy coconut sauce is an excellent plant-based dinner for just about any night of the week!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

11. Roasted Butternut Parmesan

These crisp-tender butternut parmesan bites are so easy to make and over-the-top delicious.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

12. Roasted Cauliflower Steaks

Make these cauliflower steaks and enjoy a true 5-star vegetarian dinner with spot-on flavors.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

13. Cauliflower Sweet Potato Curry

This cauliflower sweet pootato curry is a quick and comforting vegan dinner loaded with spicy goodness.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

14. Creamy French Onion Tortellini {One-Pot}

Try this amazing French onion tortellini pasta recipe with a savory cream sauce and caramelized onions for a quick and easy one-post pasta dinner your family will love!
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

15. Creamy Mushroom Soup

The perfect creamy mushroom soup recipe for when it gets chilly outside. This mushroom soup recipe is rich, creamy, and so easy to make!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

16. Parmesan Bean Soup

Our parmesan bean soup is the perfect comfort meal for any day of the week. Ready in just 30 minutes and filled with nutritious ingredients like white beans and kale, don't miss out on this tasty and easy bean soup recipe!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

17. Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta

This creamy sun-dried tomato pasta will leave you feeling satisfied and happy with its hearty flavors.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

18. Spicy Tahini Tofu Stir Fry

Try our tofu stir fry recipe and dinner will be done before you know it!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

19. Garlic Butter Parmesan Pasta

This spicy garlic butter pasta recipe is another quick pasta dinner with a ton of flavor!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

20. Creamy Tortellini Soup

Creamy tortellini soup with sun-dried tomato and spinach is perfect for cold nights. Need a cozy dinner in less than 30 minutes? Try our tortellini soup recipe!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

21. Fried Gnocchi with Garlic & Parmesan

Comfort food at its finest! This easy skillet gnocchi recipe takes only 15 mins to make and is perfect for weeknight dinners.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

22. Spinach Mushroom Quinoa Skillet (Healthy 20-Minute Dinner)

This 20-Minute Healthy Meatless spinach mushroom quinoa Skillet is the ultimate win for vegetarian weeknight dinners!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

23. Creamy Pesto Gnocchi

Creamy pesto gnocchi is an easy and comforting weeknight recipe you’ll keep making again and again. Gnocchi is cooked in a delicious creamy pesto sauce loaded with flavor!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

24. Orzo Pasta Salad

A light and refreshing orzo pasta salad with capers, bell peppers, cheese, and a light dressing. You'll love this cold orzo pasta salad recipe for potlucks, picnics, and outdoor parties!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

25. Mediterranean White And Green Bean Soup

Try our quick and easy Mediterranean bean soup recipe for an healthy and nourishing meal! Filled with nutritious ingredients and bursting with flavor, this bean soup is perfect to warm you up during busy days.
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

26. 15-Minute Red Lentil Soup

This red lentil soup is a super simple weeknight dinner that also happens to be vegetarian!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

27. Gnocchi and Broccoli Stir-Fry

Broccoli Gnocchi Recipe - You'll love this gnocchi and broccoli stir-fry recipe! With a few simple ingredients and minimal effort, this quick stir-fry with gnocchi and broccoli makes a flavorful and satisfying meal in no time!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

28. Whole Roasted Cauliflower With Butter Sauce

This roasted cauliflower is crisp on the outside, melting in the inside — Your new favorite way to eat cauliflower!
Cooking time: 40 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

29. Cheesy Stuffed Mushrooms

These baked cheese stuffed mushrooms are easy to put together and make a wonderful app or light lunch. It’s going to be hard to eat just one of these cheesy stuffed mushrooms!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

30. Baked Parmesan Tomatoes

Healthy and so delicious! An easy low carb side for a quick dinner.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

31. Baked Four Cheese Garlic Spaghetti Squash

This four cheese baked spaghetti squash is a shockingly good alternative to Alfredo pasta
Cooking time: 50 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

32. Creamy Broccoli and Cauliflower Stir-Fry with Sun-dried Tomatoes

This broccoli, and cauliflower rice recipe is a delicious meal with just a handful of ingredients that comes together in 15 minutes!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

33. Quinoa Cucumber Salad

Cucumber quinoa salad recipe with a simple lemon and olive oil dressing is a wonderful salad that's perfect with any meal.
Cooking time: 0 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

34. Chickpea Salad Recipe

Our Chickpea Salad Recipe with Tomato and Cucumber is fresh, healthy and bursting with flavor. This chickpea salad is perfect as a side or vegetarian main!
Cooking time: 0 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

35. Lemon Garlic Butter Zucchini Noodles

Zucchini Noodles Recipe - Delicious, easy on carbs, and takes just minutes to prepare.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

36. Garlic Mushrooms Cauliflower Skillet

This garlic mushroom and cauliflower recipe is super nourishing and easy to whip up! The perfect side dish ever !
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

37. Broccoli Cauliflower Soup

This broccoli cauliflower soup recipe is super nutritious and ready in only 15 minutes!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

38. Tortellini Pasta in Garlic Spinach Tomato Sauce

This tortellini recipe is the pasta dish that's the perfect answer to your weeknight dinner prayers!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

39. Cheesy Mushroom Ravioli Casserole with Spinach

Our cheesy mushroom ravioli casserole is an easy dinner recipe that the whole family will love. The best ravioli pasta casserole ever!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

40. Thai Coconut Soup with Mushrooms

Our Thai Coconut Mushrooms soup recipe is what you crave when it's chilly outside and yet want a light, comforting dinner option. This healthy Thai soup recipe is vegetarian and gluten-free!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

41. Garlic Parmesan Roasted Zucchini

Garlic Parmesan Roasted zucchini recipe is way too good to pass up as an easy zucchini side dish. Make this baked zucchini recipe a fun way to enjoy healthy veggies for dinner!
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

42. Creamy Pesto Pasta with Roasted Tomatoes

Creamy Pesto Pasta is quick and easy to throw together in no time. You'll enjoy this creamy pesto pasta recipe any night of the week!
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

43. Chili Butternut Squash Soup with White Beans

This chili butternut squash is an easy vegan soup so hearty and comforting. Made with plenty of veggies!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

44. Garlic Butter Mushrooms and Gnocchi in Foil Packets

This gnocchi recipe is a light yet nutritious dish that does not skimp on flavor. You'll love these gnocchi foil packets!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

45. Skillet White Beans {Basque-Style}

A Basque favorite, made in a skillet White Beans with vegetables are healthy, delicious, and full of flavors. Try this quick, easy side dish that goes great with anything!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

46. Roasted Butternut Squash with Garlic Butter Parmesan

These baked butternut squash recipe is a true restaurant-quality side dish! Melt-in-your-mouth and packed with flavor, you'll love our roasted butternut!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

47. Spinach Orzo Pasta Salad

Orzo pasta, tangy feta, and fresh spinach combine to create a light and refreshing salad. Tossed with a zesty dressing, this orzo salad is perfect for lunch or a summertime picnic!
Cooking time: 8 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

48. Teriyaki Zucchini Noodles

This Teriyaki Zucchini Noodles recipe comes together in 20 minutes or less and is 100% gluten-free! Serve it as a side dish, or add toppings to make it a full meal.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

49. Balsamic, Honey Roasted Cabbage Steaks

Bring roasted cabbage steaks to a whole new level with this simple, fast and delicious side dish.
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

50. Creamy Quinoa Tomato Soup

this creamy quinoa tomato soup is a warm bowl satisfies not only your taste buds, but your nutritional needs too!
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

51. Garlic Butter Sweet Potato Noodles

This great sweet potato noodles recipe is an easy and fun way to eat more vegetables!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

52. Zucchini Noodles in Creamy Tomato Sauce

A low carb comfort dinner that will be on your table in less than 20 minutes!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

53. Baked Mediterranean Gnocchi

This baked gnocchi skillet is a super fast and delicious meat-free meal at home.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

54. Spiced Vegetable and Chickpeas Stew

A healthy vegan meal that sticks to the ribs.
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

55. Veggie Fried Rice

Veggie fried rice is ready in less than 20 minutes for a quick, healthy dinner everyone will love. This recipe for vegetable fried rice is loaded with colorful veggies and more budget-friendly than take-out!
Cooking time: 12 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

56. Stuffed Sweet Potato With Vegetable Chili

A vegetarian dish loaded with healthy nutrients that makes you feel good at first bite.
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

57. Spicy Potato Corn Chowder

This nice and thick soup is certainly the easiest chowder you will ever make. Throw everything in the pot and you're set for a hearty, soul-warming dinner in no-time!
Cooking time: 35 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

58. Spicy Peanut Butter Noodles {15 Minute}

This peanut butter noodles recipe is the perfect option to satisfy your Asian take-out food cravings! The spicy peanut butter noodles are ready in just a couple of minutes!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

59. White Bean and Carrot Salad

A warm white bean carrot salad recipe with a 2-ingredient lemon maple sauce as a dressing! This white bean carrot salad is easy to make and full of bright flavors!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

60. Garlic Broccoli Stir-Fry with Pasta

This broccoli stir fry recipe with pasta cannot get easier or quicker! It's loaded with flavor and ready in less than 30mn.
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

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