Meat-free Monday

Jill Dupleix's roast vegie salad with lemony lentils.
Jill Dupleix's roast vegie salad with lemony lentils.

Vegetarian fare is no longer the poor-cousin to meat-based dishes, with ingredients and techniques from around the world increasingly infiltrating our commercial and domestic kitchens.

Think spices, curries, vegetable braises and non-meat protein sources such as nuts, eggs, tofu and cheese.

 

Recipes

Silken tofu with soybeans.
< 30 mins
Easy

Silken tofu with soybeans and chilli

Jill Dupleix
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
4 reader ratings
Lentils with tamarind sauce.
30 mins - 1 hr
Easy

Lentils with tamarind sauce

Neil Perry
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
16 reader ratings
Quinoa salad with pumpkin and hazelnuts.
< 30 mins
Easy

Quinoa with roast pumpkin, hazelnuts

Arabella Forge
Pumpkin, taleggio and lasagnette.
1-2 hrs
Medium

Baked pumpkin lasagnette

Karen Martini
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
4 reader ratings
Pumpkin and feta pie with olive-oil pastry.
1-2 hrs
Medium

Pumpkin and feta pie with olive-oil pastry

Karen Martini
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
5 reader ratings
Good Food. Hot food. Jill Dupleix April 2 Vadouvan spice mix. Photo Edwina Pickles. 14th March 2013.
30 mins - 1 hr
Easy

Roast cauliflower with vadouvan

Jill Dupleix
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
4 reader ratings
Cypriot grain salad.
< 30 mins
Easy

Hellenic Republic’s Cypriot grain salad

Travis McAuley
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
8 reader ratings
Ultimate vegie burger.
< 30 mins
Easy

No-fail vegie burger (two flavours)

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3 reader ratings
Frank Camorra whips up a couple of pizzas.
< 30 mins
Easy

Zucchini, green olive, mint and fetta pizza

Frank Camorra
Fried rice with natto.
< 30 mins
Easy

Fried rice with natto

Arabella Forge
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Haloumi and zucchini fritters.
30 mins - 1 hr
Medium

Haloumi and zucchini fritters

Karen Martini
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
4 reader ratings
Mushroom rarebit.
< 30 mins
Easy

Mushroom rarebit

Frank Camorra
Karen Martini's salad of freekah with pickled red onion, fresh cherries toasted walnuts and mint.
30 mins - 1 hr
Easy

Salad of freekeh with pickled red onion, cherries, toasted walnuts and mint

Karen Martini
Fried haloumi with white cabbage, date and green chilli salad.
< 30 mins
Easy

Fried haloumi with white cabbage, date and green chilli salad

Karen Martini
Karen Martini's gluten-free recipes.
30 mins - 1 hr
Medium

Gluten-free Napoletana pizza

Karen Martini
Zucchini and potato stew.
30 mins - 1 hr
Easy

Zucchini and potato stew

Stephanie Alexander
Slow-roasted beetroot with feta.
2 hrs +
Medium

Slow-roasted beetroot with feta yoghurt

Jill Dupleix
Shakshuka surprises every time with its rich complex flavours.
30 mins - 1 hr
Easy

Shakshuka (baked eggs)

Jill Dupleix
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3 reader ratings
Yellow miso eggplant with tofu.
1-2 hrs
Medium

Yellow miso eggplant with tofu dressing

Karen Martini
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3 reader ratings
Meat-free Monday recipes.
30 mins - 1 hr
Easy

Warm roast vegie salad

Jill Dupleix
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
10 reader ratings
White beans with spicy chipotle tomatoes on toast.
< 30 mins
Easy

White beans and spicy chipotle tomatoes on toast

Caroline Velik
Middle Eastern lentils and rice with blackened onions.
30 mins - 1 hr
Medium

Middle Eastern lentils and rice with blackened onions

Caroline Velik
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
6 reader ratings
Greek spinach rice with tomatoes and feta
1-2 hrs
Medium

Greek spinach rice with tomatoes and feta

Jill Dupleix
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5 reader ratings
Sweet potato frittata with pan-roasted mushrooms.
30 mins - 1 hr
Medium

Sweet potato frittata with roasted mushrooms

Jill Dupleix
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
13 reader ratings
Quinoa and red rice salad.
1-2 hrs
Medium

Quinoa, red rice and black lentil salad with spicy cauliflower

Caroline Velik
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
11 reader ratings
Tony Tan's Persian pilaff rice.
< 30 mins
Medium

Addas polow (Persian rice pilaf and lentils)

Tony Tan
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
5 reader ratings
Ricotta and tomato pasta.
Easy

Ricotta and tomato pasta

Bill Granger
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
6 reader ratings
Special vegetarian fried rice.
1-2 hrs
Medium

Special vegetarian fried rice

Jill Dupleix
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
1 reader rating
Silverbeet and ricotta pie.
1-2 hrs
Medium

Silverbeet and ricotta pie

Jill Dupleix
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
5 reader ratings
Heirloom tomato and goat's curd tart.
30 mins - 1 hr
Medium

Tomato and goat's curd tart

Frank Camorra
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
1 reader rating
Mushroom and tofu with beanthread noodles
< 30 mins
Easy

Mushroom and tofu with beanthread noodles

Jill Dupleix
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
6 reader ratings
Gnocchi, sweetcorn and marjoram
1-2 hrs
Medium

Gnocchi, sweetcorn and marjoram

Jeremy & Jane Strode
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3 reader ratings
Mushroom stir-fry
< 30 mins
Easy

Mushroom stir-fry

jane and Jeremy Strode
Sweet potato and Swiss chard pie with olive oil pastry.
30 mins - 1 hr
Medium

Sweet potato and Swiss chard pie

Frank Camorra
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
2 reader ratings
Lentil and sweet potato curry
30 mins - 1 hr
Medium

Lentil and sweet potato curry

Jeremy and Jane Strode
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
15 reader ratings
Chinese fluffy omelet
< 30 mins
Medium

Chinese fluffy omelet

Brigitte Hafner
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
3 reader ratings
Vegetable lasagne
1-2 hrs
Medium

Vegetable lasagne

Jeremy and Jane Strode
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
34 reader ratings
Baked portabello mushrooms topped with quinoa and feta.
< 30 mins
Easy

Baked portobello mushrooms topped with quinoa, feta and micro herbs

Caroline Velik
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
5 reader ratings
Freekah with cauliflower, pomegranate and mint.
< 30 mins
Easy

Freekeh with cauliflower, pomegranate and mint

Caroline Velik
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
11 reader ratings
Fresh sweetcorn and green pea soup
< 30 mins
Medium

Fresh sweetcorn and green pea soup

Tony Chiodo
Arancini with lemon mayonnaise
1-2 hrs
Medium

Arancini with lemon mayonnaise

Tony Chiodo
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
1 reader rating