30 protein-packed vegetarian meals

Whether you're considering cutting back on your meat consumption, are a 'flexitarian' (aka sometimes-vegetarian) or follow a meat-free diet every day of the week, here are 30 tasty dinner ideas to try. These bright and colourful recipes all contain at least one source of protein, such as eggs, chickpeas, lentils, beans, tofu, nuts, yoghurt or cheese.

Bean quesadillas with corn salsa

Vegetable lasagne

Smoky chickpea, eggplant and tomato one-pot wonder

Special fried rice with snowpeas and cashews

• Or freestyle using Kylie Kwong's method (see her tips for a vegetarian version)

Spiced pumpkin with yoghurt and almonds

• Or try this warm lentil salad with pumpkin and chilli instead

Buttermilk quiche

Spinach and ricotta gnocchi

Black pepper tofu and eggplant

Lentil dhal with haloumi cubes

One-pot wonder: Sweet potato, chickpeas and pearl cous cous

Tunisian breakfast soup

Green shakshuka with hummus

Loaded nachos

Pumpkin, taleggio and mushroom tart

Stir-fried noodles with silky tofu and vegies

Rigatoni with eggplant, capsicum and bocconcini

Mushroom burger with haloumi

Or try this no-fail vegie patty recipe (two flavours).

Pad thai

Lentil shepherd's pie

Falafels (see our favourite recipes here)

Spinach salad with crunchy chickpeas and feta

Chickpea biryani

Build-your-own bento box

Roast vegie salad with lemony lentils

Haloumi and zucchini fritters

Roast cauliflower, currants and labna

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Scrambled curried tofu with pita

Paneer and mushroom kofta curry

Indonesian gado gado

Miso eggplant with tofu, fried ginger and garlic