Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plans- weekly recipes with prep ahead tips, vegan/GF substitutions, and a color-coded shopping list!

 

Saturdeeeeee Saturdeeeeee the best deeeee of the weeeeek. E’erbody sing along!

^Too much? I’ll back off.

This week flew right by like a batch of rabid bats. The older I get, the quicker time zooms past my mind’s eye…you feel the same way? Remember when you were 7 on the playground, and you thought to yourself, “man, I can’t wait until I’m 12?” ย Yeah, I literally never have those thoughts anymore on the playground. These days, my playground thoughts are more like,ย “I wish I could put the space-time continuum in an Olympic-sized swimming pool of molten clayย to slow it the f/stop down.” But then I remember the space-time continuum probably wouldn’t fit inside of an Olympic-sized swimming pool, because I’m no scientist, but I think it’s safe to assume the STC is uuuge. We’d need at least 7 OSSPs, and who knows where we could get those? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

You guys, I saw that movie Deepwater Horizon this week. With Marky Mark. I cried like a super upset squirrel creature. If you’re looking for an action movie that makes your heart-soul feel things, I recommend. Plus: Marky Mark. <- I always recommend.

What were we talking about? FOOD.

On the menu this week: pizza, buddha bowls, hearty veggie stew, spaghetti squash, and pumpkin mac n cheese. So many varied flavors in one week! Print out your grocery list, get yo’self to the sto’, and have a marvelous week of food consumption!

xo

Sunday

Smashed Chickpea Taco Pizza from She Likes Food

Prep Ahead Tip: If using homemade pizza dough, you can make the pizza dough a few days ahead of time. The pizza dough can be prepared in advance and refrigerated up to 2 days ahead of time (or frozen, if longer than 2 days).

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Use dairy-free cheese to make vegan and gluten-free dough to make GF.

Smashed Chickpea Taco Pizza from She Likes Food

Monday

Roasted Sweet Potato Cauliflower Rice Buddha Bowls from The Roasted Root

Prep Ahead Tip: You can roast the sweet potato and prepare the sauce ahead of time.

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is vegan and gluten-free.

Roasted Sweet Potato Cauliflower Rice Buddha Bowls from The Roasted Root

Tuesday

Thai Tofu, Butternut Squash, and Eggplant Soup from Eats Well With Others

Prep Ahead Tip: The most time-intensive part of this recipe is the veggie prep, so to speed things up, chop the butternut squash and eggplant ahead of time and store them in the fridge until ready to use!

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: This recipe is already vegan! To make it gluten free, use gluten-free soy sauce or tamari.

Thai Tofu, Butternut Squash, and Eggplant Soup from Eats Well With Others

Wednesday

Spaghetti Squash with Vegan Artichoke Cream Sauce by Hummusapien

Prep Ahead Tip: Roast the spaghetti squash up to 2 days in advance to save time.

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is already vegan and gluten-free.

Spaghetti Squash with Vegan Artichoke Cream Sauce by Hummusapien

Thursday

The Best Pumpkin Macaroni and ‘Cheese’ from Making Thyme for Health

Prep Ahead Tip: This recipe comes together pretty quick but you can chop the vegetables up to 3 days in advance, if desired.

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is already vegan. Use gluten-free pasta to make GF.

The Best Pumpkin Macaroni and 'Cheese' from Making Thyme for Health

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Julia Mueller
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Julia Mueller

Julia Mueller is a recipe developer, cookbook author, and founder of The Roasted Root. She has authored three bestselling cookbooks, – Paleo Power Powers, Delicious Probiotic Drinks, and The Quintessential Kale Cookbook. Her recipes have been featured in several national publications such as BuzzFeed, Self, Tasty, Country Living, Brit.co, etc.

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