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

Howdy!

I know, I know, you’re probably buried in Thanksgiving leftovers and/or have no desire to think about, much less eat, food; however, we have our weekly meal plan for you nonetheless! ย It’s bitchin’! It’s rad!ย Even if you can’t prepare it this week, you can save it for a different week. ย What we have here: vegan lentil loaf, a fully loaded salad, butternut squash and rice bowls, delicious veggie soup, and a tofu chili. Enjoy the remainder of your weekend! I will see you on Mondayย with even more edibles!

xo

Sunday

Mushroom Lentil Loaf from Making Thyme for Health

Prep Ahead Tip: This is a Sunday meal because it requires quite a bit of prep. However, if you’d like to prep in advance you can shop the vegetables and cook the lentils a day or two ahead of time.

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

Mushroom Lentil Loaf from Making Thyme for Health

Monday

Blue Cheese, Apple & Tofu Salad from She Likes Food

Prep Ahead Tip: The tofu can be cooked up to 3 days ahead of time.

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Omit the blue cheese and/or add vegan cheese of your choice.

Blue Cheese, Apple & Tofu Salad from She Likes Food

Tuesday

Moroccan Chickpea and Butternut Squash Soup from Eats Well With Others

Prep Ahead Tip: This recipe is very quick to prepare, but you can chop the squash and zucchini ahead of time if necessary.

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

Moroccan Chickpea and Butternut Squash Soup

Wednesday

Garam Masala Vegetable Bowls from The Roasted Root

Prep Ahead Tip: Prepare the cashew sauce up to 5 days in advance, cook the rice up to 3 days in advance, and/or saute the vegetables up to 2 days in advance.

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is already gluten-free. Use pure maple syrup in place of honey in the cashew sauce to make vegan.

Garam Masala Vegetable Bowls from The Roasted Root

Thursday

Mushroom Tofu Chili from Hummusapien

Prep Ahead Tip: Press tofu in advance to help save time.

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

Mushroom Tofu Chili from Hummusapien

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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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