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lonefighter@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

What’s your favorite simple and easy vegetarian recipe that’s filling?

I’m not vegetarian, I love me a good cheeseburger every once in a blue moon and always will, but I don’t eat a lot of red meat and I’ve been trying to eat less and less meat in general. I’m not going to pretend eating meat in today’s world is ethical, but neither will there be a noticeable difference if I stop buying my pound or two of chicken and a filet of fish every month. I grew up on a meat and potatoes diet and while I’ve learned a lot since then I’m still not great at cooking filling vegetarian meals, I feel like every time I cook completely without meat I end up absolutely starving in an hour, even if I have protein from other sources.

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Pencilnoob@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Spicy bean chili with crispy golden cornbread is a classic American dish that’s very hearty.

I also will eat so much hummus and butter garlic naan, very filling

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SuperUserDO@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
So I grew up 95% vegetarian. Stir fry can be adapted to fit just about anyone’s taste, are dead simple and filling.

The first thing your going to want to learn is how to cook rice. This might be in a pot, rice cooker, or something else. Find what works for you.

Now with your rice cooking, do a hard pan fry of some tofu. Your goal is to get it crispy via the highest heat your stove can put out (think wok levels if you can). The trick is to use a firm (or extra firm) tofu that has been patted dry and cut into small cubes, oil and a lot of heat. From here add in a few veggies that you like and top with a basic teriyaki sauce.

That’s a basic stir fry on rice. Mix the rice into the pan and you start down the road of fried rice.

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resting_parrot@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’m not vegetarian either, but bean quesadillas are always a good, cheap, and easy meal when I’m lazy. It can be as easy as open a can of black beans, drain and rinse, put on a big tortilla with cheese and some jarred salsa, cook both sides in a frying pan. If I’m feeling like doing a little more, I’ll add some diced tomato and jalapenos. You can be eating in as little as 10 minutes.

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pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I like a good bowl meal. The template is grain/pseudo-grain, legume, two or three veggies, sauce. So you could have a quinoa and chickpea bowl with pickled red onions, kale, and roasted red peppers, topped with a hummus tahini sauce. Or a black bean and rice bowl with pickled jalapeños, grilled corn (which is also technically a grain but it still works as a vegetable) and chopped red tomatoes, with an avocado crema sauce. It’s extremely flexible, easy to make, and good for meal prepping. You can add an additional protein if it’s still not filling enough, like fried tofu or crumbled tempeh or seitan “chicken”.

It’s far from the only way to make an easy, filling veggie meal, but it’s one of the easiest frameworks for people used to the “meat, carb, vegetable side dish” style of meal.

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Grilipper54@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I know you didn’t ask me but I also grew up on meat and potatoes.

I’ve recently discovered lentil enchiladas are very tasty. Cook the lentils in vegetable broth, after you have cooked lentils ( pretty good on there own) follow any enchilada recipe and use the lentils instead of meat.

I like to cook the lentils a day before so they are already prepared. The instant pot makes cooking both dried lentils and dried beans quite easy with minimal work.

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