Eating less meat / more veggie / vegan

[Plantsandpuddlesuits]

Ok so my husband and I have been talking and we would like to try to eat more plant based meals.

I love veggie food anyway and will often choose it if I'm eating out but he needs a bit more convincing 🤣

Some nights in the week we eat seperate to the children eg they will have nuggets / pizza / Mac cheese so I'm thinking those nights would be the easiest for the adults to switch

I went out for brunch today and had a full vegan cooked breakfast it was amazing especially scrambled tofu. I also like a tofu dish if we get a Chinese takeaway

We don't want to go fully veggie maybe 1-2 nights a week. Is meat free Monday still a thing?

Looking for meal ideas...

So far I'm thinking tacos with Quorn mince and that's about as far as I've got!

All ideas appreciated!

@IncyWinceySpiderWillies

You don’t need to have a “meat substitute” (the fake meat stuff) in every veggie meal. I’m going to get flamed and get called a pearl clutcher etc but that stuff is full of shit. If you’ve got enough protein in your meal (chickpeas, beans, nuts, soybeans, lentils, dairy) it should be filling enough.

I like vegetable stir fry with nuts.
Pasta e Ceci is probably one of my favourite meals.

I've never heard of Pasta e Ceci before. Do you have a recipe you can recommend please?

There are some great ideas on this thread! I'm trying to do the same as OP.

Can anyone link to any specific recipes? @mamaduckbone your suggestions sound yummy!

I don’t eat meat but hate meal planning so like many people on this thread I use Gousto, they have lots of lovely veggie and plant based dishes. I had a gorgeous baked autumn ratatouille for dinner tonight which took 5 minutes to prep and then chuck in the oven for 40 minutes. Easy peasy

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These are some of our family favourite easy meals:

www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pearl_barley_butternut_61137/amp

realfood.tesco.com/recipes/vegan-vegetable-curry.html

Pasta with pesto and creme fraiche (we use vegan versions of these) stirred through and topped with grilled asparagus

Veggie chilli (3 or 4 varieties of tinned beans, whatever fresh veg we have lying around, tinned toms, tom puree, chilli, garlic, shed loads of cumin and a few squares of good dark chocolate) - I make a huge batch and freeze in portions and have with rice, jackets, sweet jackets, wedges, sweet wedges, nachos...

Veggie sausage & mash

Stir fry with tofu

Thanks everyone will have a proper read through replies later

I love Jamie's root veg curry

realfood.tesco.com/recipes/roasted-root-vegetable-balti.html