Vegetarian meals for meat lovers

[Porridgeislife]

I want to increase our use of vegetarian protein & plan to switch out two dinners a week for vegetarian alternatives.

My husband is someone who is convinced he won’t be full after a meal unless it contains meat. Please, share with me your meals that are liked by everyone?

I want to avoid Quorn (makes me violently ill) and other processed vegetarian meats, so preferably recipes more on the lentil/bean/tofu spectrum.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/aubergine-halloumi-harissa-skillet-bake I do various riffs on this and it’s always excellent.

Big fans of bean and ‘Mexican’ rice burritos

Dal. Loads and loads of variations but I don’t think we’ve ever had a bad one

Gnocchi with leeks, onions, tomatoes and cheese.

Curries & chillis

We love lentil bolognese with sun dried tomatoes added. With pasta it’s incredibly filling but can also put on a jacket potato or similar.

Selection of curries including a vegetable one ( aloo ghobi maybe ) a paneer one ( saag paneer / muttar paneer ?) and a dhal ( the dishoom black dhal cooked in the instant pot is amazing ). Or a chains dhal

with rice and roti.

just do yummy and filling you really don’t miss the meat. It’s a big of effort but you’ll have plenty for later in the week or lunches left

Mushroom stroganoff, quasedilla with mixed beans (really makes.you full)
Buddah bowls. Experiment with the grains to find some you like.

I've just posted this lasagne on another thread. My meat eaters love it

I also love aubergine parmigiana, usually as a side dish but I'd happily eat it for main with some salad and crusty bread.

I love cheese and onion pie, always choose it if it's on a pub menu but haven't made one to share a link You could serve it with bisto beef gravy to give it a meaty kick

Red kidney bean curry - Rajma served with rice.

Similar to what others said, bulk out chicken curry with chickpeas.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/my_mothers_cheese_and_42949

This is the dogs dangly bits of cheese and onion pies

Doesn't matter what cheese you use to be honest I quite often use red Leicester