Vegetarian 5-Day Meal Plan

1. Day 7 of the ab challenge (if you have been doing it as well, you might know I skipped yesterday because I was so busy) but I'm back on track! I think it's doing something... 2. Episode 7 of OITNB and it is still so good! 

Okay what this post is really about is eating vegetarian. If you've read my blog before you may have read one of the "Vegetarians for Health" posts where I shared some recipes. Jordon and I are not true vegetarians. We eat vegetarian during the weekdays to reduce our red meat in-take and to lower our grocery cost. I thought I would share a 5-day vegetarian meal plan that is quick and easy. The recipes I chose are not filled with tofu and kale, making them meals your meat-loving friends can still eat!

Grocery List

Bell Peppers (5)
Mushrooms (3 handfulls)
Onions (2)
Garlic (1 head)
Lettuce
Carrots
Frozen corn
Various stir-fry vegetables

BBQ sauce
Pineapple jam
Pineapple chunks
Sweet chili sauce
Crushed tomatoes
Banana peppers
Enchilada sauce
Chickpeas
Black beans
Olives
Capers
Salsa
Spaghetti
Rice

Flour tortillas

Mozzarella cheese

Pantry staples I assume you have: flour, baking powder, olive oil, Italian seasoning, S & P

Monday - Spaghetti

-2 cloves of garlic
-1/2 medium onion
-crushed tomatoes
-2 bell peppers
-handful of mushrooms
-olives
-capers
-Italian seasoning
-spaghetti

Start by boiling water with some salt. Cook spaghetti to the correct doneness according to the package. Meanwhile, heat up oil in another pot. Add your chopped onion and garlic and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add the crushed tomatoes (or you can used chopped tomatoes), peppers, mushrooms, olives and capers. Add Italian seasoning and S&P. Combine the two and voila!

Tuesday- Taco Salad
-rice (1 cup cooked)
-black beans

-salsa
-1/2 medium onion
-frozen corn
-lettuce
-nacho chips
-mozzarella

Heat oil in a pan. Cook onion and corn for 3-4 minutes. Add cooked rice, beans and some salsa. Heat through. Add to washed lettuce and top with grated mozzarella cheese and crumbled nacho chips.


Wednesday- Stir-Fry
Okay I'm not making a list or directions for this one. Chop up a bunch of veggies (use ALOT because you don't have any meat in it), put in your favourite sauce and serve over noodles or rice. Got it?

Thursday- Pizza
Dough - 2 1/2 cups flour
2 3/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp oil
3/4 to 1 cup water

Sauce- BBQ sauce, pineapple jam, sweet thai chili sauce
Toppings - pepper, olives, banana peppers, mushrooms, pineapple chunks, mozzarella

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine the dough ingredients but don't over knead. Spread dough onto a pizza pan. Combine sauce ingredients and spread onto pizza dough. Put on your toppings and mozzarella and bake for 25 minutes.

Friday- Chickpea Enchiladas
-Flour tortillas
-Medium onion
-chickpeas
-frozen corn
-grated carrots
-enchilada sauce
-mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat oil in a pan. Add onion and corn and cook 3-4 minutes. Add chickpeas and carrots and seasoning of your choice (chili powder is always good). Warm through. Put filling in a tortilla and wrap. Place in a baking tray with enchilada sauce in the bottom and put some on top. Sprinkle with cheese and bake for 20 minutes.


And that's it! They're all quick to make and not tofu crazy. Make one or all!

-Vanessa xo