⭐️ 40+ Easy Meatless Dinner Ideas


Hi Reader,

As we make our way through March and towards spring break (February, we hardly knew ye) I'm shifting my focus from comfort foods, to light and fresh meals like the ones I'm sharing today. (Emphasis on start this recipe is currently living rent free in my head!)

If you can relate, today I'm sharing 40+ of my favorite gluten free recipes that are not only easy, tasty, satisfying, and nourishing — but meatless, too! No chicken, beef, pork, nor turkey needed to get an easy, family-friendly meal on the table.

Tell me: are you looking to lighten up your menu? Which recipe(s) is catching your eye?

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🍤 Seafood Suppers

  1. Shrimp and Asparagus
  2. Salmon Provencal
  3. Sheet Pan Mediterranean Shrimp and Vegetables
  4. Simple Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto
  5. Spicy Tuna Roll Bowls
  6. Tuna Melt Sandwiches
  7. Smoked Salmon
  8. GF Tuna Noodle Casserole

🍽 Meatless Entrees

  1. Easy Pinto Beans
  2. Cauliflower Fried Rice
  3. Cheese Enchiladas with Homemade Red Sauce
  4. Vegetable Enchilada Stacks
  5. Caramelized Sweet Potato and Wild Rice
  6. Black Bean Butternut Squash Quesadillas
  7. Crispy Gnocchi with Zucchini and Sweet Corn

🍲 Satisfying Soups

  1. Black Bean Soup
  2. Spicy Shrimp Soup
  3. Senegalese Soup
  4. Pastina Soup (aka Italian Penicillin)
  5. Vegetable Soup
  6. Sweet Corn Soup
  7. Creamy Wild Rice Mushroom Soup
  8. Vegetable Chickpea Stew

🍝 Easy Pastas

  1. Creamy Sweet Corn Pasta
  2. Cold Sesame Noodles
  3. Pasta Fresca
  4. Creamy Mushroom Parmesan Pasta
  5. Pink Sauce Pasta
  6. Sesame Peanut Sauce Noodles
  7. Garlic Herb-Butter Pasta with Roasted Shrimp

🥗 Fresh Salads and Bowls

  1. Thai Quinoa Salad with Peanut Dressing
  2. Roasted Sweet Potato Black Bean Bowls
  3. Chickpea Chicken Salad
  4. Dill Pickle Tuna Salad
  5. Jennifer Aniston Salad
  6. Mediterranean Tuna Salad
  7. Greek Chickpea Salad
  8. Italian Chickpea Salad
  9. Wild Rice Harvest Bowls
  10. Vegetable Fajita Bowls
  11. Quinoa with Caramelized Squash and Roasted Brussels Sprouts

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