22 Great Meat-Free Meals (Dinner)

Meat is expensive so we try to do a meat-free meal for dinner once a week. We do this a lot more often in the summer when it's hot, we want to eat lighter and I don't want to use the oven or even the stove for extended periods of time. We usually go back to big, hearty, meaty meals once the cooler weather rolls around but this year we're trying to stick with a meat free day once or sometimes even twice a week. We're not fond of tofu or any other meat substitute products so we've incorporated a lot more beans into our diet to meet our iron and protein needs.

So in no particular seasonal order here's our list of  things we've had for dinner so far!

1. Macaroni and cheese (make your own cheese sauce)
2. Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce (or any sauce, Red Pepper, Alfredo, etc)
3. Veggie Stirfry
4. Bean and Cheese Burritos
5. Minestrone Soup and biscuits
6. Homemade pizza (try basil, tomatoes and mozzarella)
7. Risotto
8. Cheese, cracker and veggie and dip platter
9. A big salad and breadsticks
10. Pasta or potato salad
11. Nachos
12. Loaded baked potato
13. Layered bean dip and tortilla chips
14. Bruschetta or olive cheese bread with butter parmesan linguine
15. Mexican rice (black beans, corn, tomatoes,cheese)
16. Bean chili
17. Grilled cheese and tomato soup
18. Spring rolls and a side of steamed veggies and rice
19. Lasagna
20. Cauliflower cheese soup
21. Bean, corn, green onion and tomato quesadillas
22. Pierogies fried with green onions and served with sour cream

That's all that I could think of for now, feel free to suggest other veggie meals for us to add to our rotation!