Vegetarian Dinner Recipes For A Crowd

Wondering what to serve your guests? These vegetarian recipes for a crowd will give you plenty of ideas. Totally filling and packed with flavor, these satisfying meals are perfect for vegetarians and meat eaters alike. Time to dig in!

So you’re having a dinner party, outdoor barbecue, or girl’s night. Part of the group eats vegetarian diets, the rest don’t. What do you serve? I always find the easiest way to please a crowd of mixed eaters is to offer vegetarian options that are so jam packed with flavor that the meat eaters won’t even miss the animal protein!

To do this, I’ve compiled 17 vegetarian recipes for a crowd. All are packed to the brim with delicious ingredients and supply yummy flavors, making them perfect for entertaining! Depending on the amount of guests, you can easily scale up these recipes to have extra servings on hand.

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Who said vegetarian options can’t please a crowd? With this list, everyone will be a happy camper. So tell me! What will you be making for your next get together?

First up on our list of vegetarian recipes for a crowd is this delicious chickpea tikka masala. It's an easy dinner to whip together and is served with perfectly cooked rice and pita bread! This one is so easy to scale up if you're serving more guests. (Serves 4)

Pasta is always an easy go to. This stuffed-to-the-brim vegetable baked ziti is the ultimate weeknight dinner, whether you're serving 2, 6, or any other number of people. With sautéed veggies and spinach ricotta, it's a healthy comfort food that everyone will feel good about diving into. (Serves 6)

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Cauliflower is a filling veggie that can be served whole! Slathered in whipped feta and drizzled with herb sauce, this is a statement-making dish that you're going to love. Just brush with flavor and bake! (Serves 6)

Are the meat eaters wanting to grill, leaving the vegetarians wondering what they'll eat? Serve up carrot hot dogs! These don't just look like the BBQ classic, they taste like it too! A smoky, sweet marinade brings carrots to life and turns them into grillable vegan hot dogs perfect for everyone to enjoy. (Serves 6)

Everyone loves a rich and creamy chicken pot pot, but it tastes even better when chickpeas are used instead! This vegetarian-friendly rendition is just as buttery, creamy, and veggie-filled as the real deal. It's the perfect comfort food. (Serves 6)

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Give your guests something fancy with this ratatouille! Piled high with vegetables and filled with mouth watering flavor, it's a modern take on the classic French recipe. It's a one pan dish (little to no clean up!), and it only takes 15 minutes to prep. (4 large servings)

In the mood for Mexican but want something a little different? Try this taco soup! This award-winning recipe is made with just pantry staples, so you may not even need to venture to the store. It's ready in 20 minutes and packed with flavor. Perfect for vegetarians and meat-eaters alike! (Serves 6)

Many of us know that eggplant is the star of the vegetarian game, but that's especially true when enjoying decadent dishes like this one! This eggplant lasagna is grain and gluten-free and packed with vegetable and cheesy goodness. (6 large servings)

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For a warm and creamy comfort food sure to induce naps, go for this pumpkin soup with smoky roasted chickpeas. It's the ultimate cozy meal, no matter the time of year! (Serves 4)

This easy tabbouleh salad is the perfect option when looking for something light, refreshing, and meat-free. It's an Eastern Mediterranean dish made with cucumber, tomatoes, parsley, and bulgur. It's made complete with a lemon juice and olive oil drizzle! (Serves 12 half-cups)

Bring on the power bowls! These 15 minute Buddha bowls are filled with healthy grains, chickpeas, fruit, and avocado. It's a balanced and healthy meal that delivers all of the core nutrients and is ready in absolutely no time at all! (Serves 4)

Chickpea Flatbreads With Burst Tomato Sauce Recipe

Who's in the mood for a pizza party?! This classic veggie pizza recipe is loaded with colorful roasted vegetables and gives a big upgrade to vegetarian pizza night. Top with your choice of eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper, spinach, onion, and cheese, and dig in! (Serves 8 slices)

Protein time! This easy bean salad is famous in our house, and for good reason. Using beans, peppers, corn, onion, and cilantro, this dish is quick to make, packed with flavor, and perfect for bringing to potlucks! (Serves 6 cups)

Get fancy with these roasted chickpea gyros. Just like your favorite street car version, these gyros are filled with veggies and made complete with a rich tzatziki sauce. Your guests will love them! (Serves 4)

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) loves a good street taco, so why no whip some together right in your kitchen? These roasted cauliflower tacos are made with quick slaw and avocado cream sauce. It's an easy way to load up on veggies for Taco Tuesday! (Serves 8 tacos)

These roasted veggie Buddha bowls put the yum in yum sauce. Together, the bowl and the sauce provide insane amounts of flavor! For a vibrant and easy vegan dinner, this colorful and nutrient-rich dish does the trick. (Serves 4)

Last but not least, zucchini corn salad is a great way to fill bellies and provide satisfying flavor. Made with zingy lemon and feta cheese, this refreshing meal is a simple summer favorite. (Serves 4 cups)This Buddha Bowl with Poblano Tahini Sauce is from Mostly Plants: 101 Flexitarian Recipes with the Pollan Family. It’s perfect for an easy dinner or meal prep it ahead of time to enjoy as a weekday lunch.

Make Ahead Vegetarian Meals For Busy Nights

Spend this weekend outside grilling, gardening, and taking our big pup for walks. The one upside to being stuck inside is that I haven’t had any excuse not to spend my Sunday’s meal prepping for the week! My usual Sunday check list for prepping has been as follows:

That plan gets me through breakfast, lunch, and 2 dinners for the week. For me, It’s always a great way to jump start the beginning of the week since that always tends to be the busiest. I also notice that if I make sure to eat a healthy breakfast and lunch then I am more likely to want to keep it healthy for dinner since I’ve already done so well that day.

All this is to say that when I came across this Buddha Bowl with Poblano Tahini Sauce bowl in the Pollan’s new cookbook,

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It looked like the perfect recipe to mix up my meal prep and enjoy for lunch over a few days. I prepped the quinoa, roasted veggies, and dressing in advance so all I had to do at lunch was sauté the chard and it was ready! And I gotta say — that poblano tahini is definitely going into my heavy rotation for weekly dressings because ohhhh boy is it delicious!

Has been a great addition to my cookbook collection — although it’s not 100% vegetarian (they are calling it a flexitarian cookbook as there is a little fish and meat here and there), a lot of the recipes are and they are all super simple and perfect for weeknight meals. I’ve really started to be drawn to these kinds of cookbook since it’s the mundane weeknight type of meals that I can get so burned out on so I’m always looking for fresh ideas. If you are looking to upgrade your weeknight dinners, this book is for you!

Did you enjoy all this meal prep talk? If so, let me know if you’d be interested to see a more extensive post on how I prep on Sundays and I’d be happy to work on a future blog post about it! Now let’s go make this bowl!

Vegetarian Recipes: 11 Vegetarian Dinner Recipe Ideas Ready In 30 Minutes Or Less — Eatwell101

This vegetarian buddha bowl is easy to prep. Here are the basic steps for making a buddha bowl at home (the complete set of instructions are listed in the recipe card at the bottom of this post):

I briefly touched on this at the top of this post, but I wanted to reiterate. To meal prep this vegetarian buddha bowl, you’ll want to roast the chickpeas and sweet potato, cook the quinoa, and whiz up the tahini dressing. Store everything in separate containers.

I used cooked quinoa in this vegetarian buddha bowl, but cooked brown rice or your favorite grain would also work. This is a flexible recipe in that regard.

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A few other buddha bowl dressing ideas include: Spicy Peanut Sauce, Ginger Peanut Butter Dressing, Herbed Tahini Sauce, and Cilantro Yogurt Sauce.

Welcome to Vegetarian 'Ventures! My name is Shelly and I've created Vegetarian 'Ventures to share easy and approachable vegetarian recipes with you in hopes that it inspires new creativity in the kitchen!