24 Vegetarian Recipes To Make Meatless Mondays Go Down Easier

Our friends at Food52.com, whose weekly recipe contests we feature on HuffPost Food, bring us this collection of exquisite vegetarian (and some vegan) recipes, for seasonal mains, sides, salads & soups to help your Meatless Mondays go down a little bit more easily.

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One Pot Kale and Quinoa Pilaf

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Deensiebat's pilaf breathes new life into a familiar classic. Both the quinoa and the hearty strips of lacinato kale (you can use chard or standard kale) crunch lightly between your teeth, and Meyer lemon juice and zest keep the quinoa from being bland. Fresh goat cheese and walnut oil just barely coat the warm pilaf, giving it a creamy, tangy finish, and toasted pine nuts lend some crunch. We love the technique of layering the quinoa and the kale and cooking it all in one pot. - A&M

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Food52:

Deensiebat's pilaf breathes new life into a familiar classic. Both the quinoa and the hearty strips of lacinato kale (you can use chard or standard kale) crunch lightly between your teeth, and Meyer lemon juice and zest keep the quinoa from being bland. Fresh goat cheese and walnut oil just barely coat the warm pilaf, giving it a creamy, tangy finish, and toasted pine nuts lend some crunch. We love the technique of layering the quinoa and the kale and cooking it all in one pot. - A&M

Get the recipe.

Photo: Sarah Shatz

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[eva thorne]

07:55 AM on 05/01/2011

How about a flavorful plate of curried vegetables? http://inthekitchenwitheva-eva.blogspot.com/2011/04/curried-vegetables.html

[rockybarragan]

01:27 AM on 04/21/2011

OMG this looks so good! I need to try this out.

http://www.youtube.com/rockybarragan

[Distressed in MI]

09:57 PM on 04/10/2011

Have some compassion for God's creatures! Go meatless everyday!!

[hacksaw]

06:42 AM on 04/07/2011

Don’t kill vegetables!

[GaiasChild]

01:42 PM on 04/03/2011

THANK you!!! Vegetarian cooking for guests can be daunting for one who doesn't do it that much. Some of these are a little too artistic for me but some I can definitely use to please the visiting palates.

[shoogie]

02:01 AM on 03/30/2011

Those are some goodlooking beets! Thanks for the recipes.
:-)

[Super Nic]

11:24 AM on 03/29/2011

Mmmmmm I just printed out six of these recipes. My mouth is watering.

[B4warned]

01:27 PM on 03/21/2011

Yummy!

[Lachicavegana Comefrutas]

11:24 AM on 03/10/2011

Please include some of Anupy Singla's "The Indian Slow Cooker" recipes!!! They are recession busting, diabetes defeating, cancer killing, miracles that only take minutes to prep and pennies to pay for!!

http://getskinnygovegan.blogspot.com

[DrMandible]

03:25 PM on 03/08/2011

Why do some people feel so threatened by Meatless Monday. It's not like the government is making you do it. Nobody is making anyone do this.

It's just a way for some people to contribute to a cause that they believe in. What's so bad about that?

[Vickster]

11:26 PM on 03/10/2011

Yep. Just like going to church.

[ItchyMac]

09:27 AM on 03/08/2011

OK I'll try posting in the food section, hope it gets through.

The kale and quinoa looks really good to me, but I am also a sucker for sauteed radishes (however weird that sounds). I guess this is where my Native American and Austro-Hungarian roots meet.

My husband and I had our very first official Meatless Monday last night:

Homemade pesto on imported angel hair pasta with deep fried brie wedges.

[GrandmaG]

02:49 PM on 03/15/2011

Wow, your first MM sounds great!

[Angie Cordeiro]

05:32 PM on 03/07/2011

I vote for Caramelized Butternut Squash Wedges with a Sage Hazelnut Pesto as the winner :-)

[federalist papers fan]

02:46 PM on 03/07/2011

How did meatless Monday start and what is the goal?

[twelizabeth]

03:11 PM on 03/07/2011

the goal is to get people to stop eating meat by easing them into it, or at least to reduce meat consumption.

[Tabuism]

07:52 PM on 03/07/2011

"Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punisments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way". - Martin Luther King, JR.(Many people don’t realize that his wife, Correta Scott King and their son, Dexter Scott King are both vegan).

[Checkpoint Charlie]

01:05 PM on 03/07/2011

Back when I raced bicycles I dated a hardcore vegan. I got so frail eating strict vegiterian even when doing amino and protein supplements that she made me eat eggs and fish :)

[lotusgirl]

01:34 PM on 03/07/2011

I know some endurance athletes that are vegan. I guess it all has to do with your body makeup, etc.

[twelizabeth]

03:49 PM on 03/07/2011

there are also a lot a MMA wrestlers that have gone vegan.

[LogicJack]

12:47 PM on 03/07/2011

Humans = Omnivours. Just saying

[twelizabeth]

03:12 PM on 03/07/2011

yeah, that means we can not eat meat and still be healthy, because we are not carnivores.

[CicadaBoom]

03:42 PM on 03/07/2011

I don't know why the meat eaters gets so defensive whenever there's a post about vegetarian food. There's nothing confrontational or preachy about the way these recipes are presented, yet the comments are full of meat eaters either questioning or ridiculing vegetarians or bragging about how much meat they eat. It's so weird.

[LogicJack]

06:46 PM on 03/07/2011

Yea well we are not herbavours either. Hence we are omnivours.

We are both and it is a choice. However many out there and I do not know if your one. Want to deride and stop people from eating meat at all. You eat your garden and I will eat what I see on 4 legs, 2 legs, swiming etc. Just saying ;-}

[DrMandible]

03:17 PM on 03/08/2011

Read "The Omnivore's Dilemma."