Main Dishes recipes
Browse our main dishes recipes, with practical cooking times, nutrition details and plant-forward ideas for real life.
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Vegetarian Protein-Boost Pizza with Homemade Tomato Sauce, Mozzarella, Mushrooms & Spinach
This pizza keeps the mozzarella where it belongs—melted, blistered, and doing its one respectable job—while the rest of the topping strategy quietly fixes the usual cheese-heavy calorie spiral. A quick homemade tomato sauce, plenty of mushrooms, a little spinach, and a light layer of mozzarella give you something that still smells like a proper pizza night, not a nutritional intervention in disguise. For extra protein without piling on calories, the trick is to lean on vegetables with decent texture and keep the cheese measured, which feels almost subversive in a world that treats dairy avalanches as a personality.
Braised Red Cabbage and Apple with Roasted Potatoes with quorn burgers
This is the kind of dish I really didn’t like as a kid, but adulthood does strange things to you: somehow, I now love cabbage. The cabbage cooks down into something glossy, sweet-sharp, and deeply savory, while the apples soften just enough to melt into the pan without disappearing completely. Roasted potatoes alongside make it substantial in the best family-table way. It sit very happily next to my Quorn Red Bean Burgers.
Sweet Potato, Paneer and Carrot Curry
This curry leans on sweet potato for body, carrots for gentle sweetness, and paneer for a soft, milky contrast that holds its shape instead of dissolving into the sauce. The onion, garlic, ginger, curry powder, tomato paste and coconut milk cook down into a thick spoon-coating base, so the whole thing feels generous without needing a long list of ingredients or a separate side project disguised as dinner.
Creamy Red Lentil Dal with Tomato and Ginger
Soft red lentils, sweet onion, ginger heat, and a coconut-tomato base that turns silky. It is cheap, filling, deeply practical, and mostly built from pantry logic rather than the usual supermarket performance art of twelve packaged solutions for one human problem. High in fiber and plant protein, lighter on environmental impact than meat-heavy stews, and still generous enough that nobody asks where the "real" dinner went.
High protein Tex-Mex Tofu Lavash Wraps with Quick Tzatziki, Tomatoes and Red Onion
This is what happens when a Mediterranean fridge and a Tex-Mex spice jar stop pretending they live in separate civilizations. Crisp-edged tofu, cool garlicky tzatziki, sharp red onion and juicy tomatoes get folded into lavash for a fast meal that feels bigger than the effort. It leans plant-forward & keeps the protein solid, perfect for a post work-out meal.
Pan-Seared Salmon with Rice and Creamy Oat Spinach
A simple salmon-and-rice dinner with creamy spinach that behaves like comfort food without dragging the whole evening into a dairy fog. The salmon gets the exact treatment it deserves: a quick sear over medium-high heat, then a gentler covered finish so it stays juicy instead of turning into pink regret.
Liège-Style Meatballs with Oven-Roasted Potatoes, Because Restraint Is Not Very Belgian
A lighter, weeknight-friendly take on boulettes liégeoises that still respects the spirit of the original: tender beef meatballs, a glossy sweet-tangy onion and apple sauce, and crisp oven-roasted potatoes instead of a deep-fryer situation. It is still comfort food, just with slightly less collateral damage.
Homemade Vegan Enchiladas with Tex-Mex Swagger
These vegan enchiladas are the kind of weeknight comfort food that makes you feel organized. Whole wheat tortillas get filled with a smoky black bean, bell pepper, and onion mixture, then baked under a quick tomato passata sauce spiked with Tex-Mex spirit. High in fiber, rich in plant protein.
Lentil & Quorn Lasagna with Oat Béchamel
A proper tray of lasagna without the usual meat-heavy drama: lentils bring fiber, Quorn-mince keeps the texture cozy, and the oat béchamel does the creamy diplomatic work on top. It is hearty, family-friendly.
Hidden-Veg Peanut Coconut Noodles with Grated Tofu
A weeknight noodle bowl for people who want comfort, protein, and vegetables without announcing a wellness intervention. Carrots and onions melt into a silky peanut-coconut sauce, broccoli keeps a little bite, and grated tofu slips in quietly with extra protein.
Halloumi Veggie Burger
A Gordon Ramsay-inspired veggie burger with halloumi, zucchini, and carrots, built for people who want crisp edges, a juicy center, and enough flavor to stop missing the beef for one evening. It leans plant-forward, uses plenty of vegetables, and keeps the cheese where it actually earns its dramatic salary.
Chili Sin Carne
A hearty, plant-forward chili packed with brown rice, red onion, garlic, carrots, tomato passata, tomato paste, and a warm hit of cumin, smoked paprika, oregano, lime, salt, and black pepper. It is filling, family-friendly, budget-minded, and mercifully straightforward.