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10 Healthy Recipes for Meatless Meals

Try one of these healthy recipes for a meatless meal during lent.

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From Healthy One-Dish Cooking
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1. Jumbo Stuffed Mushroom With Camembert and Pine Nuts

Large flat portobello mushrooms are ideal for stuffing with your favorite filling. These ones are topped with slices of creamy cheese, sprinkled with pine nuts and served on toast for a smart, meatless light lunch or supper.

From Healthy Heart Miracle Diet
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2. Broccoli Rabe with Sautéed Cremini Mushrooms

Broccoli rabe, braised to temper its mildly bitter taste, and golden slices of mushrooms and garlic combine to make a pleasant and heart-healthy side dish. Look for presliced cremini mushrooms sold in many produce sections. Mushrooms add a sweet, almost meaty, taste to meals with no added fat or calories.

From No More Brain Drain
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3. Barley Risotto with Asparagus and Mushrooms

Use vegetarian stock in this recipe for a super healthy recipe for risotto. This meatless meal will satisfy even the pickiest eater.

From Vegetables for Vitality
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4. Grilled Vegetables With Balsamic Glaze

Boost your supply of vitamin C and B with this Mediterranean-style combination of veggies. Portobello mushrooms provide weight to this healthy side dish.

From Vegetables for Vitality
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5. Open-Face Grilled Vegetable Sandwich

Meaty portobello mushrooms provide the bulk of this healthy sandwich recipe.

From Meals That Heal High Blood Pressure
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6. Roasted Vegetable Lasagna

No one will miss the meat in this delicious vegetarian recipe. Mushrooms, eggplant, zucchini, and red peppers provide a healthy alternative to beef.

From Vegetables for Vitality
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7. Spinach-Stuffed Manicotti With Mushrooms

This meatless meal will please the pasta lovers at your healthy family dinner.

From Vegetables for Vitality
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8. Mixed Asian Style Vegetables

Side dishes that feature a wide variety of vegetables also feature a wide variety of essential nutrients and protective antioxidants.

From Like Grandma Used to Make
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Rice Cakes With Mushroom-Walnut Sauce

This meatless recipe can be made easily with leftover rice. The mushroom-walnut sauce is healthy and unique. For a vegetarian version replace the beef stock with vegetable stock.

From Vegetables for Vitality
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Vegetable Stuffed Mushrooms

This healthy appetizer recipe will even satisfy vegans if the chicken broth is replaced with vegetable stock.

Your Comments

  • Paharvey1948

    14 g fat seems rather higher for a “healthy recipe.”  Can’t it be slimmed?