Weeknight Dinner Planner: A Vegetarian Meal Plan Even Meat-Eaters Will Love

Monday: Chipotle-Sweet Potato Soup

This dinner is super flexible. If you want a thinner soup, you can just add more stock. The same goes for the spiciness: for more spice, add more adobo! 

Recipe: Try our Chipotle-Sweet Potato Soup

Tuesday: Colorful Cauliflower Pasta

Adding roasted cauliflower means you can go lighter on the pasta and still feel totally satisfied.

Recipe: Try our Colorful Cauliflower Pasta 

Wednesday: Roasted Broccolini Hero Sandwiches

Want an easy way to eat more veggies? Slap 'em on a hoagie with some provolone!

Recipe: Try Rachael Ray's Roasted Broccolini Hero Sandwiches 

Thursday: Sweet Potato, Goat Cheese & Ricotta Cannelloni

Did you know you can make this cannelloni 100% in the microwave?

Recipe: Try our Sweet Potato, Goat Cheese & Ricotta Cannelloni

Friday: Carrot Risotto with Carrot Tops

This creamy, dreamy dinner uses up every part of the carrot — tops too!

Recipe: Try our Carrot Risotto with Carrot Tops

Shopping List:

For the soup: 

• Olive oil
• Onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 large sweet potato (about 1 lb.)
• 1 canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, plus more sauce for seasoning (optional)
• Vegetable stock
• Fresh cilantro

For the cauliflower pasta:

• Colored cauliflower florets
• Olive oil
• Gemelli pasta
• Castelvetrano olives
• Flat-leaf parsley
• Lemon zest
• Toasted walnuts
• EVOO

For the hero sandwiches: 

• 3 bundles broccolini (about 2 1/4 lbs. total)
• 3 large shallots
• 6 cloves garlic
• 2 Fresno or red finger chiles
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• 1 lemon
• 1 jar (14 to 16 oz.) giardiniera in vinegar
• 4 Italian-style hero rolls (12 inches each)
• 12 deli slices provolone
• 4 large eggs and a couple of pats of butter (optional)

For the cannelloni: 

• 1 lb. sweet potatoes
• Red onion
• No-boil lasagna noodles
• 4 oz. coarsely crumbled goat cheese
• Fresh ricotta
• Golden raisins
• Panko
• 1 large lemon
• Watercress
• Heavy cream
• Refrigerated pesto
• EVOO

For the risotto: 

• Vegetable stock
• Carrot juice
• Butter
• 1 lb. carrots with greens
• 1 medium onion
• 3 cloves garlic
• Fennel seeds
• Arborio rice
• White wine
• EVOO
• 1 orange
• Shaved Parmesan