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