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Easy Meatless Recipes

I know some families observe a weekly meatless dinner like Meatless Monday for a variety of reasons. Perhaps your family is taking steps towards a completely vegetarian lifestyle altogether. In either case, you may be looking for more recipes that don't have meat but still appeal to kids.

It's also possible your family practices abstaining from meat during Lent like our family does. In this case, you might be ok with some fish recipes for Fridays.

However you need to define "meatless" for your family, I've got some great kid-tested dinner ideas for you here.

Most Popular Totally Meatless Recipes

A bowl of tortellini is coated in a creamy boursin cheese sauce with tomatoes and spinach.

Baked Boursin and Tomato Pasta

A homemade cheese pizza is sliced and ready to serve.

Classic Cheese Pizza

A veggie pizza has been sliced and served with a small spatula.

Crescent Roll Veggie Pizza

A blue baking dish filled with mac and cheese with bread crumb topping. A serving spoon has removed a portion to show the creamy elbow noodles.

Make Ahead Mac and Cheese

A bowl of spaghetti in a lemon butter sauce has fresh chives and slices of fresh lemon on the side.

Lemon Butter Pasta with Chives

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POPULAR MEATLESS Recipes

Vegetarian Recipes for Families

A plate filled with salad greens, fresh strawberries, and pickled red onions.

Strawberry Feta Salad

A platter filled with roasted gnocchi, butternut squash, and parmesan cheese shavings with ripped fresh sage sprinkled over the top.

Roasted Gnocchi

A white bowl is filled with farfalle pasta and fresh vegetables.

Creamy Farfalle Primavera

A muffin tin filled with garden lasagna cupcakes shows the spinach and tomatoes covered in melted cheese.

Garden Lasagna Cupcakes

A white bowl is filled with the lemon orzo pasta salad. Tomatoes and dill are sprinkled throughout.

Lemon Orzo Salad with Tomatoes & Dill

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VEGGIE-FRIENDLY Recipes

Meatless Recipes for Catholics

A seasoned fish filet is on a hamburger bun with shredded lettuce and a sliced tomato.

Blackened Mahi Mahi Sandwiches

A piece of toast is being dunked into a soft egg in a rich tomato sauce.

Eggs in Purgatory {Easy Shakshuka}

A photo collage shows a variety of meatless soups, sandwiches, and snacks for Lent.

16 Simple Lent Lunch Ideas

An egg salad sandwich sits on a blue plate.

Deviled Egg Salad

A photo collage shows some of the meatless recipes that are ok to eat for Lent.

40 Meatless Meals for Lent Your Kids Will Actually Eat

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A bowl of cheese tortellini with pesto sauce and roasted tomatoes.

Cheese Tortelloni with Pesto {3 Ingredients}

An egg salad sandwich sits on a blue plate.

Deviled Egg Salad

A bowl of baked tortellini with a slice of garlic bread on the side.

Baked Cheese Tortellini Skillet

A veggie pizza has been sliced and served with a small spatula.

Crescent Roll Veggie Pizza

A serving of crispy rice salad shows green lettuce, roasted carrots, fried wild rice in a white bowl.

Crispy Wild Rice Salad

A plate of spaghetti coated in homemade alfredo sauce sprinkled with parmesan cheese.

Homemade Alfredo Sauce with Cream Cheese

The salmon burger is on a brioche bun with lettuce and tomato. A drizzle of tartar sauce drips down the side.

Salmon Burgers {Air Fryer or Skillet}

A white bowl of creamy Irish potato soup has fresh chives sprinkled on top and a spoon on the side.

Irish Potato Soup

A baked egg and veggie mixture is in an individual serving container.

Make Ahead Egg Bowls with Veggies

A bowl of tomato-based pastina soup has a spoon lifting out a bite so you can see the star-shaped pasta.

Tomato Pastina

A bowl of gnocchi soup has chunks of diced carrot and a clear broth. Slices of lemon are on the plate next to the bowl.

Gnocchi Soup with Lemon and Dill

A blue baking dish filled with mac and cheese with bread crumb topping. A serving spoon has removed a portion to show the creamy elbow noodles.

Make Ahead Mac and Cheese

The finished savory apple pizza has a golden brown crust, sliced apples, and fresh arugula scattered over the top.

Harvest Apple Pizza

Homemade pokey sticks have been baked and cut into breadsticks.

Homemade Pokey Sticks

A white soup bowl filled with tomato bisque has brown bread croutons floating on top.

Tomato Bisque Soup

The white bowl is filled with potsticker soup. Half a dumpling is resting on the spoon to show the filling and the peas.

Easy Potsticker Soup

A crockpot has tortellini soup with a tomato broth base.

Crockpot Tortellini Soup with Ground Beef

A crostini toast has diced peaches, blueberries, and fresh thyme leaves on a blue plate.

Peach Blueberry Bites

A seasoned fish filet is on a hamburger bun with shredded lettuce and a sliced tomato.

Blackened Mahi Mahi Sandwiches

A bowl of tortellini is coated in a creamy boursin cheese sauce with tomatoes and spinach.

Baked Boursin and Tomato Pasta

An egg and cheese breakfast quesadilla on a plate with a cup of salsa.

Breakfast Quesadilla

A plate filled with salad greens, fresh strawberries, and pickled red onions.

Strawberry Feta Salad

An aluminum foil packet is filled with cooked shrimp, corn on the cob, and potatoes.

Shrimp Boil Foil Packets {Grill or Oven}

A fry pan with melted butter and a slice of bread with the center hole missing. An egg has been cracked into the hole.

How to Make Eggs in a Basket {VIDEO}

A photo collage shows some of the meatless recipes that are ok to eat for Lent.

40 Meatless Meals for Lent Your Kids Will Actually Eat

A plate of scrambled eggs with vegetables.

Scrambled Eggs and Vegetables

A piece of toast is being dunked into a soft egg in a rich tomato sauce.

Eggs in Purgatory {Easy Shakshuka}

A photo collage shows a variety of meatless soups, sandwiches, and snacks for Lent.

16 Simple Lent Lunch Ideas

A white bowl is filled with the lemon orzo pasta salad. Tomatoes and dill are sprinkled throughout.

Lemon Orzo Salad with Tomatoes & Dill

A white bowl is filled with creamy lemon garlic pasta with fresh dill and lemon slices for garnish.

Creamy Lemon Garlic Pasta

A platter filled with roasted gnocchi, butternut squash, and parmesan cheese shavings with ripped fresh sage sprinkled over the top.

Roasted Gnocchi

The fresh garden salad is served in a white bowl. You can see lettuce, cherry tomatoes, croutons, and cucumber.

Quick Prep Garden Salad Recipe

The bruschetta pizza is served on a white plate. Fresh tomatoes and basil are scattered over the top.

Easy Bruschetta Pizza

A white bowl of corn chowder sits on a blue plate. There is chunks of corn and bacon floating on top of the soup.

Slow Cooker Corn Chowder

A plate of bruschetta pomodoro with a bowl of the tomato topping.

Italian Bruschetta al Pomodoro

A southern style tomato pie in a deep pie dish.

Southern Tomato Pie

The white baking dish has a golden brown square of baked feta with a sprig of fresh basil on top.

Baked Feta with Honey

A white bowl is filled with farfalle pasta and fresh vegetables.

Creamy Farfalle Primavera

A white bowl is filled with classic macaroni salad that has onions, red pepper, and celery peeking out of the dressing.

Southern Macaroni Salad

A serving of fried green tomatoes has a bowl of pimento cheese for topping.

Southern Fried Green Tomatoes {Oven or Air Fryer}

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