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48+ Easy, Delicious Vegetarian Recipes for Beginners

New home cooks, welcome!

These are the best vegetarian and vegan recipes for beginners. You’ll find here everything from easy soups and salads, to healthy, whole food plant-based main courses.

Cooking is easy and fun, especially with these recipes to learn from: 

One of my most popular dishes is this quick and easy 15-Minute Orzo Pasta Salad.

If you’re looking for simple beginner baking recipes, try Mushroom Ricotta Bread Pudding.

Or, for a vegetarian entrée, make Spring Risotto with Peas and Corn. 

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indian porridge kitcheri topped with yogurt, lemon, radish and fresh herbs

Kitcheri

Nutritious porridge-like Indian dish made with rice, legumes, and fresh vegetables.

Filed Under: Beginner, Dairy-Free, Main Course, Under 60 min, Vegan

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Cheesy Egg Nests

Cheesy Egg Nests

A pedestal of toasted, chewy, sliced bread with melted sharp cheese.

Filed Under: Beginner, Breakfast, Czech, Under 30 min

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bowl with raw vegan sprouted lentil chili

Raw Sprouted Lentil Chili

Cheap and nutritious, this vegan chili is made with sprouted lentils, chopped vegetables and a mildly spicy dressing

Filed Under: Beginner, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Main Course, Paleo, Raw, Vegan

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Chocolate Banana Paleo Cake made using a pinwheel bundt pan- from verygoodcook.com

Chocolate Banana Paleo Cake

This grain-free Chocolate Banana Paleo Cake made with almond and coconut flour has a silky, dense texture, irresistible chocolate-banana taste, and a quick lemon glaze. I call it a cake because I made it in a pretty, pinwheel-shape Bundt pan I saw in a store and just had to own. However, the batter is amazingly […]

Filed Under: Beginner, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Paleo, Sweet, Under 60 min, Vegan

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seaweed-vegetable salad with ginger-lemon dressing

Seaweed-Vegetable Salad With Ginger-Lemon Dressing

Vibrant and highly nutritional salad packed with protein, minerals and vitamins.

Filed Under: Beginner, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Main Course, Paleo, Raw, Under 60 min, Vegan

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Chocolate Granola With Pistachios, Almomonds and Dried currants

Chocolate Granola With Pistachios, Almonds and Dried Currants

Crispy, chocolaty, orange-flavored clusters of caramelized oats and nuts, with dried currants.

Filed Under: Beginner, Breakfast, Dairy-Free, Under 60 min, Vegan

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Slices of Apple Pecan Chocolate Coffee Cake on a plate

Apple Pecan Chocolate Coffee Cake

This easy, one-bowl recipe comes together in no time. Chopped apples, pecans, and chocolate shine in a simple batter made from flour, eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon and coconut oil. The result is a flavor-packed coffee cake with a nice, chunky texture. I call this a rocky road cake because when you take it out of […]

Filed Under: Beginner, Czech, Dairy-Free, Sweet, Under 60 min

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Czech potato pancakes (bramboráky) from verygoodcook.com

Czech Potato Pancakes (Bramboráky)

Bramboráky are the Czech version of potato latkes. This traditional family recipe is easy to make. Load your Czech Potato Pancakes with garlic, marjoram, and caraway seeds and start salivating. I have sweet memories of my grandma frying up a big pile of these pancakes—called bramboráky in Czech—for dinner for me and my cousins, when […]

Filed Under: Beginner, Czech, Dairy-Free, Main Course, Popular, Under 30 min

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Photo of plate with chunky Czech potato soup.

Chunky Czech Potato Soup (Bramboračka)

Ready in 30 minutes, this delicious chunky potato soup is a quick, Czech-countryside classic, made with roux, potatoes, dried porcini mushrooms, parsnips, and carrots. Bramboračka is a Czech slang word that translates as “of potatoes”. It comes together fairly quickly using just a handful of ingredients, but with each playing a distinctly key role and […]

Filed Under: Beginner, Czech, Featured, Main Course, Under 30 min

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Zucchini feta slices

Zucchini Slices With Feta And Parsley

Versatile dish made with grated zucchini, eggs, feta cheese and fresh parsley. Eat it with a salad or as a snack on its own.

Filed Under: Beginner, Czech, Main Course, Under 60 min

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Plate of Easy Czech Cream of two plates of Easy Czech Cream of Semolina (Krupicová kaše) from verygoodook.com

Easy Czech Cream of Semolina (Krupicová Kaše)

A traditional Czech recipe for Cream of Semolina (Krupicová kaše) porridge with two different topping options: cinnamon, cocoa, and butter, or fresh blueberries. Delicious comfort food, approved both by children and adults! I grew up eating and loving this classic Czech porridge. Nothing could be simpler and faster to make. If you have kids, I […]

Filed Under: Beginner, Czech, Sweet, Under 30 min

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Bowl of red quinoa soup with corn, zucchini, carrots,

Red Quinoa Soup With Corn, Carrot and Zucchini

Quick vibrant soup made with red quinoa, corn, carrot, zucchini and celery.

Filed Under: Beginner, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Main Course, Under 30 min, Vegan

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Linzer Torte with Raspberry Jam from verygoodcook.com

Easy Raspberry Linzer Torte

Linzer Torte with Raspberry Jam is a delicious and show-stopping dessert with a tender, ground-almond crust, and addictive sweet-sour raspberry jam filling.  Like its cousin, the Linzer cookie, the torte originated in the city of Linz, Austria. It is a classic Austro-Hungarian tart (or cake, which is what “Torte” means in German). My father loved this […]

Filed Under: Beginner, Czech, Featured, Over 1 hour, Sweet

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A plate of Quick Vegan Chickpea Tomato Curry served with cilantro and lemon wedge from verygoodcook.com

Quick Vegan Chickpea Tomato Curry

Vibrant, vegan, Indian-inspired Chickpea Tomato Curry is made with onions, garlic, spices, and vegetable stock for a healthy, and flavorful one-pot weeknight dinner.  This simple tomato-chickpea curry is an old standby dinner recipe of mine. In fact, it was one of the first recipes I learned to cook. I actually found it in one of […]

Filed Under: Beginner, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Main Course, Under 60 min, Vegan

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Slice of almond butter bread

Paleo Almond Butter Bread

Paleo, grain-free and gluten-free bread prepped in just one bowl from only six ingredients.

Filed Under: Beginner, Breakfast, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Paleo, Under 60 min, Vegan

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