Easy and healthy vegetarian dinners

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Shakshuka (eggs poached in tomato -veggie sauce). We eat with whole wheat pita but your diabetic person might do better with something else.

Smitten Kitchen mushroom bourgionon is really good and reheats well if you make it on the weekend.

We also like roasted stuffed acorn squash (you can fill it with a mixture of any grain/quinoa, veggies, cheese, beans, etc.).

Eggplant parm is also a favorite...you don't have to bread the eggplant, and you don't have to serve with pasta.

This is more of a summer dish for us, but we have gotten into "burger salad." Cook brown lentils and add some burger spice blend (get one with no sugar added). Make a salad with chopped Romaine lettuce, tomato, red onion, dill pickle, and shredded cheddar cheese and add the lentils. We make a dressing of mayo, ketchup, mustard, and pickle juice.

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If you like Ethiopian food, you can buy injera premade (I cut each circle into wedges and roll them up, then wrap in wax paper and put in a freezer bag; they defrost quickly in the microwave). Then I like making lentil dishes, shiro (chickpea flour, tomato paste, berbere, garlic, ginger, and onions), greens, or cabbage and carrots. I try to do one spicy and one mild dish.

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Huevos à la cubana—over easy fried eggs on rice with tomato sauce (Goya from the little can), great with side of greens or veggie sausage
I like to roast tofu with chopped kimchi and eat in burritos or over grains
Sheet pan fried rice
Frozen tortellini with pesto and peas
Baked potatoes with canned veggie chili and cheese
Hummus with roasted chickpeas or sautéed mushrooms on top, serve with salad and pita
Veggie curry over rice (Japanese curry cubes with sweet potato, potato, bell pepper, onion. Add tofu or tempeh for more protein)
Chick’n and waffles (veggie chicken patty with whole grain waffle and syrup), serve with fruit

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Couscous is never going to be good for someone with prediabetes unless you really front-load the protein. OP, if you care about the person(s) with insulin resistance, tread carefully with many of these suggestions and suggest a cgm to give you accurate feedback

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OP here, thank you so much for all the suggestions! I already saved many recipes that were suggested. The Love Live Learn website looks great as well as does the other link. Also appreciate the no recipe needed suggestions. Some I did a while ago but had forgotten about.

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Bean cheese and rice burritos. Avocado. Use dried beans. You can add egg too for more protein.

Sushi bowls with fried tofu, avocado, sesame seeds, dried seaweed, cucumber.

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Gallo pinto: Costa Rican rice and beans. It can be rounded out with a fried egg, fresh tomato salsa, avocado, sour https://www.skinnytaste.com/gallo-pinto/

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Check out rainbow plant life. It is vegan but can be modified to be vegetarian. You need meal planning to make this less overwhelming. I plan all meals for the week on Saturday and do grocery shopping on Sunday.

We’re also a vegetarian family of 4, eat predominantly Indian food and it’s hard to avoid grains. My goal is a complex carb with tofu or paneer for lunch and complex carb with Lentils/beans vegetables for dinner. Breakfast is steel cut oats and boiled eggs and fruits. Snacks are Greek yogurt, fruits and nuts. Kids also have their fair share of packaged junk and ice cream a few times a week.

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Anonymous wrote:Loaded vegetable omelet/frittata. You can add exactly what you want, including cheese.

I love these with leftover sliced potatoes in it too. Tastes good the next day too.

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Making this tonight. Has been a tried and true with my family. I add some spinach and serve it with brown rice.
https://rainbowplantlife.com/vegan-red-lentil-curry/

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Anonymous wrote:Black beans, sweet potatoes, and fire roasted corn quesadillas.

DP - we do a butternut squash (frozen is fine), black bean quesadilla. Also very good!

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/leeks-and-lentils-fried-halloumi/

The above is fantastic - we add chopped raw cherry tomatoes at the end

I have not tried this, but fried halloumi is the best thing ever.