Vegan and Vegetarian lunch recipes

Luscious lunch ideas

Breakfast Fruit Salad

Actually, this is great any time of the day!

Italian Tomato Basil Dressing

This is a really simple, delicious and healthy salad dressing or dipping sauce. Fat-free too!

Roast Tomato Sauce

This is deliciously simple. The roasting gives the ingredients a divinely rich flavour while the method means you only need to bung everything in the oven while you’re busy with other things. Then just give it a quick blend – result!

Cheatin’ Chicken in Mushroom Cream Sauce

This is good served with cooked rice or sautéed potatoes and some green beans or a watercress salad.

NB Small tubs of Alpro or Provamel dairy-free‘cream’ available in large supermarkets free-from section or health stores or try Oatly for a soya-free alternative. Redwood’s Chicken-style pieces available from...

Crispy Noodle Cakes with Shiitake Mushrooms

A simple light meal that is fragrant and aromatic. If you can't get hold of fresh shiitake mushrooms (sold in larger branches of good supermarkets or greengrocers) use field or chestnut mushooms instead - but the shiitakes have a distinctive taste!

Gluten-free if rice noodles and...

Smoky Stuffed Cabbage Leaves with Miso Tahini Sauce

Delicious Smoky Stuffed Cabbage Leaves with Miso Tahini Sauce

This is a really nice recipe - wholesome and very tasty - and a great way to use up cooked grains. We've included the link for the sauce recipe - but feel free to play around with it. You might want to omit the ginger and rice wine/sherry, for example - it can be...

Fat-Free Garlicky Roast Potatoes

These practically cook themselves - lots of taste too, minus the fat to help your waistline!

Sundried Tomato & Asparagus Pasta with Pesto

A lovely pasta dish, can be eaten hot or cold. To really impress - make your own pesto!

Five-Spice Oriental-style Rice

Brown Rice Goes All Sexy with This Aromatic Taste of the Orient

If you haven't tasted five spice powder, you're in for a nice surprise - this lovely simple dish combines the mellow, aromatic spice taste with a little ginger, garlic and sesame... mmm! Great on its own or even better with some fried tofu and greens!...

Avocado and Mushroom Pilaf

This is an easy and comforting dish. It could easily and quickly be made with left-over brown rice too - just make sure the rice is well seasoned and thoroughly heated until very hot.