3 Easy vegetarian recipes for beginners

Do you ever get home after a long day and not feel like making dinner? Of course! Everyone has those days. It can be especially hard if you are new to being a vegetarian and grew up in a meat-eating household. So for the days that you can't think of anything here are a couple of my go-to quick and easy dishes.

Queso Meatballs

Cook time: 15

Prep time:2-7

Total time-: 17-22

Serving: 3

Ingredients

9 vegetarian meatballs

1 can of queso with salsa

or

3/4 to 1/2 a bag of shredded cheese

2 tbsp of jalapeno peppers

2tbsp of banana peppers

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350. Place meatballs in a casserole dish. Pour queso over

meatballs. If you want to create your own queso, cut up banana peppers and

jalapeno peppers into very small chunks, place the peppers and your choice of

cheese over the meatballs. Try to pick a cheese that is already melted or that

will melt. Bake the casserole for 15 minutes. Enjoy

​Stuffed Mushrooms

Cook time: 20

Prep time: 10

Total time: 30

Serving: 3

Ingredients

1 pack of mushrooms about 9 mushrooms

2 cups of dry stuffing

1/8 cup parmesan cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 400. Wash mushrooms and pull out the stems. If able scoop out

some of the inside of the mushroom caps with a spoon to make more room. Place

stuffing inside the cap, you can use other ingredients for the stuffing like

quinoa, garlic, cream cheese, I like stuffing the best. Place mushrooms on

a greased baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. During the last five minutes

sprinkle cheese over top and finish baking. Then enjoy

Roasted Asparagus and Pasta

Cook time: 15

Prep time: 10

Total time: 25

Serving: 2

Ingredients

1 Cup of Asparagus

2 tablespoons of olive oil

A sprinkle of pepper

A sprinkle of salt

2 servings of your choice of pasta

1 jar of pasta sauce

Directions

Preheat oven to 375. Cut off the dry ends of the asparagus. Place asparagus on a

baking sheet, drizzle olive oil over them and sprinkle the salt and pepper to taste.

While waiting for the oven to preheat boil a pot of water. Wait for the oven to

preheat and then bake the asparagus for about 15 mins, if the asparagus is thin

cook until slightly crispy, if it is thick cook until it is soft. Once the water is at a

rolling boil, boil the pasta for the recommended time. Meanwhile in a medium

saucepan, heat up the jar of pasta sauce string occasionally. Combine the pasta,

sauce, and asparagus and enjoy.

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