14 Comforting Winter Flexitarian Recipes for Extra Vegetable-Ahead Meals

Having grown up appreciating the worth of consuming the entire animal—whether or not it was a pig or a fish, we all the time ate it head to tail—I do know I am not more likely to abandon consuming meat and seafood anytime quickly. Frankly, being a carnivore is virtually in my DNA, and the concept of by no means sinking my tooth into a wonderfully grilled piece of crispy pork stomach makes me relatively unhappy. However I nonetheless prefer to get pleasure from animal protein carefully by incorporating extra veggie-forward meals and plant-based elements into my food plan—what some prefer to name being a flexitarian.

Whether or not you are solely going meatless just a few days every week or eat primarily vegetarian whereas often having fun with a steak or barbecue ribs, we have provide you with 14 deliciously satiating and warming recipes to make going flexitarian a straightforward endeavor. Most are vegetarian or vegan, like our farrotto, lasagna alla Norma, chili, and udon noodle soup, whereas a pair mix meat with a nutrient-dense legume, akin to our lentils with sausage or our Italian chickpea and pork rib stew. Be at liberty to change these recipes nonetheless you want—prime your udon with an egg or your veggie burger with melty cheese, swap in plant-based sausages and vegetable broth, or swirl in some creamy Greek yogurt. Being versatile is the secret.