No Meat May

We sometimes have yellow lentil dal, with spinach and cauliflower, and warmed up naan bread. Very tasty and filling, if enough spices are included.

Grandmabatty

Vegetable lasagne

I once made a big vegan lasagne for a DD’s birthday when she was in her vegan phase (thankfully long gone) and it actually turned out very well - but was a major faff! The ‘meat’ element consisted of masses of mushrooms, cut up and cooked down until most of the water was gone.

Jaxjacky

Sago

ferry23 Are you serious re the chicken and turkey?

Poultry, not meat.

Poultry is meat and certainly is according to No Meat May, as is fish.
No one's policing what anyone eats so giving up red meat is a start.

Sago

ferry23 Are you serious re the chicken and turkey?

Poultry, not meat.

Spaghetti tossed in olive oil and seasoned with pepper and salt with fresh tomato sauce topped with parmesan and fresh basil.

Omelette au fine herbes or mushrooms.

Our favourite is a mixed bean quesadilla - a Dale Pinnock recipe. Basically beans in a tomato sauce in a wrap, finished with cheese on top and two minutes under the grill. Very filling.

I rarely eat meat and enjoy a plate of a variety of veg. When ‘out’ I have a Buddha bowl if available. These are easy to put together at home as most of the ingredients will keep in the fridge for a few days.

Good luck with No meat May’; that sounds like a great idea.

Sorry, but I love meat too much to do a “No meat May”, but wish you luck with your endeavour. 😁

ferry23 Are you serious re the chicken and turkey?

Broadly egg dishes galore, especially incorporating cheese, stuffed vegetables of all kinds, stuffing based on bread, rice, couscous, other vegetables Vegetable mixes of every kind with pasta, rice, couscous, potatoes, in pies and other pastries.

The internet is full of recipes. According to my meal plan I am having cheese pudding tomorrow and fish curry on Friday. I am not a vegetarian, nor a carnivore. I am standard human omnivore.

Lentil veg soup
Bean soup
Bean Tacos
Quinoa salad
Eggs with cheese on Toast (not vegan)
Veg Lasagna
Noodles and veg
Rice and veg with eggs (Fried rice, not vegan)
Indian food
Pasta and cheese (not vegan)
Jacket potatoes, stuffed (perhaps not vegan)
Stuffed large portobello
Hummus on toast

We have a mushroom & leek pasta pie which is very carb-heavy but utterly delicious and we can never eat all of it.(no pulses, tofu or paneer although there is cream cheese but you could use a bit of stock & mix in some parmesan before baking instead)
A quarter of that with a veg side, or a salad, would satisfy any carnivore.
I think it's a Gino da Campo recipe, his veggie recipes are pretty hearty, Jamie Oliver also cooks lots of veggie dishes that look very substantial.

You could meet it all half way as it were.

I alternate - 3 days. Meat, fish and veggie. That works OK.

Aubergine parmigiana.
Three bean chilli.
Mushroom risotto or stroganoff.
Smoky beetroot goulash.
Sweet potato and Black Bean stew.

And loads more.

I eat chicken and fish but rarely red meat.

ferry please may I move in? You like and dislike exactly what I do. I enjoy vegetarian curries and stir fries. I am not a fan of lentils which knocks out many dishes.

I do enjoy fish but not seven days a week.

I am vegetarian BTW.

Investigate Indian vegetable dishes; dahl, bhaji etc. Fried mushrooms or plum tomatoes on toast are nice but probably too snacky for your requirements. Ratatouille or baked beans with jacket potatoes. Vegetarian pizza or quiche.

Just some random ideas off the top of my head.

We eat a lot of various vegetable curries

I have the same trouble trying to lose weight on a vegetarian diet. A plateful of salad or vegetables is not satisfying but all the vegetarian sources of protein are either full of carbs (lentils, grains) or full of fat (cheese)
I don’t want to eat meat or fish at all but they are tasty, satisfying and full of protein. Plants aren’t.

I have been vegetarian for forty years. I also despise tofu and anything else masquerading as meat. It took many years to get to a point where I could plan meals that did not attempt to replicate a meat based meal. I would suggest you eat fish in May and perhaps try one meal a week that is plant based. This way you can etill enjoy your food without thinking you have to reinvent the wheel.
I had mujadra tonight: fried onions with spiced lentils and rice. Very simple and utterly delicious. I mention it precisely because meat eaters usually react to this dish as being very odd and lacking in a number of things. Homity pie at the weekend I think.

Vegetable lasagne

It’s the texture of tofu that I don’t like but I’ve just had smoky tofu and found it really tasty. The smoking process also makes it firmer. Worth a try.