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14 vivacious vegetarian recipes to cook this week (plus this bonus sunny salad)

Good news! Winter’s almost finished. In the meantime, these bright and cheerful recipes will bounce anyone out of the doldrums. And Danielle Alvarez says her new Sicilian-inspired salad (pictured) is so good you won’t want the season to end (maybe!).

15 recipes
Peruvian-inspired green spaghetti with smoked almonds.
EASY

Monday: Peruvian-style green spaghetti with spinach, feta and smoked almonds

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Helen Goh's cheese and kale souffle.

... or pasta sauce-inspired kale souffle pudding

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Caramelised carrot and goat's cheese frittata.
EASY

Tuesday: Caramelised carrot and goat’s cheese frittata

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
This frittata is packed full of fresh herbs and soft feta.
EASY

... or Persian herbed frittata with feta and Aleppo pepper

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
RecipeTin Eats’ goat’s cheese risoni.
EASY

Wednesday: RecipeTin Eats’ Mediterranean risoni with creamy goat’s cheese

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
The optional addition of browned butter and sage results in a nutty flavour.

...or roast pumpkin orzo ‘risotto’ with brown butter and sage

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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Crispy pasta nests with chickpeas and kale.
EASY

Thursday: One-pan tagliatelle with chickpeas, greens and lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
15-minute chickpea pasta with harissa and yoghurt.
EASY

... or 15-minute chickpea pasta with harissa and yoghurt

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Danielle Alvarez’s shiitake mushroom mapo tofu.
EASY

Friday: Vegan mapo tofu with shiitake mushrooms and crispy chilli oil

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Sichuan pepper roasted eggplant with crispy chilli tofu.
EASY

... or Sichuan pepper roasted eggplant with crispy chilli tofu

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Kale and ricotta rolls.
EASY

Saturday: Massaged kale and ricotta rolls

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Ligurian greens torta.

... or Ligurian torta with greens and three-cheeses

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne.

Sunday: Adam Liaw’s adaptable vegetarian lasagne (try a white base with his spring or winter suggestions)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Winter vegetable tray bake.
EASY

... or his winter vegetable tray bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Sicilian citrus salad.
EASY

Bonus: Sicilian citrus and fennel salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez