50 Meatless Meals For Lent

Here are over 50 of our favorite meatless meals; seafood & pasta dishes, vegetarian options & salads hearty enough for a meal. The best family size and single serving meatless recipes!

If you are looking for fabulous meatless meals to enjoy during the season of Lent or any time of the year, you’ve come to the right place. Here, we’ve rounded up over 50 of our favorite and most popular family size and single serving meatless meals.

Last Wednesday, Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of the Season of Lent. Lent is the 40-day period (excluding Sundays) that precedes Easter. In the Catholic faith, many Catholics abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and on all Fridays during Lent. Growing up Catholic, giving up meat on Fridays was never a problem. Living in New Orleans, we had access to the most delicious seafood and we certainly enjoyed a lot of it during Lent.

When my family and I moved to Texas, we met several Catholic families at our church.  We became especially close with four families and our children have pretty much grown up together. Our families joined together as our “Fish Friday” group, meeting on each of the Fridays in Lent and enjoy a meatless meal together. We rotate houses each week and each family brings a dish to share. It’s a great excuse to get together and catch up with what’s going on in each of our lives. Even though our group was called a Fish Friday group, we didn’t only eat fish on Fridays, as you can see, there are many non-seafood recipes we enjoy.

Since Lent is here, I’ve pulled together over 50 of my favorite seafood and vegetarian recipes that my family loves that would be appropriate for Fridays during Lent, or any day of the year.

Meatless Meals

Seafood

Fish Tacos with Curried Broccoli Slaw

Quick and easy Fish Tacos recipe, the perfect seafood recipe to serve one or two people. Perfectly seasoned fish baked in minutes in either a toaster oven or a conventional oven and topped with a sweet curried broccoli slaw.

Roasted Broccoli and Garlic Shrimp Pasta

Spicy Shrimp and Scallops

Blackened Tilapia with Cilantro Lime Sauce

Parmesan Pecan Crusted Salmon

Baked Catfish with Bok Choy, Cilantro and Lime

Crawfish Beignets with Remoulade Sauce

Orange Risotto with Shrimp

Roasted Salmon and Asparagus

Greek Shrimp with Zucchini, Orzo and Feta

Broiled Salmon and Roasted Zucchini For One

Limoncello Salmon

Apricot Ginger Glaze for Salmon

Shrimp with Bok Choy, Sriracha and Shirataki Mushrooms

VEGETARIAN

Vegetarian Moussaka For One

Spaghetti Squash with Garlic and Butter

Saag Paneer

Hummus Pizza

Quinoa, Lentil and Black Bean Burrito Bowl

Chickpea Curry For One

Slow Cooker 3 Cheese Macaroni and Cheese

Baked Quinoa with Spinach, Red Peppers and Cheese

Quinoa and Black Bean Burritos

Slow Cooker Black Bean Enchilada Casserole

Roasted Sweet Corn and Kale Crustless Quiche

Miso Soup without Dashi

Slow Cooker Vegetarian Sloppy Joes

Spaghetti Squash Gratin

Ploughman’s Fondue

3-Bean Vegetarian Chili

Grilled Fresh Mozzarella, Tomato and Pesto Sandwich

Roasted Sweet Corn and Tomato Soup

Roasted Tomato and Feta Crustless Quiche

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burritos

Spinach, Tomato and Brie Crustless Quiche

PASTA

Spinach and Pine Nut Pesto

Baked Penne with Roasted Vegetables

Mediterranean Orzo Salad

Gemelli Pasta with Tomato, Basil and Garlic

Baked Pasta with Artichoke and Brie

How To Make Alfredo Sauce

Mediterranean Pasta

Pumpkin Lasagna with Fontina

Pasta with Fresh Mint and Sweet Peas

Baked Pasta With Artichokes and Brie

Creamy Fettuccine with Scallops and Peas

Shrimp and Penne Pasta with Creamy Marinara

MAIN DISH SALADS

Apple, Kale and Cabbage Salad

Quinoa, Roasted Eggplant and Zucchini Salad

Shrimp and Crabmeat Salad with Creole Dressing

Grilled Shrimp and Avocado Salad

Rice and Tomato Salad

Grilled Eggplant, Pear and Spinach Salad

Spinach and Orzo Salad

Smoky Pear Salad with Blue Cheese Crumbles

SMALLER BITES

Caprese Toasts

Fried Rice 

Bean and Cheese Nacho Boats