Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy Meatless sheet-pan dinners for easier home cooking
What if your next vegetarian dinner could be packed with flavor - and made entirely on a sheet-pan in your oven?
Whether you're trying to cook more plant-based meals, accommodate a vegetarian at your table, or need low-effort dinner ideas, this episode is packed with satisfying recipes that are anything but boring.
By the end of this episode, you’ll:
- Learn how to make a sheet pan lasagna dotted with creamy ricotta cheese — no layering or béchamel-making required
- Learn how to turn basic veggies into shawarma-spiced mains to serve up with warm pitas and creamy dips for a build-your-own weeknight feast
- Discover a gluten-free, vegetable-packed noodle dish that can be ready in 30 minutes or less
Hit play and turn your veggie drawer into crowd-pleasing vegetarian meals you’ll want to make any night of the week!
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Links:
Vegetarian sheet pan lasagna from Busy in Brooklyn inspired by Giada’s original version (with meat)
Sheet pan eggplant parm from Food & Wine, or sheet pan cauliflower parm from How Sweet Eats. Plus, here’s a video of Sonya + Kari’s version. And here's how to make crispy garlic breadcrumbs (to top your eggplant or cauli parm)
Mushroom shawarma from Eating Well, or Sonya’s eggplant shawarma
Roasted chickpea gyros by Sarah Bond from Live Eat Learn
Sheet pan feta chickpea tomatoes by Ali Slagle for NYT Cooking (unlocked)
Vegetarian stuffed peppers from Love & Lemons
Eric Kim’s Sheet-pan Japchae for NYT Cooking (unlocked), and his sheet-pan bibimbap too
Sweet potato and black bean tacos by Sarah Bond from Live Eat Learn
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