Just because we don’t have time to cook a hot dish doesn’t mean we have to eat poorly! You can eat healthy with vegetarian recipes that don’t require any cooking.
To help you find ideas, here are some recipes to incorporate into your vegetarian menus. Simple and easy to make, they can be done at the last minute and will nonetheless delight your taste buds. Let’s go !
Vegetarian salads
Allies for busy people who need to eat on the go without sacrificing quality, here are two simple and tasty salads. They can also be used as a starter in a menu vegetarian with a main course.
Greek salad
In a salad bowl, mix chickpeas, cubed tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, black olives, chopped onion and feta. Season with your favorite vinaigrette and voila, it’s ready!
Red cabbage, carrot and hazelnut salad
Other ideas for vegetarian salads: slice some red cabbage, grate a carrot and add a few hazelnuts and air fried kale chips. Serve with vinaigrette.
Vegetarian recipes without cooking: toast
Take some good bread and cut into nice slices that you garnish as desired:
- tomatoes , mozzarella, black olives and a dash of olive oil
- vegetable ham, a lettuce leaf and cheese (vegetable or not) grated
- tomatoes , basil, garlic powder, salt and pepper
- ricotta , tomatoes, yellow peppers, salt and pepper
- cheese (vegetable or not) spread, thinly sliced apples or pears and a few nuts.
Cold soups
Served chilled, cold soup is a no-cook vegetarian dish particularly appreciated in summer when it is hot:
- soup : mix 1 540 ml can of corn with 25 cl of coconut milk, a tomato and a clove of garlic, salt and pepper
- cold pea soup: mix a 500 g can of peas with a little olive oil and crème fraîche or vegetable cream, 6 mint leaves, salt and pepper . This recipe also works well replacing the peas with cucumber.
Raw and no-cook savory pies
And yes, no need to cook to enjoy delicious tarts or quiches. Discover how to make tart shells without baking and various devices for all tastes!
Savory and filled croissants
Do you have leftover croissants? You can recycle them for a no-cook vegetarian recipe and zero waste by filling them with a preparation such as:
Sandwiches with bagels
For a change from the traditional baguette sandwich, think about bagels. Here are some ideas for vegetarian toppings:
- cheese , dried zucchinis and some black olives
- tomato , mozzarella, Provence herbs
- avocado , cucumber, salt and pepper.