Stop stressing about putting vegetables on the table and use this meal plan. These seven easy meals to eat more vegetables will keep the whole family happy.

I have tired everything to make eating more vegetables easy.

I joined a CSA when I was first making changes to my health and limited myself to only eating what was in it (I had to research a lot of recipes).

I meal prepped every single meal and snack for an entire week on the weekends (it took hours).

I tried to plan two separate vegetables per meal (it became overwhelming).

I ate vegetarian for a month straight (this one worked well).

I researched the benefits of vegetables and stayed in tune with how my body felt when I ate them (this worked the best).

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Stress Free Easy Meals

Through all of those attempts to make vegetables the majority of my diet, I am now able to plan meals that are high in vegetable servings, tasty, varied, and the whole family will eat with only a few adjustments for the kids.

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If you are trying to hit that five servings minimum of vegetables per day, these seven dinner easy meals to eat more vegetables can help you get there very quickly. Loaded with vegetables and easily adaptable to be vegetarian or meat-eater friendly, consider dinner done and your vegetable count elevated.

Roasted Vegetable Fajitas

This dish was inspired by Kim at Simply Plant Based Kitchen after I looked through her recipes in The Quick & Easy Plant Based Plan and is such an easy meal to eat more vegetables.

Simply chop your vegetables into thin strips, coat with your fajita seasoning, and bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes. I am obsessed with my silpat for all vegetable roasting.

Once they are at your desired softness, you just load your tortilla with veggies, top it with some cheese, roll, and eat! You could also add some Boosted Guacamole on top and a bit of sour cream or cashew cream.

Fair warning that homemade fajita seasoning can be very spicy. Our kids prefer not to have the spice, so I roast a small pan of veggies just for them. Same directions, but instead of the fajita seasoning, you just toss them with avocado oil.

If you are not ready to commit to making this dish just vegetables (or someone in your household is raising their eyebrows too high about trying it), you can add in a bit of chicken.

Try to keep your chicken to vegetable ratios higher on the vegetable side.

The Recipes for these Easy Meals

Simple Pantry Chili Loaded Potatoes

This dish came together during a week where I skipped meal planning (rookie mistake), we were running out of obvious dinner choices but it wasn’t time for a grocery shop, and I wanted to make a vegetarian meal.

Pantry items to the rescue! The only thing I knew I had to use up for this meal was the giant bag of potatoes I bought the week before at Costco. They are so cheap, but we struggle to get through them all before they go bad.

Rob, the brave man that he is, stoically ate a few bites of his before declaring that it was actually really good and he would eat it again.

Then he asked me the fatal question of a person who does not measure her seasonings when she cooks (forever why I cannot bake), “Can you recreate it?”

Busted.

Here is the basics of what seasonings I put in this chili and my guesstimates at the amounts. It would be a very forgiving and adaptable dish if you wanted to change it up.

Ingredients:

• one can black beans
• one can sweet corn (or fresh corn)
• one can petite diced tomatoes
• 1.5 cups vegetable broth (We make our own!)
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• 1 white onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• dash of pepper
• avocado oil
• 4-6 russet potatoes, or 1-2 per person

Directions:

• Poke russet potatoes all over with a fork and put in microwave for 6-8 minutes. Potatoes are done when a fork can go through them easily.
• Heat avocado oil in a Le Creuset and saute onions and bell pepper until fragrant.
• Add the vegetable broth and all seasonings. Let simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add the black beans, corn, and petite diced tomatoes. Let simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Serve over sliced russet potatoes and top with guacamole and cheese as desired.

Teriyaki Salmon, Farro, Roasted Vegetables

Surprisingly, the whole family loves salmon, the kids included.

In fact, the kids like it so much that we have to up how much we make when we serve it because the last few times we have run out before they were done.

This easy meal is simple to make and serves to make your vegetables a large part of your plate, ensuring you are getting in at least one serving, if not two.

Ingredients:

• 1 zucchini, chopped
• 6-8 baby bella mushrooms, chopped
• 1/2 white onion, chopped
• 1/2 pound salmon per person
• 1 cup dry farro
• salt and pepper to taste
• avocado oil

Directions:

• Start farro according to package directions (I use our Instant Pot.)
• Toss vegetables with avocado oil, salt, and pepper. Spread on a silpat-lined baking pan. Bake at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes.
• Pat the salmon dry. Place in a shallow baking pan and coat with teriyaki sauce. Bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes, or until internal temperature is 145 degrees.

Vegetable Stir Fry

There was a point early on when I was first learning how to cook that Rob and I became so sick of stir fry we could barely look at rice.

Now that I am a bit more proficient at making different meals, we welcome the familiar taste of Jasmine rice, teriyaki warmed vegetables, and crunchy peanuts.

The kids will eat stir fry if there are no mushrooms on their plates and no rice. The weirdos have a thing against rice.

Feel free to add more vegetables to this dish. I always chop about six cups of vegetables and we typically eat all of it.

Again, you could add a bit of chicken, pork, or beef to this dish if you are adapting to eating more veggies for dinners. Just keep your ratios higher with the vegetable side of things.

For more vegetarian meal ideas, head to this Weekly Meal Plan: 7 Beginner Vegetarian Meals.

Tortellini with Vegetable Sauté

Okay, okay. I know I have been saying that it took me a while to learn to cook, but this dish is one of my originals from before I knew how to cook.

This version has way more vegetables, way less cheese, and way more flavor. The bases are all there and it is still the delicious, comforting, easy to make meal I started with.

For the kids, they love this dish, but will refuse to eat mushrooms if they are included.

In terms of how many vegetables to make, add more than you think you need. Like the vegetable stir fry, I can chop a whole pile of vegetables and it looks like almost nothing when mixed with the vegetables and dished up.

Ingredients:

• 8 cups of vegetables, chopped. This recipe works with any vegetables you have on hand. I like to use one bell pepper, an onion, one cup mushrooms, two cups broccoli.
• 1 tablespoon basil
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder or 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 package tortellini
• avocado oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• parmesan cheese to taste

Directions:

• Cook tortellini according to package directions.
• Heat avocado oil in a wok on medium-high heat.
• Add the onion and saute until fragrant.
• Add the rest of the vegetables and seasonings. Saute about 7-10 minutes, or until vegetables are at desired softness.
• Once tortellini is drained, stir in about 2 tablespoons butter.
• Dish tortellini into bowls and top with scoops of vegetables.
• Sprinkle on parmesan cheese to taste.

Tuna Salad Sandwiches for Easy Meals

The ease of this dinner makes it a winner for two types of nights: those you are too tired to cook and those you need to get a meal on the table right now. This is one of my favorite easy meals.

Chop up some vegetables, smash some canned tuna, and stir in your mayo and mustard. Done!

Since the recipe for this version of tuna salad calls for a few vegetables that only need to be chopped and mixed, it is an easy meal to eat more vegetables with. Plus, you can add vegetables on the die to boost that serving count.

I like to add some sliced grapes or apples to my tuna salad (as do the kids) for a touch of sweetness, but Rob does not. We end up making the same base and I take a bit out to add the fruit.

Unless it is a peanut butter and jelly, our kids tend not to enjoy sandwiches. However, they will eat tuna salad if it is on a cracker. Go figure.

Ingredients:

• 3 cans tuna in water
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• 1/4 red onion, chopped
• 1/2 large cucumber, chopped
• 3 celery stalks, chopped
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup mayonnaise – Use the kind you prefer.
• 3 tablespoons stone ground mustard
• 3 tablespoons Kirkland No Salt Seasoning
• Sandwich fixings: Bread, tortillas, lettuce, cheese.

Directions:

• In a large bowl, crush the tuna with a fork.
• Mix together the vegetables, mayonnaise, stone ground mustard, seasoning, and tuna.
• Make into sandwiches or serve with crackers.
• Serve your sandwich with a side of tortilla chips or baby carrots.

Italian Chicken Zucchini Boats

Both an easy meal to use of that garden zucchini, or that bag of eight you bought fromCostco when you had all the good intentions at the start of the week.

You can get the full recipe here.

The kids love to help make this one and they eat it up! If you want to add in another serving of vegetables, you could serve it with some roasted broccoli on the side.

These seven easy meals to eat more vegetables should give you a bit of inspiration for your own meals. As a caveat, we do 98% of our cooking at home and very rarely eat out. It has really helped us experiment more and learn to cook better and more efficiently.

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