25 Fabulous Pasta Dishes for Meatless Meals

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Lent is quickly coming to a close.  One more week of needing something meatless on Fridays for the family! Although, if I am going to be truthful, I love to have a meatless meal each week all throughout the year.  It just isn’t always on Friday! Today, I thought I’d share a fantastic list of pasta dishes for meatless meals that can be your meal whether it is Lent or not.

First, I have a fabulous and easy pasta dish which we love both on Fridays in Lent and during the year for a quick lunch: Tuna and Spaghetti.

I have a few others that I remember my Nana making over the years.  I just haven’t had time to make and photograph them yet.

Here are 24 other pasta dishes that will tantalize your taste buds and provide an option for meatless meals.

Roasted Eggplant Caponata with Brown Butter Pasta from The Flavor Bender Eggplant is a vegetable I love, but rarely make. This dish is calling my name!

Fresh linguini with Roasted Fennel from Platings and Pairings

Spinach Spaghetti with Sun-Dried Tomatoes from Two Healthy Kitchens Sun-Dried tomatoes add such a wonderful depth of flavor to any dish.

Spaghetti with Bread Crumbs from Platings and Pairings My carb-loving boys can even make this one!

Mushroom Stroganoff from What a Girl Eats

Tortellini with Sage and Butter Sauce from Compass and Fork

Avocado Pesto Pasta with Roasted Chickpeas from Emilie Eats  Avocado is one of my favorite ‘new’ foods and chickpeas deserve to be in more things than your salad.

Creamy Avocado Basil Pesto Spaghetti from Ahead of Thyme

Veggie-Packed Pad Thai from Scratch Eats  I love Pad Thai and can’t wait to try this one!

Lightened Creamy Penne with Broccoli from Cooking Chat Food

Counter-Marinated Tomato and Garlic Pasta from Jessica N Wood This dish looks incredible and perfect for my family!

Easy Vegetarian Lasagna with Spinach and Ricotta Cheese from The Women Talk Lasagna is a favorite and I need to introduce my boys to the idea of one without meat.

Balsamic Mushroom Pasta from Girl Gone Gourmet

Roasted Red Pepper Alfredo from Girl Gone Gourmet

Sundried Tomato Pesto Pasta from Sweet and Savoury Pursuits

Pumpkin & Kale Stuffed Shells from Veggie Inspired Journey  This one looks SO interesting to me.  The boys are not huge kale fans, but this dish might get a thumbs up from them.

Creamy Kabocha Truffle Pasta from Bam’s Kitchen

Kale Mushroom Pumpkin Alfredo Pasta from Two Purple Figs

Sweet and Sour Lentils with Pasta (hora osboa) from Nutrizonia Lentils are a favorite source of protein in our house when we go meatless.  Can’t wait to try this one out.

Zucchini Fettuccine Alfredo from Dinner at the Zoo This dish looks beyond amazing and I think my boys would love it almost as much as my husband and I will.

Spinach & Mushroom Bake from Strawmarysmith

Autumn Spaghetti with Butternut Squash from Mon Petit Four

Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta from Culinary Ginger

Fireman Chief Jim’s Pasta Sauce from Pepper Ever After

 

What are some ways that you enjoy meatless pasta dishes?

Any favorite toppings for the pasta?