The chart-toppers: Top 40 new vegetarian dishes of 2025

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Recipe collection

From pasta-with-a-twist to wholesome salads, the meat-free hits kept coming. Here are the vegie recipes you loved the most in 2025.

40 recipes

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Romesco pasta with ricotta.

EASY

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Quick & easy

40. Jessica Brook’s romesco pasta with ricotta

< 30 mins
Jessica Brook

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Cardamom and cloves are used to finish this turmeric chaaman dish.

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39. Sarina Kamini’s paneer (and three ways to use it)

August 13, 2025
Sarina Kamini

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Poor man’s potatoes.

EASY

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Budget

38. Adam Liaw’s poor man’s potatoes

< 30 mins
Adam Liaw

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Serve with rice and green.

EASY

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Quick & easy

37. Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Japanese miso-glazed eggplant rice bowl

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

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Serve with a little preserved lemon and toasted pistachios.

EASY

](https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/zucchini-and-green-bean-salad-with-preserved-lemon-and-pistachios-20251208-p5nlx2.html?collection=p5nqip&gb=1)

Christmas

36. Helen Goh’s zucchini and green bean salad with preserved lemon and pistachios

< 30 mins
Helen Goh

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Level up midweek dinners with this mushroom-packed version of Japan’s favourite savoury pancake.

EASY

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Fakeaway

35. Jessica Brook’s Mushroom okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake)

30 mins - 1 hr
Jessica Brook

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Grilled broccolini with ‘everything bagel’ chilli oil.

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34. Rosheen Kaul’s grilled broccolini with ‘everything bagel’ chilli oil

September 3, 2025
Rosheen Kaul

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Serve up with some dressed leaves.

EASY

](https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/zucchini-and-ricotta-tart-20250908-p5mt8c.html?collection=p5nqip&gb=1)

Vegetarian

33. Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s zucchini and ricotta tart

30 mins - 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

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Asparagus tempura.

EASY

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Quick & easy

32. Adam Liaw’s asparagus tempura

< 30 mins
Adam Liaw

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Pasta shells with zucchini and corn.

EASY

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Quick & easy

31. Adam Liaw’s pasta shells with zucchini and corn

< 30 mins
Adam Liaw

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Danielle Alvarez’s asparagus with gribiche, peas and radish.

EASY

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Substantial salads

30. Danielle Alvarez’s asparagus salad with sauce gribiche

< 30 mins
Danielle Alvarez

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The Italian-American classic of pasta alla vodka gets a shake up with fudgy roasted eggplant.

EASY

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Midweek dinner

29. Jessica Brook’s eggplant pasta alla vodka

30 mins - 1 hr
Jessica Brook

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Springtime pea galette with herby goat’s cheese.

EASY

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Better baking

28. Emelia Jackson’s herby goat’s cheese, leek and pea tart

30 mins - 1 hr
Emelia Jackson

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Danielle Alvarez’s lemony spinach, dill and feta rice pilaf.

EASY

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Quick & easy

27. Danielle Alvarez’s Greek spanakorizo (spinach rice)

< 30 mins
Danielle Alvarez

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Kimchi fried rice always comes to the rescue.

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26. Billy Law’s kimchi bokkeum bap (kimchi fried rice)

August 6, 2025
Billy Law

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Baked chickpeas with eggplant.

EASY

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Vegetarian

25. Carolina Doriti’s baked chickpeas with eggplant

2 hrs +
Carolina Doriti

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Potato and root vegetable tray bake.

EASY

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One-tray wonder

24. Adam Liaw’s potato and root vegetable tray bake

2 hrs +
Adam Liaw

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15-minute preserved lemon and tomato pasta.

EASY

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Quick & easy

23. Jessica Brook’s 15-minute preserved lemon and tomato pasta

< 30 mins
Jessica Brook

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Grill-striped oyster mushroom “steaks” are served with sauce au poivre.

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Vegetarian

22. Rosheen Kaul’s oyster mushroom ‘steak’ au poivre

July 30, 2025
Rosheen Kaul

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Serve with a greek salad on the side.

EASY

](https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/tiropita-greek-cheese-pie-20250505-p5lwpp.html?collection=p5nqip&gb=1)

Baking

21. Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s tiropita (Greek cheese pie)

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

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Cos salad with tahini and molasses.

EASY

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Substantial salads

20. Adam Liaw’s cos lettuce salad with tahini and pomegranate molasses dressing

< 30 mins
Adam Liaw

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Greek salad with honey-baked feta.

EASY

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Quick & easy

19. Jessica Brook’s Greek salad with honey-baked feta

< 30 mins
Jessica Brook

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Cauliflower replaces meat in this Lao-inspired dish, which can be served as a salad or a meal.

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18. Hetty McKinnon’s cauliflower larb (plus two more vegetarian dishes)

August 27, 2025
Hetty McKinnon

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This dish, like a cross between succotash and shakshuka, is equally good for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

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17. The Good Farm’s corn and chilli (plus two more vegetarian dishes)

January 19, 2025
Scott Gooding and Matilda Brown

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Bombay cheese toast.

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16. Mehak Kansal’s Bombay cheese toast

May 23, 2025
Mehak Kansal

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Super green mac and cheese.

EASY

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Budget

15. Jessica Brook’s super green mac and cheese

< 30 mins
Jessica Brook

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Picnic pie and green tomato relish (foreground).

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14. Florian cafe’s picnic pie and green tomato chutney

March 13, 2025
Dom Gattermayr and Rose Richards

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Make this Puy lentil and pearl barley salad your own by adding extras such as soft-boiled eggs or green chilli.

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13. Kepos Kitchen’s Puy lentil and pearl barley salad with goat’s feta

November 5, 2025
Michael Rantissi and Kristy Frawley

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Spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel is loosely based on colcannon.

EASY

](https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/spicy-stir-fried-mashed-potato-and-fennel-20250611-p5m6q8.html?collection=p5nqip&gb=1)

Comfort food

12. Rosheen Kaul’s spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel

< 30 mins
Rosheen Kaul

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Katrina Meynink’s marry me chickpeas.

EASY

](https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/creamy-marry-me-chickpeas-20250624-p5m9w8.html?collection=p5nqip&gb=1)

One-pot

11. Katrina Meynink’s creamy marry me chickpeas

< 30 mins
Katrina Meynink

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You can toss through rocket or basil at the end, or add an egg to enrich the sauce.

EASY

](https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/spaghetti-al-limone-20250526-p5m2aj.html?collection=p5nqip&gb=1)

Quick & easy

10. Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spaghetti al limone

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

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This colourful vegetarian balance bowl is ideal for lunch al desko or a light dinner.

EASY

](https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/golden-halloumi-bowl-with-summer-vegetables-and-risoni-20251105-p5n7ye.html?collection=p5nqip&gb=1)

Substantial salads

9. Sarah Pound’s golden halloumi bowl with summer vegetables and risoni

< 30 mins
Sarah Pound

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Ricotta, pea and pesto tart from The Frozen Peas Cookbook by Samuel Goldsmith

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8. Samuel Goldsmith’s ricotta, pea and pesto tart

March 19, 2025
Samuel Goldsmith

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Veg-packed frittata makes a quick lunch or dinner.

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7. Giorgio Linguanti’s burrata frittata (plus two more burrata recipes)

April 2, 2025
Giorgio Linguanti

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This creamy mayo is made with low-fat yoghurt.

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