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Vegan dinner ideas for tonight

A running set of vegan dinners pulled from plant-based blogs and creators across the web — browse what's here, then narrow it by the ingredients you actually have, or rule out ones you don't want.

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Common questions

What is a typical vegan meal?
A vegan dinner swaps meat, fish, dairy and eggs for plant proteins — beans, lentils, tofu or tempeh — built around vegetables, whole grains and a sauce or dressing for flavour. Curries, stir-fries, grain bowls and pasta dishes are the most common shapes it takes.
What are some lazy vegan recipes?
One-pot meals are the easiest way in: a curry or dal that simmers in a single pot, a sheet-pan roast of vegetables and chickpeas, or noodles tossed with a peanut or tahini sauce. Use the ingredient search above to find recipes built from whatever you already have, with no extra shopping.
What are 10 easy vegan recipes?
Ten reliable places to start: chickpea curry, tofu stir-fry, lentil soup, vegetable chilli, pasta aglio e olio, black bean tacos, peanut noodles, vegetable fried rice, a hummus grain bowl, and a simple coconut dal. Browse the collection below — it's already filtered to dinner — for real examples of each.

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Week of 2 November 6 of 7 dinners planned
  1. Mon Vegan Sweet Potato, Aubergine & Chickpea Tagine Vegan Food & Living · 40 min
  2. Tue Soy Curl Philly Cheesesteak Jessica in the Kitchen · 45 min
  3. Wed Mum's lentil dhal Your recipe · 35 min
  4. Thu Lentil and Pumpkin Soup Plant-Based on a Budget · 45 min
  5. Fri Friday night chilli Your recipe · 45 min
  6. Sat Eating out Ad hoc meal Pizza restaurant with friends
  7. Sun Open

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What is the 1-minute meal planner?

Two quick questions — what you usually keep in your kitchen and what you avoid — and Otterli picks a starter week of dinners from real vegan recipes, with one grocery list for all of them. You can swap any dinner or add your own.

Is the meal planner free?

Building your starter week is free and needs no sign-up. Keeping it, copying the grocery list and printing the week come with Core membership: 14 days free, then $39 a year. Searching recipes stays free either way.

How does this recipe finder work?

Most recipe sites work backwards from what you're willing to buy. This one works forwards from what's already in your kitchen, so the ingredients you're trying to use up decide the search instead of a cuisine, a diet label, or a cook time. Type in a few ingredients you have on hand — a lonely can of chickpeas or a full pantry shelf both work, with nothing to sign up for. Every vegan and plant-based recipe in the catalogue is matched against your list and ranked by how many of your ingredients it actually uses. Open a recipe, see what's still missing, and decide whether it's worth a trip to the store or better saved for a night when you've got everything already.

What is a recipe finder?

A recipe finder is a search tool that matches recipes to ingredients you specify, rather than making you browse by dish name or cuisine. Otterli's recipe finder is built specifically for vegan and plant-based cooking, pulling from creators across the web instead of a single publisher's back catalogue.

How does ingredient-based recipe search work?

Add the ingredients you have, and each recipe gets a match score based on how many of your ingredients it actually calls for. Recipes with the fewest missing ingredients rank first, so you can see at a glance what's cookable right now versus what needs a grocery run — and you can narrow further by meal type or allergens you want to exclude.

Is Otterli's recipe finder free?

Yes — searching, filtering, and browsing recipes are free, with no sign-up required.

What does Pot Luck do?

Feeling stuck for ideas? Pot Luck picks one recipe for you from whatever matches your current ingredients and filters, so you don't have to scroll through results yourself. Didn't land right? Hit "Pick again" for another draw — it works even with no ingredients added yet, if you just want a surprise.

Can I exclude allergens or pick a meal type?

Yes — the filters above the results let you rule out common allergens (nuts, soy, gluten, and more) and narrow to a meal type like breakfast, dinner, or dessert, and both combine with your ingredient list rather than replacing it.