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Vegetarian recipes using beans (legumes) as the main ingredient

Why legumes?  AKA Beans, Peas, Lentils, Pulses.

Good for you and yummy, but will probably make you fart.

But seriously,  check out these vegetarian bean recipes.  They're good for you, they taste good, they're affordable, and they're nutritious.

Falafels on a wood cutting board with a side plate of 2 falafels and a bowl of white cucumber tzatziki. side view.

Pan Fried Falafels with Canned Chickpeas

Bowl of cooked bright green fava (broad) beans with salt and pepper in a white bowl with a spoon.

Fresh Fava Beans / Broad Beans with Butter

Two shallow white bowls filled with chopped lettuce, sliced cucumbers, sliced radishes, , cherry tomato quarters and blue cheese and pecan crumbles. Two forks, two knives, and two white napkins on the side. Close up.

Chopped Romaine Lettuce And Chickpea Salad

White plate of Yellow/ Green Mung Beans (Lentils), over brown rice, garnished with red pepper flakes and green onions.

Easy Kitcheree (Kitchari Or Mung Beans)

White Bowl of farro, and edamame with a small bowl of toasted pine nuts and another small wood ball with a portion size of the dish topped with feta. side view.

Farro Salad with Edamame, Pine Nuts, Feta Cheese

White shallow bowl of green/brown split pea soup with green parsley garnish. Spoon in the soup.

Vegetarian Split Pea Soup

Top view. White bowl with spoon of white rice covered in yellow brown creamy lentil puree. White bowl of rice on side.

Simple Coconut Red Lentils And Rice

Side view of 5 collard green wraps with one cut open to expose the quinoa and vegetables inside.

Quinoa, Hummus, and Vegetable Collard Green Wraps

Top view of white oval bowl of black beans with a cilantro leaf garnish.

Easy Spiced Up Black Beans

Pureed Black Bean Soup In a Brown Bowl (Side Angle) with A spoon with an orange container of lime wedges.

Easy Blended Black Bean Soup

Top down view of a large white bowl of bean soup in broth with bay leaves on top. Close up.

Simple Vegetarian Black Eyed Peas and Rice

Top down view of white bean dip with lemon zest on top in a wood bowl.

Creamy Lemon Cannellini Bean Dip

Top view of ¾ white deep plate with wild rice, chunks of roast sweet potatoes and chickpeas. Topped with cilantro and toasted coconut flakes.

Sweet Potatoes and Chickpeas In Coconut Milk Over Rice

Side View of 13 bean soup in a red tomato sauce on a white wood table. side view. white bowl. Thyme sprigs in the back ground

Simple Vegetarian 13 Bean Soup

Half a delicata squash hollowed out and roasted and stuffed with parsley and pistachio pesto and garnished with pomegranate kernels on a white plate with orange sauce.

Festive Vegetarian Stuffed Delicata Squash

White bowl of tomato based soup with sausage, carrots,arugula, white beans, and garnished with thin slices of Parmesan cheese. Spoon and baguette on the side.

Minestrone Soup with Sausage and Cannellini Beans

Burrito on a plate cut open to expose black beans, eggs, and cheese. Side of tomato salsa and arugula. Fork and knife on plate.

Freezable Egg and Black Bean Breakfast Burritos

Green Wax Beans cooked on a rectangle platter with wood serving spoons. Chopped Egg white and yellow yolk garnish on top.

Purple Wax Beans with Chopped Eggs

Corn, Edamame, & Red pepper Succotash with red peppers with a fork in a brown bowl. close up.

Easy Corn and Edamame Succotash

Top View Corn & Lima Bean Succotash with diced Zucchini In A brown Bowl with a Wood Spoon

Butter Bean (Lima Bean) and Corn Succotash

French green beans in a white oval platter with a tan trim tossed with dill.

Easy Lemon Dill Green Beans

White plate with spaghetti topped with chili and grated cheddar cheese with a parsley garnish

Easy Cincinnati Chili with Spaghetti

Stainless steel deep skillet filled with white beans and diced tomatoes with a lightly pulsed pesto of kale and almonds.

Cannellini Beans with Kale Pesto

Browned flour tortilla quesadilla cut in half with filling showing on a wood cutting board with a chef's knife. Ingredients are black beans, arugula, cheese, and tomatoes. Close up.

Easy Egg Tortilla Breakfast Wrap

Side view of white bowl of green salad with shelled edamame, pecans, cherry tomato halves. Fork sticking out.

Arugula, Edamame, Tomato Salad

Top view of 3 black bowls of edamame with ginger and soy sauce on a wood cutting board with 3 sets of chopsticks.

Easy Shelled Edamame with Soy Sauce

Blue bowl of blended tan pinto bean hummus on a wood cutting board with a lemon half and spoon in the background.

Easy Creamy Pinto Bean Hummus

Small blue bowl of off white hummus with a mint garnish. Spoon inserted into hummus.

Easy Homemade Hummus

Fresh garbanzo beans ( green chickpeas) cooked in a white bowl with a spoon.

Fresh Raw Green Chickpeas - Garbanzo Beans

3 shelfs of colorful grains in quart size mason jars on stacked wood shelves

20 Easy To Make Pantry Recipes

Purple Radicchio, sliced orange bell peppers, chunks of albacore white tuna, and white beans in a white large shallow plate with a fork.

Radicchio, Tuna, White Bean Salad

Stacked & Fried Eggrolls On a Tan Plate with a white blow of guacamole. side view.

Crispy Southwest Vegetarian Egg Rolls

Plate of Black Beans & Rice W/ Tomato Salsa, Guacamole, Pineapple, and sliced turnips.

Black Beans, Rice, And Fixens

Stainless steel pot of dry garbanzo beans cooking over an open flame with a wooden spoon sticking out.

Cooking Tips - Cooking Dry Beans

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