Looking for an easy healthy vegetarian dinner recipe that you can make quickly on a busy weeknight? We put a meatless spin on a classic with our taco skillet recipe! It has all the yummy goodness of taco night without the added fat (and cost!) of ground meat. The combination of rice with the veggies does a great job of filling you up without weighing your down, making it perfect for a pre-game dinner for your little athletes. Check out the video to see how easy it is to make, then print out the recipe card for later!
Easy Vegetarian Dinner: Taco Skillet Recipe
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Ingredients:
- 1/2 green bell pepper
- 1/2 red pepper
- 1/2 onion
- 1/2 can corn
- 1 cup salsa
- packet taco seasoning
- 2 cups instant brown rice
- 1 cup water
Taco Skillet
- 1/2 green bell pepper
- 1/2 red pepper
- 1/2 onion
- 1/2 can corn
- 1 cup salsa
- packet taco seasoning
- 2 cups instant brown rice
- 1 cup water
- Dice veggies, saute in on med-high with taco seasoning
- Add in corn, salsa, water, cook for a few minutes
- Add in rice, cover, and heat 15 minutes – stirring frequently until water is absorbed.
- Top with tomatoes, cheese, avocado, and toppings of your choice.
That’s all there is to it! If you want to spice it up a bit, you can add a little hot sauce (or a lot, depending on how spicy you want it!) to the mix. One fabulous thing about this recipe is that you can easily multiply the ingredients to make enough for a larger crowd. It’s also pretty cost-effective. The peppers are the most expensive item, and if you shop smart, you can usually find them on sale for $1 each (at least in my area, maybe they are even cheaper in other places). If you’re planning to serve it to a crowd, you can put out different toppings in pretty bowls and make it kind of like a buffet.
Looking for more easy vegetarian recipes to feed a hungry crowd? Check out a few more of my favorites!
Another meatless spin on a classic, our Vegetarian Eggplant Lasagna Recipe is perfect for feeding a larger family.
I love this Pumpkin Risotto recipe so much. It’s a healthier way to enjoy everyone’s favorite squash!
This Rich & Creamy Tortellini is my all-time favorite easy vegetarian recipe because it’s just full of cheesy goodness.
Do you have a favorite easy vegetarian recipe for those crazy weeknights? Have you ever made a meatless taco skillet recipe? Share in the comments!
Tacos are my favorite! I don’t care what ingredients I have at home/on hand I’ll make it work!
This looks great. I love all kinds of rice dishes, and so do my daughters. I love that it’s vegetarian too. My oldest daughter doesn’t really eat much meat, so I bet she’ll love this.
This looks amazing! I love rice dishes! It also seems it’s pretty versatile and you can add things like black beans and corn to it too!
I am going to have to try this recipe. It is something that my family would eat and you could even add chicken if you aren’t vegetarian.
This looks delicious! I am looking to go for a few weeks without meat so I am going to put this on the menu for myself.
This looks so good! My family would probably never know that it was a vegetarian dish.
This sounds really delicious. I am all about these healthy ingredients and love to cook like this!
My family loves meals like this. For me, they are welcomed because I can typically prep ahead of time.
The idea of eating vegetarian can sound pretty scary to some peoples taste buds. Luckily this recipe looks very tasty. Definitely going to give this one a shot ASAP.
I am always on the lookout for vegetarian recipes. This looks just delicious.
Those vegetarian meals all look delicious. I’d make the tacos for sure. yum.
What a delicious looking meal! I need to try to eat less meat, this is one recipe i’ll have to try!
I haven’t made a meatless meal, but this looks delicious. My daughter doesn’t eat a lot of meat so I’m going to make this so she can enjoy it.
I love this! We have been talking about working on some vegetarian meals … well okay, meatless meals … into our meal planning and I have been looking for things that my family would love. You say TACO and they come running. Thank you for the inspiration!
As a vegetarian I am always looking for new recipes to add to my dinner repertoire! This one is definitely getting added to the weekly rotation!
Thank you I am always after new meal inspiration, especially vegetarian. My son is doing cooking for his Duke of Edinburgh award and am sure he would love this dish – especially as he has the option to make it hotter!
This looks like a good recipe.
We may give it a try, even though we are not vegetarians.
I love this vegetarian version of my favorite taco! Can’t wait to try!
I always make the vegetarian meals for myself. This one though, I think the whole family could love!
This looks amazing. I’d love to start eating more vegetarian and this would be the perfect dish!
I love that this is vegetarian. It looks so good
I will have to share this recipe with my sister who is a vegetarian. She loves tacos, so will be very excited to hear she can still enjoy them.
We are trying to have more meatless meals. I will add this to our choices.
Oh I’d definitely like this. I think this would be pretty easy to make at the last minute too. Great recipe!
This sounds so good! Easy dinner for sure!!
This sounds great! I love any and everything that has to do with tacos, and this skillet is perfect for my resolution to do more meatless Mondays.