19 Vegetarian Ways to Use a Cast Iron Skillet

This Sweet Potato and Spinach Quinoa Breakfast Skillet is a veggie-packed, delicious, and filling breakfast that comes together in less than 30 minutes! Making it in a cast iron provides the best heat distribution to cook it perfectly.

This Easy Chickpea Pot Pie is packed with a creamy vegetable filling and wrapped in a buttery crust (and best of all, you just need one pan to make it)! The cast iron skillet allows you to move from sautéing veggies to baking the pie seamlessly.

Want to make easy, authentic, Indian-style naan bread at home? This easy naan bread recipe is perfect to serve with your favorite soup, salad, or stew and even as a base for pizza. Making it in a cast iron skillet provides the most even heat so they cook perfectly!

Who knew you could do THIS with sweet potatoes?

This vegetarian Philly Cheesesteak transforms oyster mushrooms into the perfect substitute for beef! With sautéed peppers and onions and loads of melted cheese, this is the best meatless cheesesteak.

An easy, healthy breakfast bake that comes together quickly and fills your home with the warm aroma of oats and berries. Using a cast iron skillet will let you move the whole dish from the stovetop to oven, where it bakes into warm deliciousness.

Showing you how to make the BEST Tofu Scramble recipe! These vegan scrambled eggs are flavorful and fluffy (and easy to make).

With melted sharp cheddar, the perfectly meaty texture, and best-ever Fancy Sauce, these panfried Portobello Mushroom Burgers are the vegetarian recipe that’ll have you craving mushrooms for dinner.

Your salads will never be boring again after you try this homemade croutons recipe! Here’s how to make croutons with any bread you might have leftover.

If you’re looking for a low carb dinner idea (or just a plain and simple healthy yet tasty recipe), you’re going to love this guide on how to make cauliflower fried rice!

This Vegetarian Egg Roll in a Bowl is the laid back egg roll you didn’t know you needed. It has all the tasty fillings found in your favorite egg rolls, subbing out the pork for pulled oyster mushrooms!

By shredding king oyster mushrooms, seasoning with spices, and baking, you can create a vegan mushroom pulled pork that rivals the real stuff! Bake the mushrooms in the oven, then finish them off in a hot cast iron skillet to give them a bit of caramelization and crisp.

These Swedish Vegetarian Meatballs are a healthy combination of quinoa and cauliflower, smothered in simple cream sauce and served atop fluffy mashed cauliflower!

These vegetarian Portobello Mushroom Gyros are seasoned with a flavorful blend of Mediterranean spices and sautéed to meaty perfection, then drizzled with a quick homemade feta tzatziki and wrapped in pillowy pita (oh, and all in under 15 minutes). A delicious contender to the spot of “family favorite dinner”, right here guys!

A healthy twist on a classic Thanksgiving staple... Vegan Green Bean Casserole with crispy pan-fried onions!

These Eggplant Parmesan Poppers have all the deliciousness of eggplant parmesan, in bite-sized form!

This 1-dish shakshuka recipe is a traditional North African meal that’s incredibly easy to make and packed with flavor!

This Mexican Street Corn Salad recipe is a healthy, simple take on elote, the delicious Mexican street vendor version of corn on the cob! Sear the corn in a hot cast iron skillet to char the kernels a bit, replicating that traditional elote char.

The secret to ridiculously crispy tofu? Press out as much liquid before cooking? If you don't have a fancy tofu press, simply wrap the tofu in paper towels and set a cast iron skillet on top!