3 summery, protein-y vegetarian dinners

Welcome to Dinner Tetris, an advice column here at 40 Ingredients Forever where a reader shares the ingredients they always have on hand and I dream up three dinners using those ingredients. If you’d like your pantries Tetris-ed into dinner, head here.

Samin Nosrat’s Tetris is here. Ham El-Waylly’s Tetris is here. A high-protein, high-fiber Tetris for subscriber Shayna is here.

Residing in: Brooklyn

Feeding: 2

Notes: I am mostly vegetarian, my partner gets the rotisserie chicken to top whatever veggie dish I make, but usually my veggie dishes have at least one protein. I top everything with pepitas :D

Forever ingredients:

• Pantry: Olive oil, canned tomatoes, coconut milk, rigatoni, spaghetti, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, pepitas, rice, honey, maple syrup, flour, almonds, walnuts, bread

• Proteins: beans (black, white, pinto beans), chickpeas, brown lentils, red lentils, rotisserie chicken from supermarket, canned tuna, eggs, oat milk, tofu

• Produce: broccoli, tomato, cucumbers, lettuce, chopped bagged kale, parsley, frozen peas, lemons, yellow onions, garlic, celery, carrots, cabbage