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# Meatless Friday: Farmer's Market Favorites

Jul 23, 2021 7:00:00 AM  |  by [Barb Szyszkiewicz](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/barb-szyszkiewicz-ofs)

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*For your Meatless Friday meal, try these dishes that make the most of locally grown produce.*

Whether your fresh produce comes from your own garden (or your neighbor's) or the nearest farmer's market, our writers have recipes to use it to its best advantage. Try these delicious options for Meatless Friday!

> [For #MeatlessFriday, try one of these 5 dishes that make the most of locally grown produce. #catholicmom](https://ctt.ac/4uwt0)

##### ![Cheese-Ravioli-2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cheese-Ravioli-2.jpg?width=1080&name=Cheese-Ravioli-2.jpg)

##### [Cheese Ravioli with Summer Garden Vegetables](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2018/08/17/meatless-friday-cheese-ravioli-with-summer-garden-vegetables/)

This [recipe](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2018/08/17/meatless-friday-cheese-ravioli-with-summer-garden-vegetables/) comes from [*Eat at Home Tonight,*](https://amzn.to/3yVYkfQ) a cookbook by Tiffany King, and is reprinted with the permission of the publisher.

 

![Stuffed Bell Peppers](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stuffed%20Bell%20Peppers-MPortogallo.jpg?width=1080&name=Stuffed%20Bell%20Peppers-MPortogallo.jpg)

 

##### [Stuffed Bell Peppers](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2019/12/13/meatless-friday-stuffed-bell-peppers/)

For Meatless Friday, Monica Portogallo shares a plant-based [stuffed bell pepper recipe](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2019/12/13/meatless-friday-stuffed-bell-peppers/) that even meat-lovers enjoy.

 

![naan](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/20210723%20Meatless%20Friday%202.png?width=1080&name=20210723%20Meatless%20Friday%202.png)

 

##### [Veggie Curry with Suddenly Naan](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2014/06/13/meatless-friday-veggie-curry-with-suddenly-naan)

On a hot summer day, try Erin McCole Cupp's [recipe for vegetable curry](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2014/06/13/meatless-friday-veggie-curry-with-suddenly-naan) that's mostly made in the microwave.

 

![20210723 Meatless Friday 3](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/20210723%20Meatless%20Friday%203.png?width=1080&name=20210723%20Meatless%20Friday%203.png)

 

##### [Easy Slow-Cooker Ratatouille](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2016/09/23/meatless-friday-easy-slow-cooker-ratatouille)

Catholic novelist Stephanie Landsem shares her [recipe for ratatouille,](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2016/09/23/meatless-friday-easy-slow-cooker-ratatouille) made with all the fresh vegetables her garden has to offer.

 

![garden marinara 1](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/garden%20marinara%201.jpg?width=1080&name=garden%20marinara%201.jpg)

 

##### [Garden marinara Sauce](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2015/06/05/meatless-friday-garden-marinara-sauce)

I'm no gardener, but when I find fresh Jersey tomatoes at the farmer's market (or my neighbors share their garden produce), I like to make this [marinara.](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2015/06/05/meatless-friday-garden-marinara-sauce)

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Barb Szyszkiewicz, senior editor at [CatholicMom.com](http://catholicmom.com), is a wife, mom of 3 young adults, and a Secular Franciscan. Barb enjoys writing, cooking, and reading, and is a music minister at her parish. Find her blog at [FranciscanMom](http://franciscanmom.com) and her family’s favorite recipes with nutrition information at [Cook and Count](http://cookandcount.wordpress.com). Barb is the author of *[The Handy Little Guide to Prayer](https://amzn.to/2LQB2oL)* and * [The Handy Little Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours](https://amzn.to/3wbDB8k)*, available from Our Sunday Visitor.

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