Buddha Bowls.....

 

I have a new obsession and it involves my favourite obsession – quinoa (you beautiful little seed of protein goodness!). The Buddha Bowl seems to have taken the foodie world by storm and it is easy to see why. The pictures look amazing and there is a million combinations to choose from, amazing right!?

But what exactly is a Buddha Bowl? I decided to search the web for “Buddha bowl recipes”  and got a million different variations and there seems to be some confusion about what, exactly, a Buddha bowl is, so  let me try to set the record straight. A Buddha bowl is a combination of a lightly-seasoned grain (brown rice, quinoa, etc.) and a random mix of finely chopped vegetables, with everything tossed together in one bowl. It doesn’t matter which veggies you use, or whether they’re cooked or raw. The only important point is that the veggies be chopped into small bits.

With that information, you can basically forget any recipe and throw together a Buddha bowl with anything you think might be tasty/ is left over in the fridge and needs using up. Done correctly, the Buddha Bowl, is probably the most nutritionally-balanced meal in the universe, with the perfect blend of carbs, protein, fat, and micronutrients. I could eat it at every meal for the rest of my life and only get healthier by the day. But to give you an easy starting point I have created a sort of mix and match list but the most important thing is BE CREATIVE!  Do what suits you when it comes to this dish – it is supposed to make you happy and smiley and we all know no one is more beautiful than when they smile……..

Carbs –

·         Quinoa

·         Rice

·         Lentils

·         Sweet potatoes

Protein –

·         Beans

·         Tofu

·         Veggies / salad

Fats -

·         Avocado

·         Oils

·         Nuts

Micronutrients –

·         Nutritional Yeast

·         Dark green leaves such as kale

·         Chickpeas / hummus