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I love building a nourishing bowl for any type of meal. It’s a great meal prep option because you can roast veggies, dice veggies, and prepare your proteins ahead of time and have nourishing meals all week long! Meal prep bowls for the win! This guide on How to Build a Nourishing Bowl is my staple list of how I build a perfect bowl! Made in partnership with Farmhouse Culture.
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Let’s break down how to build an awesome bowl!
Leafy Bases: 2 cups total
Romaine Lettuce
Spring Greens
Kale: Destemmed, chopped, and massaged with oil and lemon
Mesclun greens
Arugula
Baby Spinach
Microgreens
Sprouts
Mustard greens
Swiss chard
Carbs: 1/2 cup total
Roasted Sweet Potato: try this recipe here
Rice
Quinoa
Butternut Squash
Spaghetti Squash
Roasted Plantains
Corn (starchy veggies): local whenever possible
Peas (starchy veggie)
Veggies: Pick 2-3, 1/4 cup each
Carrots
Bell Peppers
Broccoli: riced, roasted, raw
Cauliflower: riced or roasted
Tomatoes
Asparagus: steamed or roasted
Radish: sliced
Green Beans
Cucumber
Zucchini/Summer Squash: roasted or spiralized
Red Onion: pickled, sautéed, or raw
Shredded Cabbage
Beets
Mushrooms: marinated, raw, or cooked
Add some fruit: 1/4 cup total
Diced Pineapple
Strawberries
Blueberries
Melon
Protein:
1-2 Hard Boiled Eggs (how-to guide)
1 cup Marinated Shrimp (try this shrimp recipe or this recipe)
6-ounces Sustainable Salmon (try this recipe)
1 cup chicken, diced or shredded (make it here)
4-6 ounces steak (try this recipe)
1 cup ground turkey (try this recipe)
1/4 cup Walnuts, Pistachios, Almonds
1/2 cup Beans (starchy protein)
1/3 cup Edamame
Nourishing Add-Ins: (as desired)
Farmhouse Culture Fermented Vegetables, Kraut, or Kimchi
Avocado
Seeweed, kelp or nori
Dressings: (as desired)
Dairy-Dree Caesar Dressing
Finishing Touches: (as desired)
Seeds
Nuts
Fresh Herbs: Basil, Cilantro, Mint, Thai Basil
Fresh Lemon or Lime Juice
Crispy Chickpeas
Drizzle of Hot Sauce (I like Sriracha on my bowls)
Jalapeno Slices
Cheese: Parmesan, Feta, Cheddar, Goat Cheese, Mozarella balls
One of my go-to bowls! Spinach, Cauliflower Rice, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Kimchi, Strawberries, Avocado topped with Everything Bagel Seasoning, Roasted Broccoli, and Crispy Chickpeas.
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What a fresh meal and it’s easy and fast to prepare. I think I love these kind of meals the most, as they don’t involve using cooking ranges. Cleaning ovens and hubs is just a choir I usually hire professional cleaning services.
I’ve been adding butternut squash sprinkled with nutmeg, peaches, microgreens, and avocado! The Farmhouse culture ginger beets look like a yummy addition too!!
Definitely would put sweet potatoes and avocado in my bowl.
I make breakfast and lunch bowls everyday. Love quinoa and a green leafy vegetable in mine
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Arugula topped with roasted asparagus, shiitake mushrooms & leeks…grilled steak…sweet potato & avocado ? Yum!
My fav bowl is a winner in my mind. I love some bitter greens such as arugula or anything dark. I add in sweet roasted beets, goat cheese or low-fat feta, calamari olives, grilled chicken, balsamic vinegar, pumpkin seeds, and strawberries. Sometimes quinoa depending on what time of day I’m eating this.
Kale + Roasted Butternut Squash + Quinoa + Blueberries + Salmon + Feta + Avocado + Balsamic Vinaigrette . DELICIOUS!!!!
Avocados and lemon juice for sure!
Edamame, avocado and hard boiled eggs sound like yummy toppings!
Mixed baby lettuce diced cukes tomato chickpeas kalamata olives feta cheese dill roasted chicken almonds hemp seed pumpkin seed topped with avocado dressing
Love the info-graphic! I would make a sheet pan bowl. Roast up butternut squash, beets, carrots and chicken. Thrown in some blueberries and top with some lemon juice
I love kimchi!! I would do salad greens mix with shredded carrots, roasted broccoli and sweet potatoes, beets, avocado, nori and steak or chicken.
Delish!
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romaine and spinach + roasted sweet potato + mushrooms, raw beets, roasted broccoli, roasted asparagus + blueberries + salmon + maple balsamic vinaigrette + goat cheese!!
It’s an creative idea cooking! As using something that staple in fridge as a nourishing bowl. i love the idea of adding something that you dont think it can make an nutrition and a great savor
Arugula/spinach + quinoa + roasted sweet potato + broccoli/cauliflower/roasted bell peppers + avocado + green goddess dressing! Oh and steak or ground turkey + blueberries!
Or
Spring greens+ brown rice+ shrimp/steak+cucumber+shredded carrots + edamame + avocado + avocado cream dressing + kimchi!
Roasted sweet potatoes are my go to! Great for bowls like this, breakfast, a paleo burger bun!
I’ve been doing a mixture of chicken, rice, avocados and various veggies (#basic) but I love the idea of adding a fruit! Blueberries would add a touch of sweetness to balance out the savory – definitely going to try that, thanks for the idea Lexi! And of course would love to add in some farmhouse culture for gut health!
I like to put roasted plantains in my bowl for a carbohydrate!
Great idea 🙂
Nice article,thank you for sharing.
Totally my kind of lunch, I love healthy power bowls like these 🙂