I used to make a lot more bowls when I first started making vegetarian meals, and I'm not sure why I slowed down. Maybe I got a little sick of them, but they really are a great meal that allows meat eaters to add on whatever they like. Tonight, my husband had steak, he seemed to enjoy the overall experience of it with the ingredients from the bowl.
Modified The Vegan 8 Recipe | Serves: 2 | Time: ~30 min.
Ingredients
The Quinoa
1 cup cooked #quinoa
1/4 tsp salt
Dash of chipotle chile pepper spice
The Veggies
2.5 cups frozen #broccoli florets (no need to thaw)
1/2 heaping cup chopped red #bellpepper
1 cup frozen corn
Chipotle Red Pepper Sauce
1 heaping cup #redbellpepper, chopped
Dash of chipotle chile pepper spice
1/2 tbsp coconut aminos
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cooked and packed mashed #sweetpotatoes
Dash of salt
1/4-1/2 cup water, depending on desired consistency
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 415F.
Cook quinoa according to package. Mix in seasonings. Keep warm while prepping remaining steps.
Finely chop your bell peppers and place them on a parchment lined sheet pan. Season the peppers with salt. On another sheet pan lined with parchment paper, spread your broccoli out, season with salt and pepper and place both pans in the oven. Place the peppers on the middle rack and the broccoli on the lower rack. Bake for 15 minutes. Your peppers should be tender and starting to brown and the broccoli should be tender, but still firm.
Once the veggies are done baking, add the 1 cup of #bellpeppers to the blender and reserve the rest for the bowl. Add all of the other chipotle red pepper sauce ingredients to the blender as well. Blend until completely smooth. Add water to thin to desired consistency. Slightly warm over the stove just until warm if desired.
Lastly, warm up your corn.
Add everything to serving bowls and drizzle them all with the red pepper sauce. Enjoy!
What I ate and drank today
3 cups decaf
80 oz of water
Piece of banana bread
Leftover falafel (3) and sweet potato wedges (5)
1 cup of raw broccoli
1 bagel with cream cheese (I'm so weak when free bagels are around)
I cup diet coke
Broccoli quinoa bowl
Exercise
Near 10,000 steps (~4.25 miles)