Buddha bowl

I love how light I feel after eating a vegetarian meal but, Lamb chops is the reason I could never be a vegan...

The buddha bowl is a great dish to have in your cooking artillery.

It is imperative you have the following components:

1. A rice/quinoa/cous cous base

2. Protien element (think chickpeas/beans/tofu/avo/lentils/edamame)

3. Bite size vegetables - fresh or cooked

4. Crunchy element (nuts/seeds/sprouts)

5. Something Pickled

5. Dressing

This is an example of a buddha bowl I made making use of the ingredients I had in the fridge.

Degree of difficulty: Easy

Serves: 2

Time: 30 minutes (including quinoa cooking time)

Ingredients:

Quinoa 1 cup

Onion 1 small chopped

Mushrooms 100g chopped

Garlic clove chopped

Olive oil 1 Tablespoon

Salt one pinch

Chickpeas - half a tin

Dry chimichurri spice rub / cajun spice 1 teaspoon

Cherry Tomatoes 8 sliced in half

Red cabbage 100g sliced

Sprouts 2 heaped Tablespoons

Avocado half sliced

Sesame seeds

Tahini 1 tablespoon per bowl

Fresh herbs - basil or micro herbs

Lime wedge per person

Quick Pickle

slices

To make:

Sauté the onion and mushrooms with olive oil till aromatic, add garlic and salt

set aside

Cook the quinoa according to package instructions.

Add cooked quinoa to the onion and mushroom mixture, mix.

Strain the chickpeas, in a small pan toast the chickpeas with olive oil and spice for 5-7 minutes. Set aside.

Assemble the bowl as pictured

Enjoy