The Secret Buddha Bowls Recipe Cheat Sheet

Buddha bowls full of high nutrition veggies and salads can quickly become a family favourite. Easy to create, a variety of combinations that can be individualised to each person, and an endless array of possibility for your palate – what’s not to love! These bowls are a delicious way to sail through summer with variety (hello gut microbiome support), easy clean up (bowls and spoons thank you!), and something to suit everyone.

Build easy, nourishing meals – breakfasts, lunches or dinners – using the following recipe cheat sheet and you’ll never get bored. AND BONUS – throw the left over ingredients into a container, shake it and voila – ready made meal for the next day. So quick. So delicious.

Here are our secret recipe suggestions…

Choose one food from each category and mix it all together to create your unique Buddha Bowls:

Fresh leaves

• Baby spinach
• Rocket
• Baby kale
• Lettuce – any type
• Bitter leaves like chicory, endive or radicchio
• Thinly sliced red or green cabbage
• Or a mixture of any of the above

Fresh veggies

• Grated carrot or beetroot
• Thinly sliced fennel
• Tomato
• Cucumber
• Avocado
• Radish
• Capsicum
• Celery
• Green beans or snow peas, sliced
• Red onion or spring onion, thinly sliced

Roasted veggies

Toss these in salt, pepper, olive oil +/- some spices like ground coriander, cumin and cayenne

• Pumpkin
• Sweet potato
• Carrot
• Parsnip
• Beetroot
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Eggplant
• Zucchini

Cooked grains

These are optional and you may like to skip them if you have used a starchy veg like sweet potato, pumpkin, parsnip, beetroot or carrot – or go all out and create a great, filling meal.

• Quinoa
• Brown basmati rice
• Farro (not gluten free)
• Barley (not gluten free)
• Black rice
• Bulgur (not gluten free)
• Buckwheat
• Millet

Protein

• Salmon – pan fried, grilled or oven baked
• Chicken breast – poached, pan fried or oven baked
• Left over roast meat
• Organic tofu – pan fried or roasted with tamari and sesame oil
• Legumes like chickpeas, beans or lentils – organic canned or soaked and boiled till soft

Nuts and seeds

Fresh or roasted, chopped or whole

• Almonds
• Cashews
• Walnuts
• Pecans
• Hazelnuts
• Macadamias
• Pistachio
• Pine nuts
• Pumpkin seeds
• Sunflower seeds
• Sesame seeds

Cheese

• Crumbled goats or sheep’s feta
• Finely grated parmesan
• Grated organic cheddar
• Torn buffalo bocconcini

Fresh herbs

• Coriander
• Mint
• Basil
• Parsley
• Dill

Dressings

Mix olive oil, salt and pepper with:

• Lemon juice
• Lime juice
• Apple cider vinegar
• Red wine vinegar
• Orange juice
• Balsamic vinegar
• Add a teaspoon or two of tahini and shake well in a jar for a creamy version…

Enjoy!

For more specific meal ideas, nutritional analysis for yourself or your family, and individualised nutritional plans, book in with senior Fertile Ground Naturopath and Nutritionist, Georgia Marrion. Georgia is all about helping you and your family achieve a healthy nutritional status, especially during times of higher nutritional needs and life stages.

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