Name: Chicken Breast Quinoa Bowl Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For Bowl:; 1⅓ cups quinoa; 2 cups chicken breast; 1⅓ cups broccoli heads; 1⅓ cups red peppers; 1⅓ cups carrots; ½ cup cannellini beans; ¼ cup pumpkin seeds; ¼ cup Green Onions; ¼ cup feta cheese; For Sauce:; ½ cup almonds; 2 cups water; 3 lemon juice; 1 clove garlic; 1 tsp honey; 1 tsp turmeric; 2 tsp kosher salt; 10 basil leaves

How To Make Chicken Breast Quinoa Bowl

Loaded with layers of grilled chicken, white beans, feta, and veggies, this delectable quinoa bowl is topped with tangy and sweet honey-lime sauce.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking:

Soak Time: 2 hours

Total: 2 hours 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Bowl:

1⅓cupsquinoa,cooked
2cupschicken breast,grilled, diced
1⅓cupsbroccoli heads,finely chopped
1⅓cupsred peppers,finely diced
1⅓cupscarrots,shredded
½cupcannellini beans
¼cuppumpkin seeds,hulled
¼cupgreen onions,chopped
¼cupfeta cheese,crumbled

For Sauce:

½cupalmonds,whole raw
2cupswater,divided
3lemon juice
1clovegarlic
1tsphoney
1tspturmeric
2tspkosher salt
10basil leaves

Instructions

Sauce:

Soak almonds in 1 cup of water for 2 hours. Drain and discard water.
In a blender or Vitamix, combine almonds, 1 cup of water, lemon juice, garlic, honey, turmeric, salt, and basil. Blend until completely smooth.
Put the sauce in a squeeze bottle. Use only ½ of the sauce.

Bowl:

In 4 bowls, evenly distribute the quinoa, chicken, broccoli, peppers, carrots, and beans.
In between layers, squeeze in 2 tablespoons of sauce.
Top each with 1 tablespoon of pumpkin seeds, green onions, and feta respectively. Drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon of sauce. (Each bowl will get about 3 tablespoons of sauce.)
Serve and enjoy!