How To Make Homemade Buddha Bowl
This healthy buddha bowl makes the best well-balanced meal for either lunch or dinner! Whip this up easily in just one hour.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Rice and Veggies:
- 1¼cupsshort-grain brown rice,or long-grain brown rice, rinsed
- 1½cupsshelled edamame,frozen, preferably organic
- 1½cupssnap peas,trimmed and roughly chopped, or thinly sliced broccoli florets or snow peas
- 2tbsptamari,reduced-sodium, or soy sauce, to taste
- 4cupsred cabbage,chopped, ribs removed, or spinach or romaine lettuce or kale
- 2avocados,halved, pitted and thinly sliced into long strips
For Essential Garnishes:
- 1small cucumber,very thinly sliced
- dressing,like ginger carrot dressing, or of choice
- ½green onion,sliced thinly, about ½ small bunch
- lime wedges
- sesame oil,toasted for drizzling
- sesame seeds
- flaky sea salt
Instructions
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Bring a large pot of water to boil.
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Once the water is boiling, add the rice and continue boiling for 25 minutes.
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Add the edamame, then cook for 3 more minutes.
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Add the snap peas, then cook for 2 more minutes.
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Drain well, then return the rice and veggies to the pot.
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Season to taste with 1 to 2 tablespoons of tamari or soy sauce, then stir to combine.
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Divide the rice, vegetable mixture and raw vegetables into 4 bowls.
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Arrange the cucumber slices along the edge of the bowl.
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Drizzle lightly with dressing, then top with sliced green onion.
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Place a lime wedge or 2 in each bowl.
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When ready to serve, divide the avocado into the bowls.
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Lightly drizzle sesame oil over the avocado, followed by a generous sprinkle of sesame seeds and flaky sea salt.
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Serve, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- Check out how to make our Ginger Carrot Dressing Recipe for this bowl.
Nutrition
- Calories: 553.85kcal
- Fat: 25.18g
- Saturated Fat: 3.66g
- Trans Fat: 0.01g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.39g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 6.09g
- Carbohydrates: 72.05g
- Fiber: 15.18g
- Sugar: 7.89g
- Protein: 16.42g
- Sodium: 960.52mg
- Calcium: 137.42mg
- Potassium: 1288.04mg
- Iron: 4.84mg
- Vitamin A: 80.05µg
- Vitamin C: 90.41mg
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