This Green Buddha Bowl is full of fresh, nutritious, and vibrant plant-based ingredients! It’s light and refreshing, but still makes a satisfying lunch or dinner. Perfect for meal prep, warm weather meals, or whenever you’re looking for a simple, delicious, nutritious meal.
Why You’ll Love This Green Buddha Bowl
This bowl is simple, flexible, and full of fresh flavor. It’s easy to prepare ahead and customize, making it a great option for busy families or healthy weeknight lunches.
You’ll love this recipe because:
- Fresh, colorful and nutritious.
- Great for meal prep
- Naturally vegetarian and gluten-free
- easy customization
- Contains fiber and vegetable protein.
- Perfect for lunch, dinner, or make-ahead bowls.
Tips for the best Buddha bowl:
For more flavor, use broth
Cooking quinoa in vegetable broth instead of water adds flavor to the bottom of the bowl.
Store zucchini noodles raw or lightly stir-fried.
Raw zucchini noodles add freshness and crunch, but if you prefer a softer texture, you can lightly fry them for 1 to 2 minutes.
Add dressing just before serving.
This will keep your microgreens, basil, and zucchini noodles fresh and crunchy.
Toast the Pumpkin Seeds
Quick toasting in a dry skillet adds deeper flavor and a crunchier texture.
Make it a child-friendly environment
Place the ingredients separately and allow children to make their own bowls. You can also swap out the microgreens for spinach or romaine if you prefer softer greens.
Meal Preparation and Storage
This green Buddha bowl is perfect for meal prep as long as you keep the ingredients separate.
- Cook the quinoa in advance and refrigerate for up to 1 hour. 5 days
- Please prepare broccoli and cucumbers in advance.
- Slice the avocado just before eating.
- Keep dressing separate.
- Add microgreens and basil just before serving.
It is best to eat the finished bowl the same day to maintain the freshest texture.
easy transformation
Add protein
Try adding the following:
- grilled chicken
- salmon
- hard boiled eggs
- chickpeas
- tofu
- pea
Add more green vegetables
try hard:
- snap peas
- spinach
- asparagus
- pea
- green gram
Grain change
Exchange quinoa for:
- brown rice
- faro
- couscous
- cauliflower rice
Make it creamy
Add hummus, Greek yogurt dressing, and a spoonful of avocado crema.
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green buddha bowl
These Green Buddha Bowls with Lemon Basil Dressing make a delicious, fresh, and healthy plant-based lunch or dinner. Perfect for meal prep!
Serving Size: 4
Lemon Basil Avocado Dressing
- Add washed quinoa and water or vegetable broth to a medium saucepan. When it boils, reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for a long time. 15 minutesOr until the liquid is absorbed.Turn off the heat, cover and leave for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
Spiralize the pumpkin into noodles. Chop cucumbers, steam or roast broccoli, slice avocado, and gather microgreens and basil.
- In a small blender or immersion blender, combine the avocado, olive oil, lemon juice, honey or maple syrup, Dijon mustard, garlic, basil, salt, and pepper and quickly blend until well combined.Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
- Divide the quinoa between bowls. Add zucchini noodles, cucumber, broccoli, avocado, and microgreens.Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds and fresh basil.
Drizzle with lemon basil avocado dressing and serve immediately.
