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Power Bowl Recipes
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A power bowl is a quick and easy meal focused on healthy ingredients that are satisfying physically and mentally. Too often the “eat better” goal starts with making radical shift, rather than taking little steps, making it feel hard to maintain healthy eating over time. Power bowls are a great way to start increasing your veggie intake, while still using some of the frozen or prepared foods you might have in your fridge or freezer.
Power bowls are a fun way to get a range of nutrients and are easy to make at home. You can prep ingredients in bulk ahead of time so that you can make multiple bowls throughout the week. Or you can just throw together what you already have in the fridge, using up leftovers and decreasing food waste. We'll help you get started with a couple of power bowl recipe ideas listed below.
Protein Packed Power Bowl
Ingredients:
- 1 small sweet potato, peeled and chopped and roasted
- 1 cup of brussels sprouts, halved and roasted
- 1 large red bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 2 mini cucumbers, diced
- 1 cup of grape tomatoes
- Cooked beans or lentils
- Nuts and seeds (sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, any seed of your choice)
- 4 ounces of grilled chicken
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Hummus or pesto to your liking
DIRECTIONS:
- Roast the sweet potatoes and brussel sprouts at 400°F for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Grill your chicken on stovetop and add salt and pepper or spices to your liking.
- Cook the quinoa on the stovetop in water. Bring pot to a simmer over medium-high heat, then immediately reduce the heat to low-medium, cover with a tight-fitting lid, and cook for 12 to 14 minutes, until the water is absorbed and the quinoa is fluffy. Remove the lid and fluff the cooked quinoa with a fork.
- While the quinoa cooks, chop up the other veggies and prepare the rest of your ingredients.
- Remove the roasted veggies from the oven once completely cooked. Let cool
- To make the power bowls: Add spoonfuls of your prepped food (quinoa, roasted and fresh veggies) to your bowl. Top with chicken. Now add salad dressing, cooked beans or lentils, nuts and seeds, and hummus or pesto. If making for multiple days during the week you can change up the toppings and dressings each day!
Vegetarian Power Bowl
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 cup cooked quinoa
- 3 stalks of celery, diced
- 1/2 a red bell pepper, diced
- A handful of shredded carrots
- A handful of cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 mini cucumbers, diced
Dressing- whisk separately then pour on top!
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp of your favorite clean dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp water
- Salt and pepper to taste
The best part about power bowls is that you can add as many veggies as you like! We had leftover roasted broccoli in the fridge that we added in (roasted in the oven with salt, pepper, avocado oil).
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Salmon Power Bowl
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 or 2 salmon fillets, cooked to your liking
- 1/2 cup cooked quinoa or brown rice
- 1/2 avocado
- 3 broccoli heads, baked or cooked to your liking
- a handful of shredded carrots
- a handful of red cabbage
- 1/4 cup clean teriyaki sauce or make your own:
- 1 Tablespoon avocado oil
- ¼ cup low sodium tamari (or soy sauce)
- ½ Tablespoon maple syrup
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon fresh ginger, grated or minced
