Healthy Buddha Bowl with Peanut Sauce

Healthy Buddha Bowl with Peanut Sauce is a delicious and simple meal in a bowl.

This vegan and Mediterranean diet friendly meal in a bowl, is crunchy and flavorful when topped with the homemade peanut sauce.

Easy Buddha bowl topped with peanut sauce.

This is a simple recipe that is made with fresh vegetables that offer a variety of colors and flavors.

The vegetables are served over your favorite grain (such as rice) and then topped with a tasty homemade peanut sauce.

Did you try my Easy Vegan Taco Bowl Recipe?

That vegan taco style bowl is made with corn, black beans, and other tasty ingredients that you would find in a taco bowl. Both this buddha style bowl and that taco bowl are both easy recipe that are packed with healthy ingredients.

Shelled edamame is added to this recipe. You can find a variety of edamame here.

Frequently asked questions about buddha bowls.

Tips for making a buddha bowl.

For the grain portion of this recipe, my buddha bowl uses cooked rice. You can use the grain of your choice such as brown rice, farro, millet, bulgur or quinoa.

Here are some more great tips for you.

1. Adding a crunchy element can be important for a texture balanced bowl. Feel free to add seeds in addition to the carrots and the edamame.
2. Protein is also a common addition to a bowl such as this one. Vegan choice for additional protein include adding tofu, lentils, tempeh, beans,and chickpeas.
3. Any nut butter or seed butter can be used instead of the peanut butter for the topping. However, you can alternatively top your bowl with tahini dressing, vinaigrette, hummus, salsa, pesto, or even guacamole.

How to store leftover buddha bowl.

Let the bowl ingredients cool completely before storing and then store your leftovers in an airtight to prevent it from drying out. If properly stored in a refrigerator, your leftovers should keep for about four days.

By the way, while you are here you may also be interested in these ideas.

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• Mediterranean Diet Falafel Bowl
• How to Make a Salmon Poke Bowl
• Mediterranean Sweet Potato Buddha Bowl
• Vegan Tahini and Lemon Cookies
• Chipotle and Roasted Pepper Hummus
• Vegan Creamy Peanut Sauce
• Easy Healthy Garlic Cauliflower Rice

 

About this Healthy Buddha Bowl recipe.

This is a simple and delicious recipe made with fresh ingredients.
To make this recipe we will layer the prepared ingredients in a bowl before topping them with the peanut sauce.

How to serve this buddha bowl with peanut sauce.

• Serve this tasty bowl freshly made with the peanut sauce on top.
• Add a basic side salad with the bowl.
• A small bowl of berries or cut watermelon would also go nicely on the side.
• Sparkling water, juice, or Kombucha go with this recipe as well.

Ingredients needed to make a healthy buddha bowl.

• Grain. This can be rice, quinoa, or the grain of your choice. the grain should be cooked (if needed) and cooled first.
• Purple or Red Cabbage. Added for color, nutrients and for texture. You cabbage should be cleaned, dried, and shredded.
• Red Bell Pepper. Added for color and crunch, you red pepper should first have the seeds removed and then sliced.
• Cucumber. Any kind of cucumber could work in this recipe. The cucumber should be halved, seeds removed or scooped out and then sliced.
• Edamame. Your edamame can be crunchy or prepared the way you like.
• Radishes. These should be sliced thin.
• Green Onion. Chopped into small pieces.
• Avocado. The avocado should be fresh, pitted with the skin removed, and sliced thin.
• Carrot. My bowl was made with shaved pieces from a large carrot. You can however, use the carrot(s) of your choice and grate them.
• Sesame Seeds. Really, about any seed or nut will work as this is a crunchy and protein element.

Expert Tip 👉 To remove the seeds from your cucumber, simple use a spoon to scoop them out.

Ingredients need to make peanut sauce

• Peanut Butter. Use creamy peanut butter with or without sugar.
• Water. Simple tap water should work fine.
• Soy Sauce. Coconut aminos can alternatively be used.
• Rice Wine Vinegar. You can alternatively used the vinegar of your choice.
• Seasonings as desired. My sauce was made with ground ginger, garlic powder, and black pepper.

How to make Healthy Buddha Bowl with Peanut Sauce.

Prep: 15 minutes
Yield: 4 servings

• If you have not done so, prepare your grain ingredient as directed. Once it has cooled, you can place your grain in the bottom of each bowl, leaving enough room for the other ingredients.
• Next, arrange everything, except for the seeds and sauce, over the grain.
• Sprinkle the seeds over the ingredients.
• For the sauce, whisk the sauce together in a small bowl and then drizzle it over the ingredients in the bowl.
• Serve the bowls after adding the sauce.

Expert Tip 👉 Buddha bowls can be served hot or cold. If you are serving them cold, be sure to chill them before serving.

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Healthy Buddha Bowl with Peanut Sauce, a simple and delicious recipe made with fresh ingredients. Vegan, Vegetarian, Mediterranean diet.