Rainbow Bowl With Tahini Sauce
A rainbow bowl is a nourishing bowl with colorful veggies that resemble the colors of the rainbow, protein, and a delicious homemade sauce. Rainbow veggie bowls are the perfect way to add more vegetables to your weekly meal plan.
Ingredients
Rainbow Bowl
- 3 cups cooked rice, quinoa, or leafy greens
- 1 ½ cups red vegetables see notes below for ideas
- 1 ½ cups orange vegetables see notes below for ideas
- 1 ½ cups yellow vegetables see notes below for ideas
- 1 ½ cups green vegetables see notes below for ideas
- 1 ½ cups purple vegetables see notes below for ideas
- cooked protein of choice edamame, jammy eggs, cooked sausage, chicken, or tofu
Tahini Sauce
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup tahini
- ¼ cup lime juice
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons raw honey
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons cold water plus more as needed to thin
- kosher salt to taste
Instructions
- Prep. Cut the vegetables into bite size pieces if they aren't already.
- Make the dressing. Whisk together all the dressing ingredients in a bowl. Add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time as needed to thin the sauce until your desired consistency is reached. Season to taste with kosher salt and more freshly cracked black pepper as needed.
- Assemble the bowls. Divide the vegetables, cooked grain or greens, and protein of choice between 4 bowls. Pour the dressing over and toss to combine.
Notes
red vegetables: red bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, beets, or radishes
orange vegetables: roasted sweet potatoes, shredded carrots, butternut squash or pumpkin, or orange bell pepper
yellow vegetables: golden beets, yellow cherry tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, summer squash, skillet blackened corn, or golden potatoes
green vegetables: cucumber, zucchini, green beans, sugar snap peas, green onions, avocado
purple vegetables: purple cabbage, purple sweet potatoes, eggplant, purple carrots, purple cauliflower, or olives
The amount of vegetables isn't important. Add as much or as little of something as you want. They're just a guideline.
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