We really enjoy all of the fresh ingredients and big flavors in these Quinoa Bowls. The quinoa packs a lot of protein. The dressing is strong enough you don’t use much for calorie counting. All the different vegetables make it feel like you’re eating a salad!

Other Recipes We Use With These Quinoa Bowls

Here’s our recipe to make the quinoa. It turns out really fluffy each time and takes the place of the lettuce in this “salad”.

The dressing we use is our Honey Lemon Vinaigrette. It is a strong garlicy flavor with a hint of sweet and really works well with all the flavors in this bowl. Because the flavor is so strong, you don’t need much of it which cuts down on the calories you’re eating.

For our proteins, Rene’ really likes our Fajita Chicken Meat for the big flavor it provides. Just adding 4 ounces to the bowl really adds to the protein power in this bowl.

I like the chicken as well, but if we’ve made our Marinated Flank Steak lately, I’m always going to choose beef. Another meat with big flavor, it really works with the woody flavor of quinoa and the other toppings in the dish!

Other Toppings

This is wide open to whatever you like. It really works with anything you’d like in a salad!

Items we have tried include hard boiled eggs if we’re not adding meat, avocados, yellow red and orange bell peppers, cucumbers, sliced pepperoncini, kalamata olives, crumbled feta cheese, red onion, grape tomatoes and shelled edamame. I’m sure we’ve used others… whatever you would like in a salad would be great.

Quinoa Bowls

Recipe by HeCooks4Me.comCourse: Beef, Chicken, Entrees, Recipes, Salads, Soups/SaladsCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

1

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

5

minutes

Calories

605

kcal

Total time

15

minutes

We really enjoy all of the fresh ingredients and big flavors in this dish. The quinoa packs a lot of protein, the dressing is strong enough you don’t use much for calorie counting, and all the different vegetables make it feel like you’re eating a salad!

Ingredients

• 1 cup Prepared Quinoa

• Marinated Chicken or Steak if you want a protein (see recipes above)

• Salad toppings (red onion, cucumber, grape tomatoes, shelled edamame, sliced pepperoncini, kalamata olives, bell peppers, avocado, crumbled feta cheese, etc.) – cut into bite size pieces

• Honey Lemon Vinaigrette Dressing (see recipes above)

Directions

• Place 1 cup Quinoa in a bowl
• Top with toppings. Place each topping in a pile around the bowl for the visual effect.
• Drizzle Honey Lemon Vinaigrette over the top.

Recipe Video