A Buddha Bowl is a bowl which is packed so full that it has a rounded "belly" appearance on the top much like the belly of a Buddha. It's usually made with simple pure food and enjoyed with deep gratitude, according to Mind Body Green, one of my favorite health blogs.
I've always loved potatoes, since I was a child. There are so many ways to cook potatoes and I like all of them, but I prefer baked or steamed potatoes because they're healthier.
Sweet potatoes are not as common here in Spains as in other countries, so I tried them a few years ago and I fell in love with them. Some people think they're healthier than white potatoes, but I eat both every single week.
This Buddha Bowl is a super nutritious and satisfying meal and is perfect if you wanna be healthy or lose weight. I don't count calories, I just nourish my body with delicious healthy foods. Low-calorie diets are only a temporary solution, if you live a healthy lifestyle, you'll be healthy!
Tips:
- Learn how to cook quinoa reading this post.
- Feel free to use white potatoes instead of sweet potatoes. If you don't have an oven or you don't want to use it, steam the potatoes.
- To make the dressing, I used raw tahini, but roasted tahini also works, although it will be darker.
- There are so many ingredients you can use to make a Buddha bowl: brown rice, all types of legumes, raw veggies, etc.
- Use your favorite natural sweetener instead of the maple syrup.
Buddha Bowl
Ingredients
- ½ chopped sweet potato
- 10 green asparagus
- 4 cups spinach
- ½ cup cooked quinoa
- ½ cup cooked red beans
- 1 chopped avocado
- 1 chopped tomato
For the dressing:
- 4 tablespoon tahini
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce or tamari
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 4 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 390ºF or 200ºC.
- Bake the chopped sweet potatoes and the green asparagus for 30 or 40 minutes or until they're soft.
- To make the dressing you just need to blend all the ingredients until smooth.
- Place the spinach in a bowl (you can chop them) and add the rest of the ingredients on top: the cooked quinoa, cooked or canned red beans, sweet potato, asparagus, avocado and tomato.
- Pour the dressing on top of the quinoa bowl and gently toss to combine.
Nutrition
DID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE?
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Jhoei says
I did this today and my husband fell in love with the recipe. Thanks for sharing this. It will be included in our favorite food list.
Iosune says
Hi Jhoei! You're so welcome 🙂 So glad you guys enjoyed it!
Samantha Poole says
Thanks so much for the awesome recipe. Can't wait to try it.
Just wanted to add, though, that the Buddha Bowl gets its name from the large bowls that the The Buddha & his disciples carried with them when going on their daily alms round where followers, as a sign of respect, would offer them food. All of the different foods they received were placed together in this one bowl, and they ate it like that, not splitting anything up. The Buddhist Monks still practice this today.
Iosune says
Hi Samantha! You're so welcome 😀 Thanks a lot for the information. Have a nice day!
Lilian says
Soooo good. Tahini is my favorite so that helped. I used 3 tbsp of water since some people said theirs was runny and it worked out just fine. Now my husband are sad that our lunch is over.
Iosune says
Hi Lilian! Thanks a lot 😀 I'm so glad you enjoyed the recipe.
Bonnie says
This was a-MAZING! So good. I had the same issue with runny sauce & hadn't read the comments before trying it. I made a new batch with less water and it turned out great...so great my husband really wanted to just drink it!
Thank you so much:)
Iosune says
Hi Bonnie! Thanks a lot 😀 I think the amount of water depends on the thickness of the tahini you're using 🙂
Shelley says
Made this for dinner tonight and it was a big hit! So easy to make, beautiful to look at, and full of flavor and texture. This will be a regular in our house from now on!
Iosune says
Hi Shelley! I'm so glad to read that 😀 Have a nice day!
ali says
Love this recipe, everything turned out exactly as described (did put slightly less water in the dressing). My vegetarian daughter who doesn't eat vegetables ate everything!
Iosune says
Hi Ali! I'm so glad you liked it, yayyy! Have a nice day 😀
Li says
Please don't use the name of one of the greatest philosophers of all time to describe a bowl of food. It's disrespectful.
Laura says
Li, it's called a Buddha Bowl. Get over it, please. I do not think you have the right to tell other people what they can and cannot call a bowl of food. Are you going to tell everyone in the world they cannot use the common name Buddha Bowl because you don't like it? Really? I don't think Buddha would mind. It refers to a healthy dish, as well.
Regarding the recipe, I'm trying to learn how to make Buddha Bowls for my 3 yr old son, and this looks wonderful! He's not big on tahini yet, but I'm working on that.
Iosune says
Hi Laura! Thanks for the kind words 🙂 If he don't like tahini you can use another healthy fat, it's not a problem 😛 Have a beautiful day!
Iosune says
Hi Li! It's the name of this kind of recipes 🙂
Ginger Price says
Hello! Thank you for the lovely dinner idea! I really loved the flavor of the sauce, but mine turned out super, super runny. I was going to just add more tahini, but I didn't know if that would just make the flavor too strong. Any suggestions? Thanks again!
K says
Just use less water.
Iosune says
Thanks K! 🙂
Iosune says
Hi! Use less water or lemon juice or add some nutritional yeast 😉