Veggie Love in a Bowl

Enjoy this quick and easy recipe for lunch or dinner packs well for lunches. Use organic ingredients if possible. Add lots of love because it’s “love in a bowl” Makes 1 serving.

Start with a Layer of a cooked whole grain such as whole grain brown rice (nice if mixed with a bit of wild rice cook together) Rice, kamut or soba noodles tri colour, red, gold or black quinoa

Then a layer of: a “veggie or six”
Lightly steamed kale, spinach, collard greens, swiss chard, beet greens, grated carrots, beets or daikon radish

Then a layer of: a fun topping choose from the following or create your own
Thinly sliced young leeks or green onions
Chopped avocado
Cooked lentils or beans
A spoon or two of veg chili
Salsa
Shredded raw carrot or beets
A spoon or two of hummus or tahini
Sprouts (sunflower, pea, etc)
Seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, hemp)

Top off with 1 of these or a combo of: the grand veggie finale
Kelp/nori or dulse flakes
Daiya vegan shredded cheese
Nutritional yeast
Tahini Garlic Dressing
A bit of olive or toasted sesame oil

Have fun, be creative. Kids love to help make this simple meal. Rice and beans form a complete protein and quinoa is a complete protein on its own.