Nutritious One-Bowl Meal Recipes to Make on Busy Workdays

One-bowl meals are no-fuss way to enjoy a delicious and hearty lunch/ dinner. You can easily portion out the carbs, protein, and vegetables all in one bowl.

Use whole food grains like brown rice, quinoa, buckwheat for healthy and nourishing meals. Whole grains like brown basmati rice can be added to these one-pot meals. Check out the Daawat website for brown rice recipe.

Check out these delicious one-bowl meals to make for a scrumptious lunch:

Bibimbap Bowl

This delicious brown rice recipes are easy to prepare and nutritious. Roast some zucchini, bell peppers, with a touch of olive oil. To make the sauce, mix honey, tahini paste, salt, soy sauce, lemon juice, zest, miso paste, chili flakes, sriracha sauce, and pepper. In the meantime, cook some brown basmati rice in filtered water. Steam some baby bok choy in a steamer. To make the crispy baked tofu, drain the tofu excess water. Cut the tofu in cubes and coat it in tempura flour mixed with cayenne pepper, salt, paprika powder. Drizzle some sesame oil in a baking sheet and arrange the tofu cubes. Bake the tofu at 350 degrees for 20 minutes until golden. To assemble the bowl, add cooked brown rice, steamed bok choy, crispy baked tofu, bean sprouts, and edamame beans. Top with a fried egg. Drizzle over some sriracha sauce. Daawat, one of the best rice brands offer brown basmati rice.

Mezze Bowl

To make hummus, blitz cooked chickpeas, tahini, salt, roasted garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, cumin powder in a food processor. To make falafel batter, blitz chickpeas, refined flour, coriander, cumin powder, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a food processor. Form small balls and deep fry the falafels in vegetable oil. Add some juicy halved cherry tomatoes, a dollop of hummus and hot falafels. Add a tablespoon of chopped cucumbers, and black olives. Garnish the Lebanese bowl with some finely chopped coriander and a sprinkling of zaatar.

Thai Green Curry Bowl

Start with chopping some vegetables like beans, mushrooms, broccoli, bell peppers, and baby corn. In a hot wok, sauté some garlic and ginger in olive oil. Add some chopped onions and sauté until browned. Add all the assorted veggies. In a food processor, blitz coriander, lemongrass, kaffir lime, lemon juice, olive oil, galangal, and ginger. Add the green curry paste and coconut milk in the wok and set it to a gentle simmer. In the meantime, add some jasmine rice in a pot or rice cooker. To assemble this delicious green curry bowl, add the jasmine rice in the center. Pour a ladle of Thai green curry and some moong bean sprouts. Add a wedge of lime and enjoy this hearty green curry bowl.

Mediterranean Bowl

Chop some English cucumbers, kalamata olives, red onions, cherry tomatoes. To make the dressing, mix lemon juice, olive oil, oregano, fresh basil, salt, and apple cider vinegar. In the meantime, cook some fiber-rich brown rice. To assemble the bowl, add some brown rice in the center. Add the cucumbers, olives, red onions, cherry tomatoes, and feta cheese cubes. Add a dollop of homemade tzatziki. Sprinkle some chopped parsley and drizzle over the salad dressing.

All these recipes store well in the refrigerator. You can cook a big batch and store in airtight containers.