Buddha Bowl Power Menu

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Description

Build up your power menu with this Buddha bowl — a nutritious meal filled with protein from fava beans, Swiss cheese, egg, peas, and yogurt, plus tons of extras including cinnamon energy bites served with a blueberry drink.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup raw cashews
  • 6 dates, pitted
  • 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup brown rice
  • 1 pinch salt
  • ½ cup fresh fava beans, shelled
  • ¼ red bell pepper, diced
  • ¼ cup frozen peas
  • ¼ cup diced Swiss cheese
  • ¼ cup canned artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
  • 1 hard-boiled egg
  • ½ cup plain yogurt
  • ¼ avocado, diced
  • 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
  • 1 teaspoon chia seeds
  • ¼ cup frozen blueberries
  • 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
  • 3 jasmine flower buds
  • 2 cups water

Instructions

  1. Combine cashews
  2. dates
  3. flaxseed meal
  4. cinnamon
  5. and 1 pinch salt in a food processor and blend until very well mixed. Add coconut oil and continue to blend until mixture sticks together. Roll into 20 gumball-sized bites and place on a baking tray. Freeze at least 30 minutes. Store cinnamon energy bites in freezer or refrigerator until ready to serve.
  6. Bring water
  7. brown rice
  8. and 1 pinch salt to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low
  9. cover
  10. and simmer for 8 minutes. Add fava beans
  11. red bell pepper
  12. and peas. Cook until rice is tender
  13. about 6 minutes more. Drain if necessary
  14. but do not rinse. Allow to cool completely
  15. about 30 minutes.
  16. Combine cooled cooked rice
  17. Swiss cheese
  18. and artichoke hearts in a bowl. Mix olive oil
  19. mustard
  20. and white wine vinegar together in a small bowl; pour dressing over rice mixture and toss. Transfer to a bento box with the hard-boiled egg.
  21. Place yogurt in a separate compartment of the bento box and top with avocado
  22. 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
  23. and chia seeds. Add energy bites to another compartment of the bento box. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  24. Combine blueberries
  25. 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
  26. and jasmine buds in a portable drink container. Add water. Refrigerate 8 hours to overnight. Serve with the bento box.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 9 hrs 50 mins

Servings: 1

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