A “bowl or buddha bowl” is a current food trend, which basically means serving different healthy food components in a pretty bowl.
This trend has its origin in the Asian cuisine and a long tradition. Buddhistic monks who mainly follow a vegetarian diet enjoy their meals this way.
I like preparing and presenting my food like this too, just because it looks so pretty and can be varied as per your liking. Mainly healthy and nutritious ingredients are used.
I`m calling this pretty bowl “goodness bowl” because it`s full of good foods. I also thought to have a little fun with my sweet potatoes and beetroot. 🙂 So I brought out my cookie cutters and made some pretty shapes. So much nicer than just boring cubes. The result tasted great and my daughter simply loved it.
Goodness bowl
Ingredients
- 1 large sweet potato, cubed or cut flower shapes
- 1 large zucchini, cute in fine long strips
- 300 grams Edamame, boiled in salty water
- 175 grams smoked tofu, cubed
- 2 medium sized beetroots, cooked
- 1 cup small tomatoes
- 1/2 cucumber, sliced
- olive oil
- salt and black pepper
For the mushrooms
- 200 grams button mushrooms, halved
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tsp pizza spice
- salt and black pepper
For the beetroot hummus
- 1 glas/can chickpeas, drained
- 1 medium beetroot, cooked
- 1 garlic clove
- juice of 2 lemons
- 100 ml water
- salt and black pepper
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 200°C/350°F.
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For the hummus place all ingredients in a kitchen machine and mix finely. Put aside.
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In separate bowls mix sweet potatoes and zucchinis with a little olive oil, salt and pepper. Put the sweet potatoes on a baking tray and bake for about 15 minutes. Add the zucchinis after 10 minutes to the same tray and bake for remaining 5 minutes along with the sweet potatoes.
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In the mean time prepare the mushrooms.
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Heat olive oil in a pot and add the button mushrooms, minced garlic, pizza spice, salt and pepper. Fry for a minute and take off the heat.
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The smoked tofu can be served cold or hot as per your liking. If you prefer it hot, place it in a oven-proof dish and heat under the broiler in the oven.
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Serve all different components in a bowl and garnish as you like. Enjoy your bowl of goodness!