Goodness bowl

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.

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Goodness bowl

Servings 3 -4

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

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/350°F.
2. For the hummus place all ingredients in a kitchen machine and mix finely. Put aside.
3. 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.
4. In the mean time prepare the mushrooms.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Serve all different components in a bowl and garnish as you like. Enjoy your bowl of goodness!