How to Make a Winter Earth Bowl

If you’re not familiar with the plant-based Earth Bowl, you’re in for a deliciously comforting meal that’s easy, healthy, economical, nourishing, and fun to create, whether you layer your ingredients, place them in sections, or mix them up.

Earth Bowls typically feature hearty ingredients that vary by the season, and you can easily customize them as you like. These simple guidelines will get you rolling:

Start with a base of massaged kale, crisp fresh spinach, or other chopped dark greens in your bowl. Then, you might add grains, such as red or brown rice, millet, or quinoa−which is an exceedingly nutritious, nutty tasting, protein-rich seed rather than a grain. From there, you could add some roasted veggies, such as beets, fennel, butternut squash, leeks, etc.

Next, incorporate your protein layer or section: beans, legumes, prepared tofu or tempeh, edamame, etc. Flavorful extras might include sun-dried tomatoes, kalamata olives, capers, etc.

Once assembled, these artistic bowls can be served with a side of luscious dressing, such as this Creamy Feng Shui Dressing or this New Age Caesar Dressing, or if you prefer, a variation of hummus, such as this protein-rich Marathon Hummus, or this Raw Bliss Lemon Hummus.

You could also crown your bowl with a luscious Cucumber-Mint Guacamole or this Lemon-Dill-Caper Mayo. Finally, adorn your masterpiece with ultra-healthy nuts and/or seeds like walnuts, almonds, pistachios, pecans, hempseeds, pumpkin seeds, etc.  It’s worth prioritizing raw nuts/seeds, as the roasting process denigrates their nutrients and healthy oils. Bon appétit!