Easy Grain Bowl
Learn how to make a grain bowl with whole grains, protein, fresh veggies, and creamy tahini sauce. It's a healthy, fast, and easy 30-minute dinner!
Ingredients
Instructions
Go to Seasoned Quinoa to make the quinoa, or follow the other whole grain recipes listed above. The quinoa takes about 25 minutes total, so use the cook time to prepare the remaining ingredients.
Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Mince the garlic. In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute until fragrant but before it browns. Add the chickpeas, smoked paprika, salt, and several grinds of black pepper. Cook 2 minutes until warmed through.
Make the Tahini Sauce. (Or, try Lemon Dill Sauce or Creamy Cilantro Sauce.)
Slice the tomatoes in half. Slice the cucumber. Slice the red onion.
Place the quinoa and chickpeas in the bowl. Add the fresh veggies and drizzle with the sauce. (Meal prep notes: You can make quinoa, chickpeas, and dressing in advance: quinoa stores refrigerated 5 days and chickpeas store 3 to 4 days, and the dressing stores 1 month.)
Nutrition
- Serving Size
- (with quinoa)
- Calories
- 607 calories
- Sugar Content
- 3.9 g
- Sodium Content
- 760 mg
- Fat Content
- 30.1 g
- Saturated Fat Content
- 4 g
- Trans Fat Content
- 0 g
- Carbohydrate Content
- 69.2 g
- Fiber Content
- 15.4 g
- Protein Content
- 21.5 g
- Cholesterol Content
- 0 mg
