Buddha bowl

At first I misread thought you’d put all that together yourself! A quick dinner?? I thought….

Might try one, but dh’s favourite ready meal, when we have one, which isn’t often, is Waitrose Nasi Goreng.

At home I sometimes make yellow lentil dal, with onions and lots of cauliflower and spinach - naan bread on the side. Fairly quick and easy.

I love them, and so does my daughter. We seek out cafes that sell them!

Would I buy a ready made one? Probably not. I have plenty of leftovers to make this up.

Not just Waitrose - Aldi sell them - and their smoked salmon one is lovely!

narrowboatnan

Crossstitchfan

What on earth is a Buddha bowl? Never heard of it!

It’s a dish with lots of vegetarian foods on. Like this one

Indeed - not necessarily vegetarian - though it usually is in my experience.

I could eat that bowl featured - nom.

Oh, it's Waitrose!
Sadly, ours is closed at the moment. ☹

I'd never heard of a Buddha bowl either!

I shall watch this thread. 🙂

Jaxjacky

I just call them salad.

😂😂

I definitely prefer to eat a bowl of cold veg, beans, rice etc., in the summer.
My winter version consists of ingredients I can pop in the microwave.

I just call them salad.

Not always vegetarian though.

www.nutrisense.io/blog/buddha-bowl-recipes

That sounds delicious 😋!

Crossstitchfan

What on earth is a Buddha bowl? Never heard of it!

It’s a dish with lots of vegetarian foods on. Like this one

I am a vegetarian and I love Buddha bowls!

I grow and eat a lot of vegetables and Buddha bowls are a great way of combining vegetables and pulses etc which may be lurking in the fridge in small quantities. Also bits and pieces in the protein drawer of my freezer that need using up.
I hadn’t thought of looking on Pinterest for inspiration. I might give that a go.

Very common these days and I wonder why if there isn't that down as a menu choice when out. It's basically literally served in a (big) bowl and is "a bit of this" and a "bit of that" and a variety of things - as stated usually a grain of some description, maybe some pulses, definitely some vegetables, probably a sauce or perhaps a dollop of hummus.

I think the concept came originally from Buddhist monks - as they walked around with a large bowl and asked various householders for some food towards their main meal for the day and one householder would give this, then another householder would give that and so on and - by the end of it = the monk had got a bowl full of various disparate pieces of food to eat.

What on earth is a Buddha bowl? Never heard of it!

I think Budda bowls are wonderful. Lots of lovely little titbits, all in the same place. 😊

Similar to a poke bowl, methinks. Still delicious!

As a vegetarian I too enjoy this way of both cooking and eating. A useful template is to plan to include five food types. Greens, grains, roasted veg, raw veg and protein. A topping (s) can be soft herbs, a spice mix or sauce.
For example, I often put together steamed tenderstem broccoli, spelt, aubergine, cherry tomatoes and grated carrot with perhaps some roasted and spiced chick peas or feta.
There are hundreds of viceo recipes on youtube to refer to. A template such as the one I have included ( others are available) is a good way to help planning. Good luck!

There's lots up on YouTube - if you just put "Buddha bowl" up in the heading. There's also loads on Pinterest.

It is a way of eating that's handy for if one has "a bit of this" and "a bit of that" in and wants to combine it into a meal.