Thai Crunch Quinoa Grain Bowl is a totally plant-based meal that satisfies your cravings for veggies, crunchy foods, and tons of protein in one very full bowl!
This plant-based quinoa bowl contains all 9 essential amino acids for a complete protein-packed meal. Crunchy cruciferous veggies add antioxidants and fiber! Do not underestimate the power of a plant-based meal to pack in protein. This Thai Crunch Quinoa Grain Bowl has 23g of fiber-rich protein. That is as much protein as one serving of chicken. Talk about healthy meal prep, right?
The rainbow of veggies and crunchy cashews provide a great contrast of textures and flavors against the chewy quinoa and tempeh. The whole thing is dressed with a sweet and tangy cilantro-basil salad dressing for a plant-based grain bowl that you will be craving for lunch and dinner. (Don't forget to pack everything in your Goodcook meal prep container so the dressing and main bowl ingredients stay fresh until you're ready to eat.)
Cilantro-Basil Dressing :
For Tempeh:
For Bowl :
Ok, so admittedly there are some components to assemble here, but this dish isn't tough to execute. Promise! That's because half of the ingredients are raw, as in a salad, and we're hoping you have some quinoa cooked at the ready. (If not, go get that started!)
First, you make the dressing and set that aside. Easy! Then, you marinate the tempeh and cook it in a skillet over medium-high heat. Set that aside. Take your prepped quinoa and all those veggies, and arrange them all so colorfully and beautifully right in a big bowl. Add the tempeh. Drizzle the dressing on top of this Thai Crunch Grain bowl. And you're done!
We recommend eating these bowls within 4 or 5 days. But you shouldn't have a problem with that, as we suspect this is so filling you might even eat it twice in one day, or love it so much you share it with someone else to convert them to it, too. Keep it in the fridge in air-tight meal prep containers.
We don't recommend freezing this meal prep. (You can, however, freeze quinoa after you make it, if you make it ahead of time, and then defrost it to use in this meal prep. But that's just a tip for ya.) We also don't think you need much else with this particular meal prep, because it's so chockablock with both veggies and protein.
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