NOURISH BOWLS

These Nourish Bowls are the best I’ve ever had! With hearty roasted veggies and chickpeas, vibrant greens, and the best hot honey mustard sauce — you’ll be in heaven!

You may be wondering what a Nourish Bowl is, and I’m here to break that down for you. But first, let me tell you, this is one of my all-time favorite vegetarian recipes I’ve shared over the years. It’s a feel-good, fresh, vibrant, and ridiculously tasty bowl of food that happens to also be nutritious and nourishing. And truthfully, this sauce is so good, I’m about convinced I could drink it plain, ha!

What Are Nourish Bowls?

A Nourish Bowl is a well-balanced or healthy meal that has a good portion of nutrient-dense vegetables (or fruits) and is typically topped with a dressing of sorts.

Are Nourish Bowls Good For You?

Nourish bowl recipes contain a well-balanced combination of the three macros our bodies need — carbohydrates, protein, and fat. When these three macros are combined using nutrient-dense ingredients, it helps to keep your body satiated for longer. These nutrient-packed bowls are intended to fuel your body while improving your overall health.

These bowls make for a great lunch, dinner, or make-ahead meal (perfect meal prep!) Meal prepping is a great way to ensure you’re adding plenty of healthful ingredients to your diet — since it’s already prepared, it takes the guesswork out of meals when nights get crazy and busy!

How To Make A Nourish Bowl

This sweet potato Nourish Bowl has three components. Let’s break down each below:

Bowl base: For these bowls, we like to start with a combination of baby spinach and quinoa. We like to cut the spinach into thin ribbons (so good!) and then toss it with cooked quinoa. To keep things super quick and easy, we use already cooked quinoa — more on this in the “shortcuts” section below!

Roasted vegetables: Next up are the veggies and chickpeas. The combination of sweet potato, chickpeas, and green beans is unbeatable! Feel free to swap out your favorite veggies or change out the beans.

Sauce: To finish things off, we drizzle the most unforgettable hot honey mustard sauce on top. It’s quick and easy to make and packs a serious punch of flavor. Since developing this sauce recipe, I keep it constantly in my fridge!

SHORTCUTS

Nourish Bowl Ideas For Quicker Prep

Microwaveable Packaged Quinoa. Microwaveable quinoa is already cooked and just needs to be heated in the microwave. Alternatively, use leftover cooked and cooled quinoa instead of the microwaveable type in this recipe.
Measure out honey quicker (and cleaner). Quickly spritz the measuring spoons with nonstick cooking spray and then add in the honey; watch it glide out of the measuring spoon into your dressing!
Pick packaged green beans. In the produce section of most grocery stores, you can find green beans that have already been washed and trimmed saving you prep time.
Use packaged baby spinach. Already washed and dried spinach is also a time saver — all you’ll need to do is a quick chop!

Nourish Bowl Dressing

I can’t say enough good things about this hot honey mustard — it’s totally crave-worthy! If you love a good honey mustard dressing, you will love this sauce! A few dressing notes:

Make sure to use Dijon mustard, not yellow. There’s a big flavor difference. We love Grey Poupon® best.

The red pepper flakes are responsible for the “hot” in hot honey mustard. I wouldn’t say the sauce is too spicy but does have a bit of a kick. The honey nicely balances the spice, but if you’re worried about it, start with less (you can always add more!).

Blend the sauce to get a nice emulsion. We like this sauce best when it’s processed in a blender. A small blender jar or food processor will do the trick!

VARIATIONS

To make this Nourish Bowl Vegan, replace the honey with agave nectar.
Add in some grilled chicken or leftover rotisserie chicken.
Swap chickpeas for cannellini beans.
Switch out green beans for broccoli.
Not a fan of honey mustard? Try this Balsamic Vinaigrette, Lemon Vinaigrette, or this Citrus Vinaigrette.
A few more Nourish Bowl Recipes: Kidney Bean Bowls, Black Bean Bowls, Pesto Vegetable Bowls

QUICK TIP

Top Recipe Tip: use a LARGE sheet pan. The more space the vegetables have (aka the less crowded they are) the better and the quicker they roast. When vegetables are overlapping or crowded onto a sheet pan, they end up steaming instead of roasting. This greatly affects the end taste/texture. We use this 15×21-inch sheet pan and I can’t recommend it enough. You’ll get perfectly caramelized and tasty roasted veggies every time!

More Vegetarian Meals

Vegetarian Thai Green Curry with butternut squash
Vegetarian Split Pea Soup Recipe with loads of veggies
Corn Pasta with a “secretly” healthy cream sauce
Vegetarian Chili Mac made in one pot!
Vegetarian Gyros with crispy chickpeas!

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