Healthy Breakfast Bowl Recipe
Start your day with this vibrant and healthy breakfast bowl. Packed with a variety of nutrients from fresh vegetables, avocado, eggs, and quinoa, this bowl offers a unique and delicious way to kickstart your morning.
Equipment
- Medium saucepan
- Frying pan
- Knife
- Cutting board
- Mixing bowls
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa rinsed
- 2 cups water
- 1 avocado sliced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 cup spinach leaves
- 1 small cucumber diced
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Optional toppings: sliced radishes sprouts, chia seeds
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine quinoa and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for about 15 minutes or until the quinoa is cooked and water is absorbed. Fluff with a fork.
- While the quinoa is cooking, heat olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Crack the eggs into the pan and cook until the whites are set but the yolks are still runny, or to your desired doneness.
- Prepare the vegetables by slicing the avocado, halving the cherry tomatoes, dicing the cucumber, and washing the spinach leaves.
- In two bowls, divide the cooked quinoa evenly. Arrange the avocado slices, cherry tomatoes, spinach leaves, and cucumber on top of the quinoa.
- Place a cooked egg on top of each bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add any optional toppings like sliced radishes, sprouts, or chia seeds.
- Serve immediately and enjoy a healthy start to your day.
Frequently Asked Questions About Breakfast Bowls
Protein and fat together. This bowl runs 350 calories a serving with eggs and avocado doing that work. Bowls built mostly on fruit and grains spike blood sugar and leave you hungry by mid morning.
Prep the components, not the assembled bowl. Grains and proteins keep three or four days refrigerated, but avocado and eggs are best added the morning of. Assembled bowls go soggy overnight.
A breakfast bowl is savory and built on whole cooked components like eggs, grains and vegetables. A smoothie bowl is blended fruit with toppings, and it is usually much higher in sugar.
