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    Home > Salads

    Vegetarian Buddha Bowls with Spicy Peanut Sauce

    Published: Nov 3, 2016 · Modified: May 8, 2018 by Nicky Corbishley

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    These Vegetarian Buddha Bowls with Spicy Peanut sauce make a great Winter salad – for those days when you fancy something a bit lighter for dinner.

    These Vegetarian Buddha Bowls with Spicy Peanut sauce make a great Winter salad – for those days when you fancy something a bit lighter for dinner.

    It’s easy to go into carb overload during the colder months.

    Right now with the house extension going on, and my only method of cooking at home being a single plug-in hob, a microwave and a toaster, we’re starting to get into the habit of feasting on chips, large sandwiches and stodgy cakes.

    I’m not beating myself up about it. I know it’s only a temporary thing, and we’ll get back to lovely homecooked meals soon, but I would like to throw in the occasional nod to healthy eating.

    So today I’m sharing this warming winter salad:

    These Vegetarian Buddha Bowls with Spicy Peanut sauce make a great Winter salad – for those days when you fancy something a bit lighter for dinner.

    Bright colourful veggies (instead of all that brown food!), multi-coloured quinoa (that I can cook on my little hob) and a spicy peanut dressing to warm up your belly.

    I made this a couple of months ago for the Autumn edition of Superfood magazine, and I’m pulling it out again to make this weekend.

    I’ll probably serve it with some ready-cooked chicken for my carnivorous family and finish it off with the caramel chocolate mug cake that I’m posting on Saturday. If you fancied a more meaty version then why not try my Coffee Crusted Steak Buddha Bowl or Spicy Chicken Nourish Bowl.

    I know, I know, naughty-brown food for dessert, but I’m too weak for going cold turkey!!

    The Vegetarian Buddha Bowls with Spicy Peanut Sauce Recipe:

    Vegetarian Buddha Bowls with Spicy Peanut Sauce

    By: Nicky Corbishley
    These Vegetarian Buddha Bowls with Spicy Peanut sauce make a great Winter salad – for those days when you fancy something a bit lighter for dinner.
    4.50 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 45 mins
    Total Time 1 hr
    Course Dinner
    Cuisine Asian
    Servings 2 people
    Calories 744 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 100 g dry quinoa (we used a mixture of white, black and red)
    • One small butternut squash - peeled and diced
    • 1 tbsp olive oil
    • ¼ tsp paprika
    • ¼ tsp salt
    • ¼ tsp black pepper
    • 80 g mixed baby salad leaves
    • 1 avocado - peeled, de-stoned and sliced
    • 1 red apple - cored and sliced
    • 1 roasted red pepper from a jar - drained and sliced
    • ¼ of a cucumber - cut into small chunks
    • 25 g feta, crumbled
    • 1 tsp black sesame seeds
    • Small bunch of fresh parsley - chopped

    Spicy Peanut Sauce:

    • 1 tbsp peanut butter
    • ½ of a finely chopped red chilli
    • 1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce or tamari for gluten free
    • 1 tbsp olive oil
    • 1 cm piece of fresh ginger - peeled and minced
    • 1 clove garlic - peeled and minced
    • 1 tbsp honey
    • Juice of ½ lime

    INSTRUCTIONS
     

    • Cook the quinoa in water as per pack instructions, leave to cool.
    • Preheat the oven to 200c/400f. Place the diced butternut squash on a baking tray and drizzle on the olive oil. Add the paprika, salt and pepper and toss everything together with your hands. Roast in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly.
    • Whilst the butternut squash is roasting, make the spicy peanut sauce by whisking together all of the sauce ingredients. Put to one side.
    • Spoon the cooked quinoa into two bowls. Arrange the salad leaves, butternut squash, sliced avocado, sliced apple, sliced pepper and chunks of cucumber on top. Sprinkle on the chopped feta, black sesame seeds and parsley.
    • Serve with the spicy peanut sauce.

    ✎ Notes

    Nutritional Information is per Serving.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 744kcalCarbohydrates: 91gProtein: 16gFat: 39gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 1018mgPotassium: 1761mgFiber: 17gSugar: 25gVitamin A: 21005IUVitamin C: 89.3mgCalcium: 220mgIron: 5.2mg
    Keywords Healthy Lunch Ideas, Super Salads, vegetarian
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    These Vegetarian Buddha Bowls with Spicy Peanut sauce make a great Winter salad – for those days when you fancy something a bit lighter for dinner.

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    1. Spike says

      May 21, 2019 at 7:06 pm

      Whoops, forgot to mention, I roast my own peppers with a kitchen torch, it's really easy and the results are fresher than out of a jar.

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    2. Spike says

      May 21, 2019 at 7:05 pm

      4 stars
      This is an excellent recipe and it serves as a fine base for a wide variety of ingredients. The first time I made it, I followed the recipe. The second time, I substituted sweet potato for the squash. Next it will be eggplant. The apple can be replaced with mango, for example. I would never take out the avocado though.

      The dressing is excellent but it makes about half of what is necessary. That's a serious problem and why I took off a star. As written, the dressing is really skimpy.

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    3. KC says

      May 07, 2018 at 5:57 pm

      5 stars
      Love this filling buddha bowl, this is added to our meal rotataion.

      Reply
    4. Debbie says

      November 04, 2016 at 8:26 am

      Looks delicious Nicky! And you are quite right: stodgy food is definitely making a come back in our house. I'll definitely be giving this lovely Buddha bowl a whirl ????

      Reply
    5. Julie is Hostess At Heart says

      November 04, 2016 at 12:41 am

      I love everything about this bowl! It is nice to have a dish that isn't a carb overload this time of year.

      Reply

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