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Superfood bowl with mint pesto

April 12, 2016 by Ania - 4

buddha bowl, easy, gluten-free, healthy

superfood bowl with mint pesto

This superfood bowl with mint pesto says spring to me. It’s filling yet light, healthy, full of raw food goodness and is naturally gluten-free.

I don’t use the term ‘superfood’ very often as, having worked in advertising for years, I’m aware that calling certain foods ‘superfoods’ is simply a marketing ploy to offload overpriced, sometimes exotic, ingredients to the unsuspecting public looking for a miracle fix. Sadly no amount of mung bean sprouts in my lunch today will compensate for one too many chocolate brownies I hoovered up the day before.

Although…hang on, isn’t chocolate a superfood too?! πŸ™‚ .

I did call this salad bowl a superfood bowl in a much broader sense. It contains a beautiful balance of fresh, natural, seasonal ingredients that will definitely improve the way you feel if you include them on your menu on a regular basis. Maybe it’s just health conscious me, but eating such a variety of fresh produce, colours and textures for lunch somehow makes me feel more alive! It gives me a little edgeΒ of nutritional superpower!

PS: If you make my superfood bowl, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram as @lazycatkitchen and use the #lazycatkitchen hashtag. I love seeing your takes on my recipes!

superfood bowl with mint pesto ingredients

superfood bowl with mint pesto portion

370 calories
5.00 from 1 vote
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  • serves: 2
  • prep: 20 min
  • cooking: 20 min

Ingredients


SUPERFOOD BOWL

  • Β½ cup quinoa, cooked
  • 200 g broad beans or peas
  • 10 radishes, sliced
  • Β½ avocado, sliced
  • Β½ long cucumber, chopped
  • 1 spring onion, sliced thinly
  • 1 turnip, grated coarsely
  • 2 handfuls of sprouts (I sprouted mung beans)
  • salt and pepper, to taste

QUICK MINT PESTO

  • leaves from 5 springs of mint, roughly chopped
  • 1 small garlic clove
  • 1 tbsp / 15 ml lime or lemon juice
  • 10 almonds, roughly chopped
  • pinch of coarse salt
  • pepper, to taste
  • 4 tbsp / 60 ml extra virgin olive oil

Method


SUPERFOOD BUDDHA BOWL

  1. Cook quinoa according to the instructions on the packet. I simmer mine (with a lid on) in 1:1Β½ (grain:water) volume ratio until all the water gets absorbed and let it stand covered for 5-10 minutes after that.
  2. To cook broad beans, bring a small pot of water to the boil. Throw broad beans in and boil them for about 5 minutes. While broad beans are cooking, prepare a bowl of cold water and a few ice cubes thrown in. After 5 minutes test one bean and if it’s cooked, drain broad beans and plunge them into the bowl with cold water you prepared earlier. Pod the beans.
  3. Divide cooked quinoa, broad beans and the rest of salad ingredients between 2 bowls.

QUICK MINT PESTO

  1. To make mint pesto, crush chopped almonds in a pestle and mortar. Then add garlic and a pinch of salt and pound them until the garlic turns into a paste. Add chopped mint leaves in small batches and a bit of lemon juice to stop the mint from turning brown. Pound each batch until finely minced and finally drizzle in olive oil to emulsify the mixture. Season with lemon zest, pepper and extra salt if needed.
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This recipe has been written by Ania. She is the cook, stylist and photographer behind Lazy Cat Kitchen. You can read about her journey into food blogging here. You can also check her out on Pinterest and Instagram.

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  1. Emily says

    April 13, 2016 at 12:23 am

    Thanks! I get so much mint in summer and always feel like I haven’t used it nearly as thoroughly as I could.

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    • Ania says

      April 13, 2016 at 4:06 pm

      My pleasure πŸ™‚ !

      Reply
  2. Robby D. says

    May 9, 2016 at 10:34 pm

    I just made this and love it! The mint pesto is amazing, I used lime juice rather than lemon, and raw hazelnuts because I couldn’t find any almonds in the pantry. It turned out zesty and perfect! Thanks πŸ™‚

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    • Ania says

      May 10, 2016 at 9:34 am

      Thanks Robby, I’m so pleased to hear that you liked it so much! It made my day! πŸ™‚

      Reply

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Hi, I'm Ania. I love good food but I love animals more! Adopting a plant-based diet has been the best decision I've made and that's how this blog was born. It's a space where I want to show you that creating delicious plant-based food isn't actually hard at all.
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