The Magic of Celery in a Quinoa Energy Bowl

This quinoa energy bowl is the type of lunch I favored to drag collectively again within the days we’d work in our studio in San Francisco’s Chinatown. It was one thing I’d make commonly as a result of it checks all of the packing containers — fascinating, seasonal, filling, and nutritious. The bottom is solely mung beans and quinoa topped plenty of good things. I would argue, the magic *actually* comes from deeply sautéed and spiced celery. The celery brings an unbelievable quantity of taste and depth to the remainder of the dish, and welcomes all kinds of different toppings – roasted cherry tomatoes, salted dill yogurt, fast pickled crimson onions, chopped olives.

The Key to an Simple Energy Bowl

I are inclined to preserve a variety of cooked beans and grains readily available, and that’s one little trick that makes one thing like this straightforward to drag collectively. So, if you need one thing like this quinoa energy bowl to come back collectively rapidly, the bottom line is to make parts forward of time. Do a little bit of meal prep. I are inclined to cook dinner parts for the week on the weekends, in massive batches, after which preserve an quantity I feel we would eat within the fridge.  Freeze the the remainder after permitting it to chill fully. This manner I at all times have cooked quinoa, barley, brown rice, mung beans, only a fast thaw away.

Preserve it Easy or Load it Up!

With regards to energy bowls, you may make issues easy, or flared them out with as many toppings as you want (as pictured). This was a late summer season model, however I think about an autumn model with roasted delicata squash, or baked mushrooms, or herb jam could be nice later within the yr. Or do a do-it-yourself labneh instead of the yogurt.

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