15 of the Best Buddha Bowls and Other Veggie Bowls

When you want something clean, light, nourishing, and satisfying, a Buddha bowl, or any kind of veggie bowl, can hit the spot.

Though there is the classic Buddha bowl of ingredients, in reality, you can use any of your favorite veggies and add a protein that you love.

Here are a bunch of OGP recipes that give some great inspiration for putting together a delicious bountiful bowl.

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1. 10-Minute Buddha Bowl with Creamy Cashew Sauce

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Making a fresh, wholesome plant-based dinner every night might sound like too much work, especially if your schedule is packed, you work long hours, you’ve got kids, etc. This 10-minute Buddha Bowl with Creamy Cashew Sauce by Zuzana Fajkusova and Nikki Lefler is a perfect fast, yet healthy meal.

2. The Classic Buddha Bowl

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This is the most classic combination, and with good reason: it’s easy to make and it’s a freakin’ mouth party! Roasting the sweet potatoes brings out their sweetness, which pairs perfectly with the spiced garbanzo beans. The quinoa makes it extra filling and what would a Buddha bowl be without an avocado? Everything is married together in this Classic Buddha Bowl by Cara Carin Cifelli with a delicious maple tahini drizzle.

3. Cleansing Buddha Bowl

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Here’s a flavorful, protein-packed lunch that is very satisfying. Freekeh is a super grain made from green durum wheat. Turmeric is good at moving stagnation in the blood and reducing pathogenic bacteria. Serve this Cleansing Buddha Bowl by Kerry Harling with the dressing of your choice!

4. Meal Prep Roasted Buddha Bowl

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This Meal Prep Roasted Buddha Bowl by Caroline Doucet takes only 20 minutes of preparation and will offer you several meals. It’s full of vegetables, including roasted sweet potatoes, chickpeas, and fresh leafy greens. You can also add other vegetables, making this bowl easily adjustable to what you have on hand. Simply double the recipe to serve a family!

5. Fermented Beet and Quinoa Bowl

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If you are looking for a good post-workout meal with the right combination of macro-  and micronutrients, then this Fermented Beet and Quinoa Bowl by Zuzana Fajkusova and Nikki Lefler is what you need! You will want to ferment the beets for 24 hours before assembling the bowl. Hoverer, if you are short on time or haven’t accounted for this step you can omit the fermentation and prepare the dish with freshly grated beets instead.

6. Jamaican Bowl

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This vegan Jamaican Bowl by Val & Mani Latifi brings that island flavor! The jerk sweet potatoes, rice and peas, curried collard greens, and mango salsa are a culinary dancehall party for your tastebuds. Our bowl is the perfect way to liven up your boring meal-prep routine.

7. Chickpea Fried Tofu

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Delightfully crispy tofu cubes, coated with a well-seasoned and nutritious chickpea flour batter make for a powerful comfort food with a robust flavor. This will make you fall in love with tofu all over again. The recipe for Chickpea Fried Tofu by Maya Sozer is super simple and consistently turns out amazing every single time.

8. Chipotle Green High-Protein Bowl

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With warm, caramelized Brussels sprouts, fresh greens, tender sweet potato & crunchy smoked chickpeas, this Chipotle Green High-Protein Bowl by Logan Dunn & Lexus Osman is finished perfectly with a creamy chipotle sauce to make for a smokey, hearty & filling protein-rich meal.

9. Tahini Kale Protein Bowl

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In need of a good summer meal recipe? Don’t worry! You probably don’t want to be spending hours in the kitchen during these summer months. This Tahini Kale Protein Bowl by Zuzana Fajkusova and Nikki Lefler uses quinoa, kale, broccoli, crumbled tempeh, hemp seeds, and a tahini ginger sauce. All delicious things in one big protein-packed bowl ready to serve in 20 minutes!

10. Super Greens, Brown Rice, and Tempeh Macro Bowl

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This tasty Super Greens, Brown Rice, and Tempeh Macro Bowl by Rachel Mansfield will give you the fuel you need to make it through your day. It has brown rice, chickpeas, and tempeh to give you lasting energy throughout the day, cucumbers for crunch, and wakame for a burst of unique flavor that you can get only from sea veggies. Power bowls make great meals because it’s so easy to get variety. If you’re not a fan of rice, you can easily swap it out for a different grain. You can prep these bowls the night before and then bring them along as lunch for work or school.

11. Green Thai Curry Rice Bowl

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The best thing about veggie bowls is that you can throw about anything in them and they easily create a filling and satiating meal. They are ideal for weekday lunches and are easy to meal prep! This Green Thai Curry Rice Bowl by Parsley Vegan has pretty simple ingredients you may even already have on hand! Make a large batch of brown rice, and meal prep for a yummy, fiber-packed lunch on the go!

12. Sushi Bowl With Sesame-Crusted Tofu

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This Sushi Bowl With Sesame-Crusted Tofu by The Veginner’s Cookbook makes a delicious and filling lunch that is great to take to work, school, or a picnic. You can’t go wrong with veggies, tofu, or whatever you want on a bed of delicious rice. This recipe is also great to make if you don’t have the skill or patience to make your own sushi. You can play around with different toppings such as avocado, pumpkin, soybean sprouts, radish, or whatever you feel like.

13. Fried ‘Riced’ Broccoli Bowl

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This Fried ‘Riced’ Broccoli Bowl by Mitra Shirmohammadi is a grain-free, fried “rice” perfect to add some color to your stir-fry. This broccoli fried rice is simple, beautiful, and low in calories. A delicious alternative to cauliflower rice.

14. Veggie Bowl with Braised Tofu

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Dinner made easy! This Vegan Veggie Bowl with Braised Tofu by Teri Macovei is the healthy comfort food that you need. It’s sweet, sour, and mildly spicy. All flavours and textures are well balanced, making it into an irresistible delicious bowl of food.

15. Mediterranean Quinoa Bowls with Roasted Chickpeas

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These Mediterranean Quinoa Bowls with Roasted Chickpeas by Jenn Sebestyen and Kelli Foster just might make you feel healthier simply by looking at them: superfood quinoa, protein-packed chickpeas, nutritional powerhouse greens, and vibrantly fresh cucumber-tomato salad. The Citrus Tahini Sauce is a perfectly creamy sauce to bring it all together. As for the tahini sauce, this is the sauce that’s used more than any other for drizzling over Buddha bowls.

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