Southwestern Vegan Power Bowl with Massaged Kale
This Southwestern Vegan Power Bowl is the perfect weeknight meal. It's hearty, satisfying and full of plant-based nutrition!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 438kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa
- 2 organic sweet potatoes cut into cubes
- ½ head kale de-stemmed
- 1 lemon*
- 1 can black beans drained and rinsed
- 1 bell pepper chopped
- 1 avocado chopped
- salsa
- spices of choice: paprika, cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 °F and spread your cubed sweet potatoes onto a baking dish sprayed with non-stick cooking spray or lined with aluminum foil. Sprinkle your desired seasonings overtop and roast the potatoes for about 30 minutes, rotating 180 degrees half way through, until fork tender. Set aside.
- In a medium sized sauce pan, cook the quinoa in water (or vegetable broth) according to package directions. Fluff and set aside.
- While the sweet potatoes and quinoa are cooking, place the de-stemmed kale into a large bowl. Squeeze the lemon juice over the top of the lemon and use your hands to work the acid from the lemon juice into the kale leaves. Be forceful and really "massage" the kale so that the leave break down. You want them to become soft and also decrease drastically in size. Set aside.
- Once the sweet potatoes and quinoa are cooked, you can assemble the power bowls. In a bowl place a serving of each of the following: cooked quinoa, roasted sweet potato, massaged kale, black beans, bell pepper and avocado. Top everything with salsa and dig in!
Notes
*Lime juice would work great too!
Nutrition
Calories: 438kcal | Carbohydrates: 74g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 79mg | Potassium: 1242mg | Fiber: 17g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 18675IU | Vitamin C: 75mg | Calcium: 127mg | Iron: 5mg