In spring we have access to the most beautiful seasonal vegetables. You should definitely make the most of the fresh produce. I know I do! You’ll see this with my delicious grain bowl recipe. Eating the right combination of veggies might just make you less tired. What I love about the healthy grain bowl, is that it’s fresh, easy to make and super light at the same time. It is a good choice for light dinners or takeaway lunches at work, even breakfast!
Our morning routine
Apart from making the healthy grain bowl, Bed Guru might just help you feel less tired as well. In fact, we all know that getting a good night’s sleep does the trick for the next day. Personally, I am exhausted if I don’t sleep well and my morning routine just collapses! What is your morning routine? Mine usually consists of waking up early in the morning and checking emails and social media. Of course, getting the whole family ready, myself included, for the day can be challenging as well. Therefore, I constantly look for ways how I can wake up happy and well rested.
I started by taking part of the Bed Guru #SpringOutOfBed campaign. Bed Guru is an online bed retailer who are sleep specialists, they understand that no two people share the same sleeping requirements and see it not just as a belief but an obligation to ensure that everybody gets a great night’s sleep! I really think this campaign will change the way I wake up in the morning and take that first step of the day. This campaign really helped me reconsider how I prepare myself for the springing out of bed the next day.
I‘ll share some top tips that might make your mornings happier:
- Omit sugar after 6pm – sugar is a stimulant and therefore if you eat too much of it before bed, you might get an unwanted sugar rush!
- Drink calming herbal tea – not black or green tea. Also, try chamomile or mint. It’s wonderful.
- Get yourself a pocket sprung mattress which ensures a good night’s sleep!
- Establish a rhythm and stick to a curfew. This rhythm will help you in the long-term!
- Eat healthier. The healthy grain bowl is a good start!
Sourcing your delicious produce
As mentioned before, this is the season to get fresh produce. Therefore, I highly recommend getting your ingredients at your local farmer’s market. I know it’s tough to get up in the morning. However, in order to get those fresh vegetables, you need to go to the market quite early in the morning. The fresh produce gets sold out fairly quickly. Furthermore, you want to get the first pick of the day, right? Remember, it’s not a supermarket that keeps restocking the ingredients. Nonetheless, if your local supermarket has a bio section, I highly encourage you to purchase the bio veggies due to flavour intensity.
Healthy Carbs
I can tell you right now that the healthy grain bowl is a light, yet filling dish. It’s easy to digest, but it doesn’t leave you hungry at all. This is a result of the carbs used in the healthy grain bowl. These carbs are totally gluten-free, and they are vastly known for being healthy substitutes in meals. These of course include quinoa and rice.
The trick with quinoa is to let is cook in salty water. If you don’t add salt while the quinoa boils in the water, it will taste really plain. You can choose from various types of quinoa – white, yellow, red or black quinoa. I can never choose which one to use for my dish. You can even use a mix!
Generally, I prefer quinoa to rice. However, the crunchy texture of the brown rice is just as delicious. You can also use dark wild rice, red cargo rice or black rice. I don’t recommend using white or basmati rice as it doesn’t fit the other flavours and textures of the healthy grain bowl.
Lastly, I recommend roasting the chick peas. If rice, quinoa or chick peas are not your thing, you can also try using lentils or roasted Jerusalem artichokes.
Garnish
Once you chop up your veggies into nice chunks, place them on top of your chosen carb. I love to look at the arrangement of vegetables in the healthy grain bowl. However, it’s also nice to add a little garnish. I used fresh coriander leaves and spring onions because I think they work really well with this recipe. However, you can use other herbs for garnish. You can use:
- Watercress – tangy and bitter flavour. Very nutritious. Also, the leaves look great. In fact, you can use the watercress to make a delicious walnut and watercress pesto to add into the healthy grain bowl.
- Basil – classic and aromatic. Works well with everything.
- Parsley – also a classic. Can be too aromatic for some.
- Chives – great for some extra tanginess and crunch.
Other toppings
For additional toppings, you can use red and green chillies. Add as many chillies as you please and rest assured they will give your metabolism a boost. Furthermore, you can top it off with nuts for that extra crunch. I used almonds, but you can combine whichever nuts you have at home. Walnuts are the usual substitute.
Healthy Grain Bowl
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
Healthy grain bowls aren’t just for lunch but can be enjoyed for breakfast too! What a great day to start your morning with a healthy breakfast such as this grain bowl recipe with avocado and quinoa.
Ingredients
- 100g (½ cup) brown rice
- 100g (½ cup) quinoa
- 60g (2oz) slivered almonds
- 200g (1 can) chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 1 avocado, cubed
- 2 tomatoes, cubed
- 30ml (2 tbsp) sesame seeds, toasted
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 250ml (1 cup) Greek yogurt
- Red and green chillies, sliced [optional]
- Coriander leaves, for garnishing
Instructions
- Cook the rice and quinoa in separate saucepans according to package instructions. Drain and let them cool down.
- Divide the rice, quinoa, almonds, chickpeas, avocados, tomatoes and sesame seeds evenly between four bowls.
- Season with salt and top with yogurt, chillies and coriander leaves. Serve immediately.
- Category: Salad
- Method: Boil
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 631
- Sugar: 9.9 g
- Sodium: 38 mg
- Fat: 25.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 78.7 g
- Fiber: 17.9 g
- Protein: 25.6 g
- Cholesterol: 3 mg
Keywords: healthy grain bowl, power grain bowl, grain bowl recipe, morning grain bowl, healthy breakfasts
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A special thanks to Kelly Reeve for assisting with the recipe shoot.
P.S. This post was created in collaboration with Bed Guru.
Catalina says
I like having papayas for my healthy breakfast with aloe vera! Wonderful mix
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i like poached egg on toast
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My favourite healthy breakfast is porridge with fruit
★★★★★
Fiona says
Natural yoghurt and fresh blueberries
Lynn Rose says
My breakfasts are generally a coffee and homemade high protein snacks. Fast, easy, and I know what’s gone into them.
Tania Atfield says
I love porridge
Mariel Pereira says
Poached eggs on brown toast
Sam R says
fruit with porridge 🙂
Ali Thorpe says
I like porridge with banana and honey or nut butter.
Lydia Frew says
Every morning I have oats with blueberries, chia seeds, goji berries, dates, nuts and at the moment I’m also having fresh strawberries from the greenhouse.
Marycarol says
Love porridge with blueberries x
Mary Heald says
At the moment I am enjoying cornflakes with sliced banana
Gemma Bailey says
Yogurt with berries and granola, yum!
Becky Duffy says
I love granola, Greek yoghurt, apple and blueberries 🙂 Would eat it every day if I could
Carina Barnett says
Porridge oats with any kind of fruit and a bit of honey- with lashings of fresh coffee 🙂 Never hungry until lunchtime after that
Caroline H says
When it comes to latest food trends, it’s a bit passe but I’m still loving avocado on rye bread toast.
simon tutthill says
For me it has to be a lovely bowl of muesli with unsweetened soya milk
Zoe C says
Natural yogurt with banana, sultanas and honey
Alexandra oliver says
Muesli and yoghurt
Kim Neville says
Scrambled egg on toast with coriander
Kerry Kilmister says
I love fat free greek yoghurt with mixed berries
Julia Lawson says
My favourite healthy breakfast is porridge, either that or muesli packed full of fruit and nuts 🙂
melanie stirling says
Porridge is my favourite.
tanya manoli says
I love to have american pancakes with bacon and maple syrup in the morning. It’s delicious!!!!!
Becky John says
I like muesli
Tracy Clark says
cornflakes with fruit
Tracy Nixon says
Bran flakes topped with strawberries!
sara m says
smashed avocado on toasted sourdough bread with poached egg
stuart hargreaves says
Scotch porridge oats with fresh bananas
Holly Gibson says
Poached eggs, spinach and tomato on wholemeal toast
Claire Nutman says
Fruit with greek yoghurt and honey x
Debbie W says
Cereal- muesli or granola, with whatever fruit I have handy and served with yogurt instead of milk. I have it as an evening meal as well sometimes.
Laura Jeffs says
I love fuit and veg smoothies! Healthy and yummy
★★★★★
Suzanne Jackson says
porridge with blueberries
Hassni says
Muesli with almond milk.
amy bondoc says
i usually have a smoothie for breakfast if i have anything else i usually have porridge with blueberries
Helen Tovell says
Scrambled egg on toast
Sarah Rees says
I like a spinach, mushroom and feta omelette but if I am in a rush its a quick smoothie
Eleanor Beavan says
Poached eggs on wholemeal toast with a couple of rashers of lean bacon and some mushrooms.
leanne weir says
Poached egg on toast
Jade Hewlett says
I like fruit for a healthy breakfast
Tracey Belcher says
To be honest I am a yoghurt and fresh fruit fan
Sarah Ann says
I like natural yogurt, honey, fruit and granola.
Anna says
Home-made muesli with grated apple, yogurt etc or granary bread toast and home made marmalade
Jo Carroll says
Thinking about it I haven’t had yoghurt for ages…must make some – I love my muesli too much though. x
Ren Behan says
I love to whizz up a smoothie for breakfast – it’s such a quick and healthy start to my day!
★★★★★
Donna S says
I love porridge with banana and honey 🙂
clair downham says
lots of fruit or boiled eggs
Hali Kinson says
Yum yes please
Elaine Garrett says
Smashed avacado and poached egg
Anthony Harrington says
Porridge with cherries and pieces of apple
lyn burgess says
fruit salad and yogurt
Erin Madden says
avocado on toast!
[email protected] says
a veggie stir fry with poached egg from neighbour’s hens!
★★★★★
Debbie Gilbert says
scrambled eggs and avocado!
Solange says
Yogurt with bananas and granola.
jodie beaumont says
yoghurt granola and berries, yum!
Kavey says
I’m not great at eating healthily so good to have some more ideas on meals that move me in that direction!
Gary Topley says
Granola, thankyou for the competition x
Carole E says
I love porridge with blueberries
Inga Andersen says
I like weetabix and a banana 🙂
John Tingay says
Smoked Mackerel and a fruit smoothie.
Camilla Hawkins says
Love this healthy bowl! My favourite breakfast is garlic spinach on a bagel topped with a poached egg:-)
★★★★★
marie miles says
i like scrambled eggs on wholemeal toast
Lisal Evans says
Porridge and blueberries
Allan Wilson says
Tropical fruit granola mixed in yoghurt
Rena Plumridge says
Porridge
Fiona King says
I love poached egg on toast
Rob Griffiths says
Poached eggs on toast
Jacqueline Meldrum says
Now this is my kind of lunch. Mind you I could eat chickpeas like sweeties until there are none left to go in the bowl. Shared!
★★★★★
Jacqui Graham says
at the moment it is strawberries, blueberries, roasted oats and natural yoghurt
silvia says
Porridge with soy milk and a dash of maple syrup.
CAROL MARAFON says
Porridge With Strawberries
Katie Wood says
Porridge with maple syrup!
christine shelley says
Porridge and brown toast
mari sutherland says
Poached egg and avocado
Jade Pawley says
I love porridge with honey!
Mary Baldwin says
I do love poached eggs on wholemeal toast with wilted spinach – totally yummy.
DENISE WILDEN says
Fruit and low fat yogurt
Ben Audsley says
porridge with bananas
Harline says
Bran flakes
★★★★★
Danielle Pooley says
Yoghurt & pieces of fruit
Amy Dickson says
I love poached eggs with granary toast and fresh berries
Rachel Craig says
Porridge.
Sarah Davison says
Fruit and natural yoghurt
Emily Hallett says
Porridge with strawberries
Eileen Sumner says
Porridge with banana
carole n says
Muesli and fruit topped with yoghurt
Christine Dodd says
Porridge, coconut milk, flax seed, chia and blueberries
Mel Turner says
Muesli
laura stewart says
Porridge with pruns x
Suzie Wilder says
Avocado on Wholemeal Toast!
Liz says
Just toast with fruit.
lauren scott says
My favourite healthy breakfast is avocado and wholemeal toast, sometimes with a poached egg! x
joanne darnell says
toast and honey
Lisa Parker says
Avocado on wholegrain toast
Maxine G says
I don’t tend to do healthy at breakfast I’m afraid – it’s got to be buttered toast for me! (does granary bread count as healthy?)
Andrea Fletcher says
Fresh fruit salad.
Maggie Ali says
porridge with strawberries and hazelnuts. Yum!
justine meyer says
I have plain yoghurt with strawberries x
Michael cunniffe says
I enjoy a bowl of weetbixs with whole milk everymorning
★★★★★
Christina Curtis says
Porridge
Tee Simpson says
I love youghurt and fresh fruit
Graham Ross says
Weetabix followed by a banana
Rebecca Nisbet says
cant beat granola and yogurt.
ruth robinson says
MINE IS PORRIDGE WITH STEWED FRUIT ON TOP
Richard Tyler says
I love smoked salmon on bagels
Sheila Evans says
Whole grain cereals with fat free yogurt and fresh fruit, 2 scrambled eggs and juice – but yours looks the poshest, healthiest breakfast ever! I’d love to win!
Sheena Batey says
I enjoy scrambled eggs with smoked salmon or else fruit and yogurt.
Jayne Townson says
I love a bowl of porridge with slice apple and a glass of fresh orange juice.
susan hoggett says
Overnight Oats with Chia seeds, flaked almonds, sultanas and ground cinnamon.
Lindsay says
Poached eggs on wholegrain toast 🙂
Susan M Jackson says
scrambled eggs with walnut bread toast
Pam Smith says
Porridge with chopped fruit
MANDY DOHERTY says
Porridge with honey
Richard Eldred Hawes says
Weetabix with a little milk
Richard Eldred Hawes says
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Lara Aleda says
I love omelette, fresh baked bread, orange juice and fresh ground coffee
nina kennedy says
I have mashed avocado on granary toast with a poached egg. It s simple but delicious
Allison Sherwood says
I do like a bowl of porridge with Blueberries and banana
Liam Bishop says
Poached eggs with chilli on sourdough toast. Yum!
Andrea Upton says
Fresh fruit with some natural yoghurt
Lorna Ledger says
omlette wuth ham and toms x
Louise A says
porridge
Katie Skeoch says
Eggs Benedict with a whole grain muffin
Lisa Wilkinson says
Natural Yogurt and Granola
Iris W says
I love poached egg and avocado on toast
★★★★★
Joshua C says
Porridge with Marmite. Yum!
Rhia Page says
I adore porridge with cinnamon and berries x
Robert Price says
Yogurt and fruit
JULIE WARD says
I’m lazy so mine is porridge that is done in the microwave
Leanne V McKenna says
Scrambled eggs with avocado, yum!
kate kathurima says
scrambled egg on toast
Krzysia says
I love porridge either on it’s own or with a few blueberries or honey.
Karen B says
Soft boiled egg and toast soldiers for me!
Sheri Darby says
Porridge with berries and yogurt
Michelle Ferguson says
I’m not good at eating breakfast so usually just have a yoghurt
Ian Campbell says
Muesli plus granola with plenty of fresh fruit on top (preferably strawberries). An all-time classic!
greig spencer says
FRUIT SALAD
carol boffey says
boiled egg on brown toast
Avs says
Muesli and Yoghurt
frances hopkins says
Sorry but poached egg on toast is about as healthy as it gets in my house
Louise Green says
Granola, Blueberries and Greek Honey Yoghurt
Ann Skamarauskas says
poached eggs with smoked salmon 🙂
Maggi L says
Poached egg and Avocado on Toast! 🙂
Dolly A says
boiled eggs on toast mmmmm
Allan Fullarton says
Fruit salad – really refreshing.
Jamie Millard says
porridge with blueberries and yoghurt
Sally Collingwood says
Cornflakes with hot milk!
Rebecca Powell says
Avocado on wholemeal toast
dawn bell-pope says
I’ve been eating my home mixed muesli for years, with milk and a cut up banana
Stevie says
I like poached egg.
Dorothy K says
It has to be porridge with some fruit
Paula Phillips says
Porridge is my favourite.
Ellen Nixon says
scrambled eggs and smoked salmon
Craig Havery says
healthy granola with plain yoghurt over the top
Karen R says
I love flaxseed porridge with blueberries 🙂
Jenny Jones says
Has to be porridge with honey for me
michelle thompson says
crumpets
Lisa says
I really enjoy a fresh fruit salad with natural yoghurt with a bit of granola over the top. Yum x
Ella L says
I usually have porridge with a spoonful of honey
Teresa sheldon says
I love a soft boiled egg with a slice of brown bread soldiers to dip
Louise Crocker says
Bacon, avacado and eggs ?
Patricia Avery says
Scrambled egg with wholemeal toast 🙂
Katy Malkin says
Scrambled tofu with paprika on wholemeal bread
Donna Craggs says
My favourite breakfast is fresh fruit with yoghurt and a sprinkle of oat bran and sunflower seeds.
Kat Allinson says
I love having Overnight oats for breakfast
Lauren Main says
Greek yogurt, bran flakes, strawberries and bananas
Felicity Kelly says
Overnight oats are delicious with frozen berries
paul jackson says
wholemeal toast
Natalie Gillham says
I love yogurt with whole grains, sunflower seeds and fresh fruit x
sophie williams says
I love overnight oats with blueberries and raspberries
Beccy Rowley says
My healthy breakfast is oats and raisins mixed together with a spoonful of cinnamon and milk.
Heather Haigh says
Boiled eggs with asparagus spear soldiers.
Lesley Stevens says
I like to start my day by eating a couple of pieces of fresh fruit – anything from the fruit bowl – I munch on my fruit while my poached egg is cooking. I serve my egg on a piece of homemade wholemeal toast.
Kathleen Lynch says
Whole meal toast with avacado and smoked paprika. Mmm
Mary H says
That looks so delicious. Perfect lunch to take to work. I love porridge and fruit and seeds for breakfast. Overnight oats are better this time of year.
Diana says
Porridge 🙂
Gwyn Sharps says
Tofu scramble with avocado slices and sardinia tomatoes
Antonia Richardson says
it has to be porridge
bec james says
scrambled EGG ON BROWN SEEDED TOAST 🙂
Charlotte G says
For me it has to be smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel
Hayley Colburn says
I love poached eggs
Michelle Wild says
Mushrooms on toast
pauline black says
it has to be boiled eggs and toast for me!
Gillian Hale says
Scrambled eggs on wholemeal toast
sharon martin says
poached eggs on wholemeal toast
olivia Kirby says
Smoked salmon with lemon and wholegrain toast
ellie spider says
i like granola wit fruit and yoghurt
Kate Phillips says
Yoghurt with fruit and nuts and a nice cup of tea.
Cheryl says
oats, yogurt, honey, fruit and seeds
Kathryn Todd says
Scrambled egg & smoked salmon
Lyn Slatter says
Bran flakes with fresh banana & semi skimmed ice cold milk
Victoria Buchanan says
Homemade breakfast flapjacks!
Emma Davison says
Scrambled egg, grilled tomatoes and half a grapefruit for after
Melanie Burton says
I like poached eggs on granary toast
Sarah Taylor says
Poached egg and avacado
Carol Phile says
Greek yoghurt and honey
Sammie Hodges says
Poached eggs!
G Keegan says
Porridge and blueberries.
Jane Middleton says
porridge oats with nuts
George Wright says
Poached egg and avocado on sourdough toast!
Ben Robb says
creamy porridge with multigrains and seeds
Natalie Crossan says
Crumpets