Vegan Buddha Bowl with Roasted Veggies

Vegan Buddha Bowl is a delicious, complete meal with a perfect mix of roasted veggies and seasonings. The cheesy almond sauce brightens the meal and melds all of the vegetables together.

Fresh roasted veggies are real comfort food, and when you combine them with a creamy, cheesy sauce, they become a meal.

What are Buddha bowls?

• The name developed from a single serving bowl filled with healthy ingredients that form a big fat round ‘belly’.
• The ingredients are a complete meal with vegetables, beans, plenty of protein, sometimes grains and or seeds, and a sauce.
• Sounds pretty good, heh?
• You can mix just about any nutritious ingredient with a corresponding sauce, and you’ve got a buddha bowl.
• A vegan Buddha bowl, at that. I think maybe they all are. 🙂
• That’s what we have here. A delicious bowl that is all yours!
• There are actually four servings in this recipe, so you can all have a bowl to yourself.

Ingredients

• Coconut oil – a nice base for sauteeing.
• Cauliflower – is a highly nutritional and filling vegetable.
• Broccoli – beautiful and green and healthy and it makes up for a third of the veggies.
• Chickpeas – are protein-packed and a very good match with broccoli and cauliflower.
• Salt and pepper – the perfect seasonings
• Red onion – gives a mildly sweet flavor with a little bit of crunch.
• Cashews – are a favorite addition for fresh flavors and protein.
• Cheesy Almond Sauce (recipe follows) – ties everything together.

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Sprinkle the coconut oil on a baking sheet.
• Arrange the broccoli, cauliflower, and chickpeas on the baking sheet.
• Toss to coat the vegetables with the oil.

• Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Roast for 30 minutes, tossing the vegetables after 15 minutes. Remove from the oven. Toss with the red onion and cashews. Serve with Cheesy Almond Sauce.

Sauce ingredients

• Almonds – blend smoothly for a great plant-based sauce.
• Water – thins out the creamy almonds.
• Nutritional yeast – adds that cheesy taste.
• Fresh lemon juice – gives a little tang of flavor.
• Dry mustard – a little bit adds a lot to make this sauce unique and delicious.
• Salt and pepper – are necessary seasonings.
• Extra virgin olive oil – blends the sauce ingredients into a delicious dressing.
• Pure maple syrup, optional – some people add just a dash.

• Drain the almonds and place them in a blender.
• Add the rest of the ingredients, except the oil and maple syrup.
• Blend at medium-high speed until the mixture is as smooth as you can get it.
• Different blenders will do different work because of the amount of power that they have. No matter what your blender, you will get a delicious almond sauce.

• Now, slowly pour in the olive oil through the opening in the lid.
• I found ½ cup to be perfect, but you may add a little more if you would like it thinner.
• Taste the sauce. See whether you would like a little bit more lemon juice. Sometimes I do, but not always. Some people like a dash of maple syrup, also.

Below is a photo of another day when I took a picture. Different bowl and just as delicious.

Ahhhrg, there’s so much I want to say but I can’t just blather on. So with that aside – you’re really going to enjoy this Buddha bowl.

Meal prep

• The sauce will keep in the fridge for about 4 days.
• It would get too solid if you used coconut oil, so olive oil is best.
• This dressing does not freeze well.

• Storing in the refrigerator:
• All the veggies can be prepared, but not cooked, and kept in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Prepare as directed above.