Healthy Meal Prep Bowls

I'm hitting you with one of my healthy meal prep ideas today so you can prepare everything ahead to take stress out of your week. Chickpeas, quinoa and plenty of veggies make this a super easy healthy meal prep recipe.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, International

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Total Time 30

Servings bowls

Calories 540kcal

Ingredients

2 cups cooked chickpeas
1 cup quinoa
1 cup water
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 large English cucumber
24 cherry tomatoes
1 small red onion
7 oz cubed feta (200g)
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp tahini
1 Tbsp honey
4 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
sea salt
black pepper

Instructions

Cook quinoa as instructed on package or cook it in the Instant Pot by preheating the instant pot with the "sauté" button, then once hot add a splash of oil and the quinoa and toast it for a couple minutes. Then, add water and sea salt, and immediately put on lid and seal. Make sure the venting knob is set to sealing. Press "cancel" and then "manual" and set the Instant Pot to 1 minute on high pressure. Then wait for natural pressure release (about 15 minutes).
In the meantime, wash and cut vegetables and divide all ingredients in 4 parts and add to 4 large bowls.
Prepare salad dressing my mixing lemon juice, tahini, honey and olive oil in an airtight container and shake until well combined.
Once quinoa is cooked, let cool and then divide into 4 parts and add to bowls.
Immediately refrigerate and take 1 bowl to work with about 4th of the dressing. Add dressing to bowl minutes before eating.

Nutrition

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