INGREDIENTS
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Start with a base: Fill up with slow-burning, high-fiber whole grains. Cook your favorite, be it brown rice, quinoa, wheat berries or a mix, and keep the cooked grain in the refrigerator. If you are avoiding gluten, use quinoa, millet, buckwheat, bro
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Pick a protein: Beans, tofu, nuts, seeds. If you like baked beans, curried chickpeas or chili in cans, warm some up for your bowl.
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Pile on the veggies: Don’t hold back on your favorite veggies to sliver on top of the grain. Think color — it’s best to have some greens, some oranges, some reds, and place them so that the colors pop. You eat with your eyes first.