Kale and tomato brown rice bowls Recipe
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‘Bowls’ have been all the rage recently. And no, I don’t just mean the crockery (I’m pretty sure they’ve been all the rage for several thousand years now), I mean bowl dinners – basically a load of stuff… in a bowl. They’re generally pretty healthy, easy to make, and often only require one pan.
There are very few rules when it comes to making bowl dinners. Here’s my general formula:
– a grain / starch: rice, quinoa, mashed potato, etc.
– a protein: chickpeas, beans, lentils, nuts, tofu, etc.
– veg: heaps and heaps of them.
– something yummy to finish: crumbled cheese, a nice sauce or dressing, etc.
This time I went for brown rice, chickpeas, kale, tomatoes, and feta cheese. Because there are so many…
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