5 Simple & Easy One Bowl Recipe
While preparing a meal, there is lots of confusion about what to cook and how much time the meal will take. We always want an easy going simple & Healthy recipes, but we end up choosing wrong food items which are not considered to be a balanced meal.
So moving to a healthy option, which is easy going, simple as well as balanced, we need to take care of micronutrients first.
A portion of proteins along with complex carbs and fibres which are important too for our gut, and healthy fats which make the meals palatable, so we need to consider all these foods in the category of veg and non veg both.
So here are 5 easy to go One Bowl recipes which you can try out when you are in a hurry!
BEST HEALTHY RECIPES
- Quinoa Vegetable Porridge
Quinoa is a plant based protein source which is easily digestible, having high content of dietary fiber which eases constipation, and gut related digestive problems. It has a good source of minerals as well such as manganese, iron, folate, magnesium, etc.
Quinoa has a nutty taste which makes it unique while combining it into some salads or making spicy dishes.
So like any other porridge, simply just chopp some vegetables which are available in your fridge or kitchen, and in a pan, add a cup of washed quinoa, some spices like salt and pepper, add some water, stir it, let it cook for 5-8 minutes and serve hot, that’s it!!
With lots of vegetables, and a simple procedure you can cook a healthy Recipes & a balanced meal in just 10 minutes. Try Quinoa salads, quinoa custard with milk (Same as kheer) and there are many more dishes prepared by quinoa.
- Pulse and peanut vegetable soup
As we all know for vegetarians, pulses are a major source of protein but cannot be eaten more as it causes indigestion also. But you can change the cooking method and make its anti nutrient properties break. What does that mean?
Well, the main reason why we cannot eat more pulses or peanuts is because they are dense in calories and have some anti nutrients on their wall/skin. So always soak pulses at least for one hour and let it boil, remove all the water and then you can use it in soups or dals or any other dish you want, because now you can easily digest this without any harm.
So for pulse and peanut vegetable soup, I suggest to choose mung bean as healthiest option, in a pan add little oil, cumin seeds, chopped onions, available veggies, stir it, add handful of soaked peanuts, stir it well, add 1 cup soaked moong beans, and let it cook, add spices and more water as per required, and put the lid until it cooks well, after cooking make a soup out of it by blending all the mixture finely, and garnish it with lime juice. Easy and simple!!
You can make many more Healthy Recipes like this by adding lentils, or beans, or any other form of pulse which you like most.
- One Pot Rice and Curry
Curries are versatile and always a good choice in every meal, you can include fats in curries like oil or butter, but the best part if you are following diet and don’t want to add visible fats, it can be made without fats also.
Directly in water add lots of vegetables and curry paste if it is homemade, or else curry powder and regular spices. And in the same pan add handful of washed brown rice to make it complete balanced meal and comes under healthy recipes. In the options of vegetables, go for seasonal veggies, and fiber rich like green beans, gourds, pods, etc.
You can add millets also instead of rice to add complex carbs, but yes this is really a good and palatable meal which fulfills your requirement of a healthy diet and at the same time this is a soulful diet.
- Roasted Vegetables and Bean salads
In the options of comfort salads/ healthy recipes and a balanced one, how can we choose to balance this now, as in beans is only having proteins as we think and vegetables are their, but no carbs and fats?
Well yes, it is possible that we can choose vegetables having high carbs and fibres and beans with having good amount of protein and fibre again, we can include healthy fats by adding seeds and nuts into it, making more nutty and delicious.
High carb vegetables like roasted sweet potatoes, boiled beets and corns, blanched broccoli for good proteins and antioxidants. Combine all these together, chopp it, stir it, Add some good amount of boiled beans like, kidney beans, Fava and lobia beans, moong beans, stir it add a little Ghee/homemade butter, spices. Roast them well on hot pan and enjoy.
This salads help you to keep you energetic throughout the day, clear your gut as it is having high fiber content, provide you antioxidants, minerals, Proteins. So yes it’s a balanced choice again!!
- Pumpkin and Millet Soup
Well there are many vegetables which we can use and make soups out of it, but why pumpkin? So not because of its taste, but pumpkin have its own nutritious health benefits and it is very rich in Vitamin A, and other minerals. Pumpkin seeds are also very common these days and have numerous benefits. It boosts immunity, protect and cures eyesight and yes its a low calorie food also which is nutreint dense at the same time which promote weight loss.
It’s a highly recommended food in weight loss, and millets as well, because millets have its own real benefits and effective in weight loss. So it’s a best combination you should try once, and it will help to curb your appetite in the healthy recipes.
In a pan add cooking oil, which is PUFA (Sunflower, mustard oil, Rice bran, etc.), add cumin seeds, chopped garlic 1 tsp, corriander seeds, chopped onions, carrots. Stir it well, add washed little millet and water as per required to make it soup, cook in a medium flame, add pumpkin purée into it and stir it well, add spices like salt and black pepper, chillies.
Cook it until it get mashed and make a soup consistency. Serve hot with roast vegetables.
These Easy, simple & Healthy recipes are satisfying, nutritious, and a comfort food which you can prepare anytime because these all are One bowl recipes, but you can try it out as your side dishes or with your meal combinations as well.