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Grilled Chicken and Veggie Rainbow Bowl

Adapted from Half Baked Harvest's California Rice Bowl. My favorite rice bowl of all time! Totally customizable but the amounts in this bowl for these macros are in parenthesis.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Bowl
Cuisine: California
Keyword: blue cheese, bowl, cauliflower rice, chicken, Rainbow, rice, veggie
Servings: 1
Calories: 384kcal
Author: Lillie

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup Cooked brown rice Trader Joes frozen is a staple over here (50 g)
  • 2 cups Cauliflower rice frozen just so you don’t keep buying it and letting it rot like I used to. (200 g)
  • 1/2 cup Simple or favorite grilled chicken I usually just do my basic grilled chicken 100 g
  • 1/4 cup Grilled zucchini 45 g
  • 2 Tbsp. Grilled onions yellow squash and bell peppers are also good additions (28 g)
  • 1/3 cup Cherry tomatoes 50 g
  • 1/4 Medium avocado 30 g
  • 2 tsp. Reduced Fat Blue Cheese 10 g
  • 2 tsp. Toasted walnuts 5 g -more if you've got room for the fat!

Instructions

  • I sautéed 200 grams of cauliflower rice with some green onions, cilantro, a frozen cube of garlic and some S/P. You could just steam it—that works too. (If you’re lazy like that.)
  • Slice zucchini long ways into thick ribbons or spears for easy grilling.
  • Slice onions in big rings trying to keep together.
  • Spray both with cooking spray and sprinkle with kosher salt/pepper and grill for a couple of minutes per side or until they’ve got good grill marks and have softened. Maybe longer for onions.
  • Chop veggies after grilled
  • Mix cauliflower and brown rice in bowl (I did 200g and 50g… if I had carbs I’d do all brown! Obviously if you don’t have enough carbs do just cauli... but chewy rice is of course amazing.)
  • Top with chopped grilled chicken, veggies, tomatoes, avocado, blue cheese (this sounds so out of place but I’m telling you if you EVER like blue cheese this is what MAKES THIS DISH! Such a weird amazing combo), and toasted walnuts (my fat only had room for a tiny amount, but it was still worth it. There is something about the rice, blue cheese, and walnut combo- I'm obsessed.)
  • You can eat it straight or with a squeeze of lime, or a drizzle of a yummy dressing like this super light AMAZING creamy cilantro ranch.

Notes

To log this bowl as written, search "Lillie Eats and Tells Grilled Chicken and Veggie Rainbow Bowl" in MFP.  

Nutrition

Calories: 384kcal | Carbohydrates: 38.1g | Protein: 36.4g | Fat: 11.8g