This book begins with a nice introduction that explains what a Buddha bowl is, and the ingredients you can add. From there, the author, Kelli Foster, includes a cooking chart for grains and grain alternatives such as cauliflower rice.

Next come the recipes beginning with some sauces to top your bowl. They range from basic everyday vinaigrette to peanut sauce. After that is a nice collection of recipes for your bowl. Because I like to know what I’ll find in any cookbook, I’m including this small sample: coconut quinoa breakfast bowl; maple-vanilla overnight oat bowl; maple-masala winter squash breakfast bowl (this one utilizes the squash as the bowl!); black bean and chorizo bowl; crispy potato and smoked salmon power bowl; tofu scramble bowl with kale and Brussels sprouts; shrimp summer roll bowls and super green quinoa bowls.

This has over 100 recipes and it is neatly grouped by the main ingredients. I’m sure there is something in this for everyone.

I think this book will be well received in its market. Unfortunately, as a paleo eater I am not a part of this market. Pretty much every recipe has a grain featured prominently in it. I am not holding that against the book as it was pretty clear that this was a possibility based on the books blurb. I was personally hoping it would've been easier to substitute out the grains, but they did seem to be fairly critical to the recipes.

The book is well illustrated, though sparsely so. In fact, my only real complaint about the book is that there aren't enough pictures. The recipes are easy to follow and I could easily see them in a hip/hippy health restaurant. The pictures are appealing and well plated.

This book is highly recommended to health conscious grain eaters.

I am obsessed with Buddha Bowls. I normally eat them for lunch. I have never made breakfast Buddha Bowls, but now have a plethora of options. If you have never tried a Buddha Bowl you must! It is a bowl full of healthy deliciousness. Kelli Foster gives great tips and tricks on how to create the perfect bowl. I also really enjoy the sauce recipes at the beginning. I really appreciate that several of the recipes are vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free. My favorite bowls to enjoy from this collection is the quinoa and chicken taco bowl or BBQ chicken quinoa bowl. Delicious!

Loved this super helpful cookbook. A Buddha Bowl is a basic one bowl meal, containing 1) grains and noodles (and, in this book, alternative, gluten free, options), 2) protein, 3) vegetables and/or fruit, and 4) a dressing, sauce or broth.

There's a great cheat sheet on how to cook grains.

The recipes are broken down into sections: Basic Sauces and Dressings for the Buddha Bowls, Breakfast Bowls, Fish and Seafood Bowls, Chicken and Turkey Bowls, Beef and Lamb Bowls, Vegetable Bowls and Fruit Bowls.

The only downside is that the recipes do not have nutritional breakdowns, so you still have to figure that out.