Buddha Bowls

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.

Buddha bowls are very hyped right now and even if they're quite easy to do in the fundamental design, this book can help you bring some new idea to the tables (literally) and enjoy your meal. Simple enough, but well made, well separated and with good pictures quality, I would have like a bit more pictures but still... A good book for the newcomers as well as those you want to change their habits.

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!

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.

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 received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  
From the publisher --- 
It would be hard to find a hotter current food trend than Buddha bowls. Pinterest has more than a thousand Buddha bowl thumbnails and recipes. In Google Trends during 2017, Buddha bowl searches indexed (versus the entire universe of search terms) at 15 times where they were at the beginning of 2016; indeed, for much of 2017 the search string “Buddha bowls” was indexing at 100, meaning that the search term was in the top 1% of search terms globally--all terms, not just food terms. 
Buddha bowls are best seen as either Asian or Asian-inspired (“fusion”) one-bowl meals. The concept is loosely based on guidance from Chinese medicine, that a meal should have vegetables, protein, and grain. Although there would be many, many foods that meet this criterion, such as many pizzas or casseroles, Buddha bowls are a spin on the common Asian thick soup, such as a Vietnamese pho or a Chinese hot and sour soup, where there is a high ratio of ingredients to broth and where the ingredients are whole or in large pieces and not blended or pureed. 
Both bowl food and one-dish meals are strong-selling categories in the current cookbook market, and Buddha bowls is as strong a subtopic as any in both of those categories.  The book will sell to bowl-food enthusiasts, to big-city and college-town hipsters who think Asian fusion is cool, and to health-conscious eaters. Vegans are especially excited about Buddha bowls, but this title includes both meat recipes and vegan recipes. Certainly, the book will sell as well to people who integrate Buddhist practices into their spiritual routines, as well as followers of yoga and other Asian-inspired modalities.
I love and live on bowl meals: although I will admit that until today I did not know they were actually known as BUDDHA BOWLS. Wow, y can teach some old librarian new things in life!! I am not too sure about the “calming aspects” but if you are into those Asian “modalities” then you may get even more from this book than the casual reader does. I do wish that every recipe had a photo as I am a seeing to believe it kinda girl. I can see wrapping this and a number of bowls into a wedding shower gift in my near future: fabulous recipes!!

#BuddhaBowls #NetGalley #HealthyFood #Summer #Summer2018

A good selection of bowls recipes including the step by step tutorials to prepare dressing and sauces from natural ingredients. Just at time for summer

I love this book.  Its modern and this kind of healthy eating is so important!  I will definitely recommend it and will be using this book extensively.

Looks like I've been en vogue for a long time!  We've been eating these 'Buddha bowls' at our house for ages.....only we call them 'clean out the fridge' bowls.  Either way, they're easy to make, use a variety of foods, and are fairly healthy.  Photos are a good touch here.

As a vegan I absolutely love this book - I received an electronic arc copy, and I will definitely be purchasing a hard copy when it is published. The photographs are beautifully incorporated into the book and the recipes ideas for buddha bowls and also for dressings are great.

Thanks so much for the opportunity ! I am so excited about this book and looking forward to try all of the recipes!

I received a copy of this book through NetGally and the publisher for an honest review.
I love reading cookbooks and trying out new recipes so when 'Buddha Bowls' by Kelli Foster was received and as  I began to read I was  amazed at the layout, the recipes, and the very much needed 'how to cook grains cheat sheet'. I was drawn to the breakfast bowls section. It is very cold in the southern hemisphere right now and having a healthy warm breakfast is very much on my timetable. Any dish that has healthy, warm oats is a  priority in our household. The Chai -Spiced Multigrain Porriage Bowls  was great first choice and was consumed with many MMMMmms. The 'Sweet Potato Breakfast Bowl' was excellent and the extra added  honey made it a very become a family Favourite. The final recipe tried was 'Apple Pie Farro Breakfast Bowls. I love warm apple. The sharp taste of Granny Smith apples and the sweetness of maple syrup just makes this bowl breakfast an extra treat. The cookbook was set out well and the illustrations were an asset to the book. It is sad that there were not more illustrations to show the reader, how many of the bowls recipes were supposed to look. We live in a world where the visual is needed, and to show what the end result of a recipe is meant to look like this would have made book a little better.  That is my only gripe about this book. The cookbook as a whole was a treat to read. I recommend this book and give it 4 stars.

I had no idea that something like Buddha Bowls existed so I was so happy when I found out and probably I am right now one of their biggest fans! They are not always super easy to prepare, but they are far from being complicated and they look terrific!

Non avevo idea dell'esistenza delle Buddha Bowls e la loro scoperta mi ha reso immediatamente una grande fan di questo favoloso piatto unico. Non sempre facili da preparare sembrano comunque relativamente semplici e dalle foto anche bellissime!

THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!

I’m looking forward to trying these healthy recipes. They look just as beautiful as they are healthy, excited to try these.

This is an excellent read.  The author does a great job categorizing the food and provides a personal anecdote for each recipe.  A great resource for different dressings and all the ingredients are super accessible. I would have loved nutrition information - just some basics - protein, calories, carbs and as always, I want more of those amazing photos.

Mmmm, delicious bowls full of delicious foods! A lovely collection of different one-bowl meals for breakfast, lunch, dinner and even dessert. The ingredients are many, and unless you're really, really organized, prep time sounds like it'd be a nightmare, but damn every one of these recipes sound delicious.

I was thrilled to be able to read and review this, however, it only came in PDF and I do not read off my computer or phone and I don't have a tablet.

It was not indicated in the main listing that only PDF copies were available.

As someone who enjoys cooking, I am always looking for new ideas and recipes. My cooking is seasonally driven and since it is June and almost summer here in NY, I tend to focus on simply prepared meals that are either grilled or made in the slow cooker. Who wants to waste precious nights inside heating up the kitchen using the oven. That is a definite 'no' in my opinion and since Buddha Bowls features recipes with vegetables, proteins, and grains I thought I might get some new inspiration to enhance summertime meal preparation.
The book is divided into sections covering Beautiful Buddha Bowls, Basic Sauces and Dressings, Breakfast Bowls, Fish and Seafood Bowls, Chicken and Turkey Bowls, Beef and Lamb Bowls, Vegetable Bowls and Fruit Bowls. Some recipes require oven cooking, so I've made note of those that sound appealing and will try them in the fall or winter. Many require stovetop preparation, which worked fine for me since my barbecue has side burners. There are also recipes in the Breakfast Bowls section that use the slow cooker which I use no matter what the season.
Recipes I have tried so far are the Creamy Feta Sauce, Miso-Ginger Sauce, Golden Milk Chia Seed Breakfast Bowls, Vietnamese Zucchini Noodle and Shrimp Bowls, Spicy Thai Chicken and Brown Rice Bowls and the Chocolate-Tahini Chia Pudding Bowls. None of these recipes required ordering items online or going to specialty markets as all the ingredients were available where I regularly go grocery shopping. The recipes were easy to follow and the results, well let me just say I cleaned up a lot of empty bowls. 
The one thing I found lacking was nutritional information. Not that I can't access that elsewhere, but I do prefer cookbooks that provide it with each recipe.
Thank you, Kelli Foster, Quarto Publishing Group-Harvard Common Press and NetGalley for the complimentary digital review copy. If this type of cooking appeals to you or you have had a Buddha Bowl meal at a restaurant and wanted to make it at home, I would recommend this book.

Buddha Bowls seem to be the new rage in meal Prep. I have heard of these for a while now and when Quatro Publishing offered me a copy of this book through netgalley. com I immediately claimed my copy. 



The book is filled with 100 recipes for nourishing food bowls. I do wish there were pictures for each of the bowls but the pictures that are in the book look amazing and make me want to run to the kitchen. There are bowls for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in this book. 



I also like that their is a grin cooking guide at the front of the book. The book also has a section on sauces and dressings. These would be amazing on more then just the bowls. 



There are so many recipes in this book I cannot wait to try. I love cooking, I love cooking with fresh ingredients even more. I do wish there were some basic nutrition facts with the recipes.



I received this book from the Author or Publisher via Netgalley.com to read and review

Don’t be put off by the name, Buddha Bowls are a simple and nutritious idea, engagingly explained in this book. 
Foster starts off by explaining how to ‘build’ a bowl, from grain base to optional toppings. I particularly liked the section on flavouring grains. There is a really useful chapter on sauces that can be used in many different bowls, followed by the recipes. 
As a vegetarian, there are several meat and fish chapters which are of no interest to me. There’s a ‘breakfast’ section but honestly, I don’t think I would bother. However, the ‘vegetable bowls’ chapter has about thirty recipes: these are varied and interesting and gave me lots of ideas to try. 
Thanks to NetGalley and Quatro for this review copy.

Thanks to Netgalley for my copy. 

This is a great collection of easy to follow recipes full of tasty ingredients. My one criticism is I like to see a picture or depiction of what the finished article looks like. The ones illustrated were great just not enough of them. Plus a nutritional breakdown would be beneficial.

This book is right in my wheelhouse.  I am a big fan of one dish meals; casseroles, soups, stews, etc so bowls fit my lifestyle perfectly.  The beginning includes explanations on how to build the bowl along with a detailed chart of how to cook the different kind of grains.  I’ll be bookmarking this chart as a handy reference.  It moves then to a sauce and dressing section which conveniently list which bowl recipe each one can be paired with.  There are sections dedicated to the different types of protein sources.. seafood, poultry, beef and there is a vegetable section that includes both vegetarian and a good number of vegan options.  The recipes all look easy to follow and use easily obtained ingredients.  The only criticism is that there is not a photo of each recipe.  I would have preferred that the photos of empty bowls be substituted with recipe photos.  That being said, I’ll be trying out many of these recipes and I would recommend this to anyone interested in the bowl method of eating.

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A wonderful resource on Buddha Bowls! The author outlines all the well known sauces in addition to variations. The author also gives you a plethora recipes for breakfasts, specifically fish and seafood bowls, chicken and turkey bowls, beef and lamb bowls, AND veggie and fruit bowls! This looks like it could be the go-to book for Buddha bowls for the year!

For a novice interested in the concept of Buddha bowls, this was the perfect book. In it, Foster talks about the basics, from the foods to the bowls. The recipes are well organized in categories, from breakfast bowls to vegan bowls. The recipes all sound tasty and healthy. The few that I’ve tried thus far were easy to make and delicious to eat. 

The recipes can be altered if any given ingredient isn’t available where you live. 

Finally, there is a detailed index, which helps when looking for a recipe that has something that attracted me when I first read the recipe, but forgot to put a stickie on it.

I really liked..no wait.... LOVED this cookbook. Its recipes were super easy to follow. Most of the ingredients are things that are easily accessible in you average grocery store. The pictures of the actual finished product were beautiful. I found myself being able to garnish the bowls easily enough by looking at the photo and getting some nice Instagram worthy shots, The directions were clear and each step was outlined to where they flowed into each other and nothing was missing. 5/5 stars

I received a free e-copy of Buddha Bowls by Kelli Foster from NetGalley for my honest review.

I have really been focusing on what I eat on top of hiring a personal trainer 4 days a week. I absolutely love Buddha bowls. This book is wonderfully detailed with wonderful pictures. I love how Kelli Foster addresses how to incorporate your Buddha bowl from Breakfast bowls, seafood bowls, chicken and turkey bowls, veggie bowls, fruit bowls and even sauces for the bowls. The detailed charts for grains, liquids to cook them in and cooking times was amazing. A++ on this book.

I liked this book a whole lot. There are so many recipe options. I can’t wait to get in the kitchen and start making my own Buddha Bowls. There are options for every one whether vegan, seafood lover, or just your ordinary carnivore, you will be able to find a bowl to fit whet your appetite. #KelliFoster really did an amazing job with the creation and how well put together this book is. I will enjoy these recipes all year round and I’m sure my will as well. I even get to serve more herbs and veggies without them realizing.

This is a very interesting and helpful recipe book. It is full of wonderful recipes and great photos to accompany them.

One bowl meals are based on healthy and wholesome ingredients all loaded into one bowl.   There are also some great, very original sauces and dressings, i.e. creamy Feta sauce, miso-ginger sauce etc.  Not sure that I’ll be making Black Bean & Chorizo bowl for breakfast though, but hey, someone out there would I’m sure.  There are many other, very original combinations though, all sounding rather mouth-watering.  Definitely not a run-of-the-mill cookbook and I would suggest, a cookbook for someone who really enjoys cooking rather than a ‘throw-everything-into-the-pot’ kind of cook. A deliciously good book!

Many thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this ARC for which I have given my voluntary and unbiased review.

Quick meals and healthy recipes are so in right now!
Buddha bowls offer one-bowl recipes filled with flavor, sauces, and dressings, and even gluten-free options! I'm always looking for something the whole family will eat without wasting time, money or the fresh greens!

I AM FEELING SO INSPIRED! Time to go to Aldi and clean it out.
The book is organized in such a way that it's easy to browse quickly or spend lots of time poring over for ideas.
This one is going on the Amazon list.

YUMM’n just tried one of these and i’m so excited to try more! inread through the entire book and it has a good bit of variety but it’s all very healthy and a lot of it is actually vegetarian and can be made vegan! there’s also lots of salmon recipes! there was a few ingredients I had actually never heard of before so I neednto research those before I can make those recipes! but this is a great place to start to find out how to make a complete meal out of a Buddha bowl for breakfast, lunch, dinner or even dessert!

According to the author, a Buddha Bowl is an easy way to eat healthy.. I can't vouch for the healthy part but I can write the recipes found in Buddha Bowls look absolutely delicious. Some of the recipes you'll find include:

Miso-Ginger Sauce
Peanut Sauce
Maple-Vanilla Overnight Oat Bowls
Slow Cooker Congee Breakfast Bowls
Salmon Teriyaki Bowls with Miso-Braised Kale
BBQ Chicken Quinoa Bowls
Ginger Beef Bowls
Super Green Quinoa Bowls
Summer Fruit Salad Bowls
Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Bowls

Throughout the cookbook you'll find plenty of color photos illustrating the recipes.

Recommend.

Review written after downloading a galley from NetGalley.

I love the recipes that I have tried so far in this boom. The are yummy, healthy and so eat to make. I can’t wait to work my way through the whole of this book and to try all of the yummy recipes.

Beautiful collection of easy-to-follow, delicious recipes.  I had expected a vegetarian recipe book (likely because I didn't carefully read publisher's description) and found there were recipes beyond vegetables.  If you eat fish, chicken, beef, etc. - you will also find healthy tasty recipes in this book.   I have tried several recipes and all proved to be family-approved and perfection in terms of using accessible fresh ingredients.  I will easily cook my way through this book.   The appeal for me in particular is this ease of preparation.   I struggle to find recipes that suit my healthy tastes, take under an hour to prepare and still meet the standards of teens and husband. This book delivers on all counts. Thank you!!!

Buddha Bowls is a beautiful-to-read cookbook with 100 healthy and delicious one-bowl meals. Featuring the hottest current cuisine trend, this modern twist on one-dish meals is inspired by traditional Chinese medicine, with recipes that are easy, nourishing and tasty.  Covers basic sauces and dressings, bowls for breakfast, and those with seafood, meat, vegetables, and fruit. I’m salivating right now over the Almond-Quinoa and Salmon Bowl, plus the Lime-Avocado Pudding Bowl. Be still my stomach! 5/5

Thanks to the author, Quarto Publishing Group – Harvard Common Press, and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.

#BuddhaBowls #NetGalley

Lots of fantastic sounding and looking food. I'm definitely going to utilize this book and impress all my family and friends.

The only criticism is I wish the prep and total time for each dish was provided.

I’d never heard of Buddha Bowls before this book but I must say that I’m now obsessed.There are so many different recipes that there is definitely something for everyone in here. 


Cant wait to try out some more of the recipes!

Buddha Bowls by Kelli Foster
100 Nourishing Bowls

The introduction to the book provides basics on what to include in a Buddha Bowl, best bowls to use, a grain cooking chart, and other interesting tidbits. From there the book moves on to some delightful ideas for dressings and sauces that made my mouth water. 

The Chapters in the book are: Cook’s Introduction, Basic Sauces and Dressings, Breakfast Bowls, Fish and Seafood Bowls, Chicken and Turkey Bowls, Beef and Lamb Bowls, Vegetable Bowls and finally Fruit Bowls. Not being big on fish or red meat my favorites were the others and I now want to try more than one of the bowl recipes mentioned in the book. With ethnic flavors, comfort food options, multiple grain and noodles mentioned, delicious vegetables, seasonings and garnishes this is a book that whets my appetite. The photography made me hungry but also made me wonder where to find the beautiful bowls in the photos. I see bowls full of tasty food in my future and am looking forward to having one for breakfast tomorrow. 

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the ARC – This is my honest review. 

5 Stars

My family of five all have different tastes, aversions and willingness to eat healthy.  I made one of the breakfast bowls (Bean and Chorizo) and ALL of them loved it.  So healthy, so delicious.  Five stars.  This one's a keeper.  The goat cheese basil dressing was amazing.  At first I thought the basil was too strong a flavor, and everyone tried it alone before using it, and they were hesitant, but on top of the "bowl" it was perfect.  So good.  Love this book.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy from Harvard Common Press for my unbiased opinion of the book. I really loved the recipes and the layout of this cookbook.  The only negative comment is not enough pictures, since we have become a visual society, it is crucial.  I tried and fell in love with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, Spinach and Mushroom Pesto Breakfast Bowls, and Shrimp Summer Roll Bowls.  I buy one for myself and a few for Christmas gifts.

Buddha bowls, or one-bowl meals, are quite trendy just now. And I can understand why, as I love the idea myself: it's nutritious but simple. Also saves on washing up after your meal, which is always a bonus!

I didn't realise at first that the author is the editor of The Kitchn, a website I've used quite a few times in the past and really like. So I was even more excited about the book when I discovered that. And it didn't disappoint.

Kelli Foster explains the concept of a Buddha bowl and how to build one, without going into unnecessary details. It's full of information but to the point. Grains are an essential part of the composition of a Buddha bowl, so there is guide to all the grain types out there. Where the book was different to other things I've read on Buddha bowls is that there is a chapter on sauces and dressings, which is one of the things with which I struggle the most when it comes to making up these bowls (that means I often don't bother unfortunately...). Now with this book I don't have an excuse anymore! The recipes are nice and varied, I want to try most of them so I think I'll either buy the book myself or get my library to buy it for everyone to enjoy.

I wish there were more photographs, but I understand that more photographs equal a bigger book equals a more expensive one. But I do like to see what my meal is supposed to look like. Other than that, it's perfect and I definitely recommend it!

I am  already an avid fan and creator of buddha bowls, or as I usually call them: hodge podge meals. The reason for this is that I don't usually follow a recipe to make my buddha bowls, I just follow a well-known flavour profile (mexican or chinese,  for example) and pick ingredients I happen to have lying around that more or less go together with those flavours.

This book is based around that idea, but instead of throwing anything together, these bowls are made with structure and thought about making them filling, tasty and beautiful.

There are some really great recipes in here, and some original ideas - a lot of the breakfast ideas in particular. I really like the interesting combinations of flavour and texture used in the recipes, without being too complicated or using too many ingredients.

Everything in this book is accessible to anyone and all the ingredients can be found in normal supermarkets.And the best part is, if you don't have an ingredient to hand you can always swap it for something else, or leave it out entirely, and you will still be left with a great meal.

I didn't use the meat or fish sections of the book because I'm a vegan, but I'm sure those recipes are just as good as the vegetarian ones.

Oh, and the pictures make me so hungry!

The food is this cookbook is so amazingly good!  Buddha Bowls are so much fun and easy to make and this book gives a wide variety of options to create the prefect one for you complete with a large selection of sauces to take it up a notch. Even my kids love to make their own; I can prep all the components and have them compile their bowls. As someone who is gluten-free a lot of these recipes are already gluten-free or easily adapted. Highly recommend this one!!

Some interesting variations on Buddha Bowls. I found some good ideas & interesting things to try. Thank you for the advance copy to read & review.

I had great expectations from this book, but unfortunately what I was looking for ant what this book supplied was way of the mark. The recipes are easy and the food is nutritious, and at times meets the vegan and gluten free needs, that other  books seldom do - visually they present beautifully, but they are very anglicised. I had hoped from more in the Asian style of food offerings - there are some but not enough for me. (I love the Congee)
It is a good book if you are looking at food preparation all in a bowl, and the information is good and easy to follow with taste meals at the end.

A great resource for different dressings and all the ingredients are super accessible. Buddha Bowls features recipes with vegetables, proteins, and grains I thought I might be ablet o enhance summertime lunch meal preparation.

I never heard the term Buddha Bowl but the title grabbed my attention. I suspected it would be similar to what I have eaten in asian restaurants, bowls of delicious broth with colorful and healthy ingredients. How cool if I could create my own bowls right at home. I am inspired to try.

At first glance, the photos are beautiful and the table of contents simple and straightforward. The recipes are marked as vegetarian gluten free, vegan, etc. A helpful concept in today’s world of diet restrictions.

The chapter that first grabbed my attention was titled “Basic Sauces and Dressings”. There are 13 recipes listed - some basic, some more creative. Included with each recipe is a ‘Try It Here!’ listing of dishes that this sauce would complement. I was most curious about the Tahini sauce recipe. I have made my own Tahini before but the recipe here takes things a step further, providing 7 additional options to the basic tahini recipe. 

My favorite meal of the day is breakfast so I started there making recipes. I have made 3 of the bowls so far. For one (Maple-Vanilla Overnight Oat Bowls), I mixed the ingredients together the night before and it was ready to eat by morning, the second (Slow Cooker Miso Oat and Egg Bowls) I chose as it was unique and clearly out of my comfort zone.  I threw everything into a crockpot for overnight cooking. Wasn’t really my cup of tea but am sure many would like it. I just couldn’t warm up to broccoli and radishes in my breakfast. The third recipe (Sweet Potato Breakfast Bowl) was the biggest surprise. I love sweet potatoes but for breakfast? Hmmmm. Well, it was yummy!  

My next stop will be the Vegetable Bowls section. There are so many more recipes I can’t wait to try.  Already have a few of the recipes dog-eared. They look a bit more complicated - more ingredients, more steps than the breakfast bowls but am up for the challenge.

It is Asian inspired Western style Buddha Bowl. Recipes are easy to follow but I can see that it will take time to prepare for aesthetic purposes. Love the ideas the book gives me, as well as combinations that might work in my household.

The pictures indeed makes me hungry, although it would be great to have seasonal alternatives for parts of the book.

I received a copy through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Getting into Kelli Foster's Buddha Bowls, I found it to be a through, well intended, concise cook book full of easy to craft, healthy one-bowl meals. Everything in here from breakfast all the way to dessert.
The recipes are easy to follow, usually revolving around a grain, sauce, a variety of veggies, and occasionally a protein source. She covers everything from fish, beef, chicken, lamb, tofu and strictly veggies. There's something in here for every kind of eater. I felt like the recipes gave you a lot of license to inspire adding other ingredients you already love. 
The recipes feel energizing. Especially if you are like me and have been feeling uninspired and stuck when it comes to planning out meals. This could be the thing to break you out of your rut and get your mind thinking in a different way when it comes to cooking.

I just wanted to thank the publisher for reaching out and giving me an opportunity to review Buddha Bowls!

This is a great book. It's very informative with delicious recipes. Buddha Bowls make healthy eating so convenient and enjoyable.

Lots of great recipes. I tried a few and they came out great. I can’t wait to try a few more! Super easy to follow directions.

So, first off, that grain cooking cheat sheet is amazingly useful! Possibly my favorite thing about this book, although I am a serious sucker for charts. The rest of the book is amazing too, I love the idea of Buddha Bowls, something about a meal in a bowl appeals to the part of my brain that is obsessed with soup. The recipe are very clear and easy to follow with plenty of pictures (I could always use more pictures of finished meals or in process rather than pictures of bowls or forks) Of the recipes I would say the Smoked Salmon and Soba Noodle was probably my favorite!

BUDDHA BOWLS is the hot new trend in dining and this beautiful recipe book provides 100 scrumptious options to try it out. Everything you need to make a delicious bowl is here, from sauces to breakfast fare and fruit, veggies, meat and seafood. My tummy is happily rumbling as I page through this sumptuous cookbook. Think I’ll start with the Lime Avocado Pudding Bowl. Yummers! 5/5

Grateful to the Quarto Publishing Group - Harvard Common Press and NetGalley for the early copy, in exchange for my true review.

#BuddhaBowls #NetGalley

Buddha bowls (also known as power bowls, among other names) are receiving attention lately. In one bowl, you can pile in all kinds of nutrients, prepare it quickly, they are visually appealing, and the clean up is simplified. While the book has vegan and vegetarian recipes, it also has meat-based recipes as well.

I have eaten power bowls while out, but I had not made any at home, not really knowing how. I always meant to look up some ideas, and now I have several all in one place. 

The Buddha bowl concept is that every meal should have a vegetable, protein, and grain. Sauces or broths are minimized, and most food is served in whole or large pieces. 

I loved the pictures of bowls and all the ideas shared! The colors of the food combinations pop, everything appears flavorful, and many of the meals seem comforting, which I’m always a fan of. 

To start, there are breakfast bowl ideas with millet, chia, porridge, etc. There is a delicious-sounding Cauliflower Falafel (chickpeas!) Power Bowl that I cannot wait to try. I am also excited to try all the fruit bowl ideas! They are really eye-catching! 

The biggest selling point for me and Buddha bowls: they are easy to make. I am all for maximum nutrition and saving a little time if I can. This is a fun and inspiring cookbook, and I am ready to start making some bowls!

Wow, this is such a great book, it has changed the way I look at food! From a base of rice, faro, quinoa, or other grain, building the veggies on top and adding a great sauce, means that I have added at least 3 of these non-meat dishes to our menu every week! Great tasting and so healthy! Recommended.

A beautifully colourful recipe book focusing on bowls of food. I found so many great ideas and recipes here to spice up our meals. A great mix of fruit, vegetable, and meat dishes and some fantastic sauces and dressings to make yourself. You can put together some great looking meals for the family with these easy nutritious bowl recipes.

First I apologize if any of my list of recipes in this book  is a mess, there's a lot of them so I used dictation and though I tripled checked it, I'm sure a goof or two got left in (seriously, this almost got posted with "LamP kebab" left unedited)..  

Okay now that, that is out of the way, I'd recommend this book to anyone who is enjoying simple bowl breakfasts, lunches, or dinners.  I gave up meat last year and things like bowls (and salads)  just make life easy for me, especially since the hubby, who didn't give up meat, also likes them (he describes them as burritos without the tortilla).  

While this book does have a lot of meat based recipes, it also has a lot of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options and they're all labeled.  I do feel like most of the meat based ones could also be used as recipes for those with plant based diets by substituting.  There's always tofu but nowadays there's also brands like Gardein and Beyond Meat who make excellent meat replacements for those of us who don't care about cooking enough to cook them up from scratch.  I am definitely one of the ones not making my own meat alternatives as I kind of hate cooking.  That's another reason I'd recommend this book.  If you too dislike page after page of ingredients and directions.  Bake this, fry that, boil this?  Most of the things in this book don't require much skill.  Some do require multiple types of cooking but overall it is mostly basic enough for me. 

Sauces and dressings:

- Avocado Green Goddess Dressing
- Avocado Sauce 
- Basic Everyday Vinaigrette
- Chimichurri Sauce
- Creamy Feta Sauce
- Essential Pesto Sauce with Any Herb or Leafy Greens
- Light and Creamy Goat Cheese Sauce
- Miso-ginger Sauce
- Peanut sauce
- Raita
- Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
- Tahini Sauce
- Yogurt Sauce

Breakfast Bowls:

- Coconut Quinoa 
- Apple Pie Farro
- Blackberry Millet
- Maple-Vanilla overnight oats
- Pomegranate and Freekeh breakfast Tabbouleh
- Maple-Masala Winter Squash
- Chai-spiced Multigrain Porridge
- Sweet potato breakfast bowl
- Slow cooker Miso oat and egg
- Golden milk chia seed 
- Vitamin C Papaya 
- Spinach and mushroom pesto
- Black bean and chorizo 
- Slow cooker Congee
- Buckwheat and black bean
- Scrambled chickpea
- Crispy potato and smoked salmon
- Tofu scramble with kale and brussels sprouts


Fish and seafood bowls:

- Lentil and smoked salmon nicoise
- Almond-quinoa and salmon
- Smoked salmon and soba noodle bowls
- Moroccan salmon and MIllet
- Bittersweet citrus and salmon
- Salmon teriyaki with miso-braised kale
- Tomato-braised cod and barley
- Sesame tuna
- Shrimp summer rolls
- Vietnamese zucchini noodles and shrimp
- Balsamic shrimp and farro
- Freekah w/ caramelized onions, warm tomatoes, and seared fish
- Superfood salmon
- Brown rice with seared fish and chimichurri


Chicken and turkey bowls:

- Ginger peanut soba noodle
- Green curry chicken and quinoa
- Quinoa and chicken taco bowls with cilantro lime dressing
- Dukkah-crusted chicken and barley
- Harissa chicken
- Warm autumn chicken and wild rice
- BBQ chicken quinoa
- Chimichurri chicken
- Peachy basil chicken and rice
- Spicy Thai chicken and brown rice
- Quick chicken and sweet potato Pho
- Chicken Kofta
- Herbed chicken and root vegetable
- Smoky lemon Brussels sprout with turkey meatballs
- Turkey and cabbage stirfry with almond butter sauce

Beef and lamb bowls:

- steak fajita spaghetti squash
- Summertime green goddess steak
- Beef and broccoli
- Korean-style beef with zucchini noodles
- Miso noodle bowl with stir-fried beef
- Ginger beef
- Winter chili bowl with beef, beans,  and greens
- Greek power bowl
- Stuffed eggplant with spiced Lamb
- Lamb kebab
- Lentil meatball with sweet potato noodles and green Tahini
- Lentil quinoa with Harissa lamb meatballs
- Cauliflower Tabbouleh with lamb meatballs
- Lamb and roasted cauliflower taco bowl with chimichurri

Vegetable Bowls:

- super green quinoa
- Crispy white bean and pesto
- Green goddess quinoa with crispy tofu
- Za’atar chickpea
- Brown rice and kale pesto
- cauliflower falafel power
- Herb chickpea and Bulgur
- Butternut squash and kale
- Lentil and roasted tomatillo
- Banh Mi
- Thai coconut curry
- Vegetarian sushi
- Spring soba
- Broccoli rice and egg
- Cauliflower pad Thai 
- Spicy sesame tofu and rice
- chili maple tofu
- Masala chickpea
- Spiced bean and mushroom with roasted red pepper sauce 
- harvest macro
- Turmeric-ginger cauliflower and lentil
- Sweep potato and lentil taco
- Chipotle sweet potato
- Moroccan-spiced chickpeas
- Winter squash and farro macro
- Beet  falafel 
- Ethiopian-spiced red lentil with greens
- Turmeric-roasted vegetable
- Chili-lime portobello

Fruit bowls:

- Summer fruit salad
- Strawberry banana nice cream
- pumpkin pie cheesecake
- Winter fruit salad
- Creamy Freekeh with honey balsamic stewed strawberries
- Ricotta and honey roasted plum with crunchy buckwheat
- Lime-avocado pudding
-  chamomile poached pear
- chocolate-tahini Chia pudding
- coconut Chia and tropical fruit

Man this looks yummy.  I wish there was a lot more pictures.  The pictures that were there was so mouth watering.  I like the ideas, and I like how the author introduced buddha bowls and gave the reader a bit of their history.  I really love her idea of “in between” time, where she says don’t prep everything at once, but prep it as you need it; in between while the rice is cooking do so and so, etc.  But this is not a novice cookbook for someone in corn country.  Many of the ingredients would have to be ordered special  and not found at local markets.  But still, it sounds amazing.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kelli Foster for allowing me to read and review Buddha Bowls. This cookbook contains delicious recipes and has beautiful, vibrant photos to accompany them. The directions are clear and easy to follow, and I plan to test out many of the recipes over the next few weeks.

Better than I was expecting. It begins very well with a cooking time and water to grains ratio table. Very handy. Followed by several dressing recipes that will certainly make your meal sparkle. Altogether good recipes (using common ingredients but arranging them in criative ways). For me it's just a shame that there aren't photos for every recipe. That, and maybe adding the nutritional composition of the meal, would make this book better.

An Epic Bowl book! The pictures made me want to make and then devour every last morsel.  I feel like sauces are key to me actually enjoying a buddha bowl, so I was delighted to find the Best Sauces and Dressings section.  This book covers breakfast, lunch and dinner with a wealth of tasty ideas.  This book proves healthy doesn't have to be boring or tasteless.

Another beautiful recipe book from Quarto. The images are so visually enticing they almost feel like you could reach in and try a piece, This book is based on a verys simple concept of a Buddha Bowl which is a one-bowl dish made from grain, protein and vegetables. However, it makes it into so much more and is full of so many amazing variations and takes on this. There is something in this book for all the family.

Fab book full of beautiful one bowl tasty recipes.

Very fresh healthy products that are easily available, quick to make and good for you.

Great for vegetarians and vegans alike, easily adaptable .

In case you’ve never had a buddha bowl, what they are is this: a well-balanced mix of proteins, carbs, and vegetables served in one bowl.  You start with a base of grains like quinoa or rice, then you add a protein, veggies, and a sauce or broth to give you a complete meal.  They’re actually very popular in my house.  I have one kid who is vegetarian and another that is willing to try anything.

Buddha Bowls is an excellent resource as well as a cookbook full of delicous and varied recipes.  The introduciton tells you about all the different grains you can use as the basis for your delicious bowl.  It covers everything from the usual rice and noodles to more unsusual grains like buckwheat and amaranth.  Plus, you get a handy dandy cooking chart for easy reference.

What I loved best about this cookbook was the wide variety of sauces as well as all the different types of bowls it offers.  Whether you’re vegetarian, vegan, or an omnivore, there’s something in this book for you.  An example of some of the tasty recipes included in this book:

Avocado Sauce – sure to be a hit with both of my kids

Sesame Tuna Bowls – a surefire hit for me

Harissa Chicken Bowls – something I could actually convince my husband to eat

Greek Power Bowls

Moroccan Spiced Chickpea Bowls  – something I think my younger child will end up having for lunch before long

Buddha Bowls is divided up into neat sections giving you many options to choose from. Breakfast ideas, dessert ideas, and then whether you want to be a meat eater or a vegetarian for the meal.  Plus, many of the recipes come with suggestions for different sauces or how to make a meat-laden bowl into a vegetarian option.  It’s a very comprehensive and easy-to use cookbook.

Great little booklet of healthy recipes. Wished that it came with the calorie breakdown. The recipes as easy to follow and utilizes easy to find ingredients. I have been shopping my farmers market this summer and have been able to create several of the recipes with my market finds. 

Its also allowed me to take a break from heavier cooking and portion enough for a home meal and work lunch.

A wide-ranging approach to the latest comfort food, Buddha Bowls. Breakfast, fish, poultry, vegetarian dessert, each is thoroughly covered. As well as an array of sauces. Favorites include:  light and creamy goat cheese sauce, maple vanilla overnight oats, green curry chicken quinoa bowl and pumpkin pie cheesecake bowl. Wow!

Buddha Bowls are my weeknight cooking style of preference.  The combination of my weekly CSA, some pantry essentials, and this new cookbook from Kelli Foster are a magic combination. The book is very appealing, illustrated with some pretty ceramic bowls.

The grain selections aren’t exactly new to me, but I don’t have millet or or kasha buckwheat, I plan to add them to my store (suitably stored in the freezer so they don’t age too fast.)  The useful grain cooking time chart on page 13 will go up on my refrigerator.  

I tried out several recipes from the book over the last couple of weeks.  Scrambled Chickpea Breakfast Bowl was a big hit for Sunday night dinner, although I swapped out the cauliflower for brown rice.  Midweek was the Chicken Kofta Bowl, made with beef instead of chicken since thats what I had, and tahini sauce instead of yogurt sauce.  But thats the beauty of this book.  Each of the 100 recipes is a jumping off point that you can use to suit your tastes and your refrigerator contents!

I’m looking forward to some fresh ideas for smoked salmon, including the Crispy Potato and Smoked Salmon Power Bowl. and the Lentil and Smoked Salmon Niçoise Bowls.

All in all, I found this an inspirational and delicious cookbook.

I've been looking for a cookbook like Buddha Bowls by Kelli Foster for a long time. I needed recipes with pictures, easy instructions, fairly easy ingredients to obtain, and fairly quick and painless preparation. Buddha Bowls has it all and then some. Every time I fix a meal from this cookbook I am asked for the recipe. Out of all the cookbooks I own and have cooked from this cookbook has had the most compliments. Most of the dressings are now my go-to dressings, and whenever I need a power lunch or a meal with perfect presentation and taste--Buddha Bowls by Kelli Foster is my go-to cookbook.
I received a copy of this book through NetGalley and the publisher for an honest review.

I was totally intrigued by the idea of buddha bowls I've seen all over Instagram. However, I wasn't sure about going about creating them. This book has insisted me on creating my own and giving me great ideas!

I absolutely loved this cookbook and have been incorporating the meals and dressing into my work lunch lineup,

Thank you Quatro and Netgalley for this ARC.

I am a big fan of bowl food and was happy to be given the opportunity to read this book.  I liked the way the book was set out into different types of bowl meals and also the explanation for how to cook different grains and make different sauces. 

I have enjoyed making some of the breakfast, lunch and quinoa bowls with much satisfaction.

I tried the recipes. Some of them became frequent guests at our table. I would have loved more photos.

Buddha Bowls are very on trend right now, and something that I've been meal prepping for the past 6-8 months. A healthy alternative for work lunches, or a good filling meal after an extra intense workout, buddha bowls are always a great choice. However, before reading the book I felt like I was getting sick of doing the same old thing over and over again. This book has filled my mind with so many wonderful combinations, and I can't wait to try them all out. My favourite thing about it would have to be all the sauce recipes the author included. I won't be stuck with bland store bought sauce again.  I will definitely be looking to get a physical copy of this book for my kitchen! 

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for providing me with a digital copy of this book and exchange for an honest review. I really appreciate it.

I have been wanting a recipe book that included Buddha bowls for a while now. Foster’s is the first one I have bought. The recipes included among its pages are simple and delicious. I want to thank NetGalley for giving me a copy in exchange for an honest review, you have opened a door to healthy alternatives that are easy to prepare.

100 fantastic recipes.
I discovered Buddha bowls only about a year ago, when the cafe where we held our monthly book discussion added them to their menu. I was intrigued and gave them a go. Wow, it was like a salad flavour explosion!

So I was thrilled to find this well presented recipe book, full of inspiration to build a really healthy meal. The recipes are straight forward and easy to follow and I loved the extra suggestions, like cooking rice in tea for a flavour boost, or keeping herb off-cuts in the freezer to add to noodles while cooking.

The introduction succinctly describes Buddha bowls and runs through the type of foods they contain; how they are layered and an explanation of sauces and toppings.
There is also a useful chart giving guide-line cooking times and water quantities for most of the grains and noodles you might need to employ for your base.layer.

There are 13 sauce recipes, alongside suggestions for recipes in which these sauces are used - useful if you want to make a sauce your chosen starting point. I particularly recommend the peanut sauce but I'm itching to try the roasted red pepper sauce too.
Next come 18 breakfast bowl recipes, from Maple-Vanilla Overnight Oat Bowls (Pg 34) to Spinach and Mushroom Pesto breakfast Bowls (Pg 44). There are even some slow cooker recipes for those who like a ready-cooked hot breakfast.
Then there are 16 fish and seafood recipes, which I skimmed over as I'm vegetarian, ditto the 15 chicken and turkey bowls and the 14 beef and lamb bowls. I can come back to these at a later date, as I'm sure I can use ideas and adjust recipes from this section too.
I skipped to the 29 vegetarian recipes, which were so hard to choose between - should I make Thai Coconut Curry Bowls (Pg 131 ), Turmeric-roasted Vegetable Bowls (Pg 153 ), or Butternut Squash and Kale Bowls (Pg 126). No, but wait, what about Lentil and Roasted Tomatillo Bowls (Pg 127)?? I am spoiled for choice!
Finally, if you still have space, there are 10 fruit bowl recipes, for desert.

Plenty of vegan recipes or gluten-free options are provided, and suggestions as to how other recipes can be adapted for dietary restrictions.
My one disappointment with this fabulous book is that not all the recipes are illustrated. This is actually quite a big minus and should have resulted in me giving it 4 stars, but overall, I was so impressed by the variety here that I decided to overlook this huge omission and go with a 5 star rating.

Up until now I've been sourcing my Buddha bowl recipes from the internet, but from now in, this will be my go-to collection. I can't imagine I'll need anything else.

I haven't made any of the recipes yet, but they certainly look and sound great. For someone who can already cook, this book isn't going to change your life – a buddha bowl is basically some protein, some grains, some veggies and a sauce/broth, and I imagine good cooks can just make that stuff up. But for someone like me (a reluctant, lazy and unadventurous cook, but a voracious and trying-to-be-healthier eater), it's pretty useful. Not only does it make me want to cook the things in the book, it also makes me want to make up my own buddha bowls with things I already have in the fridge. Will report back when I've made some of the recipes.

I love meals in a bowl--I think everyone does--and this book has so many creative options to create big, hearty, healthy bowls. The directions are easy to follow. The only criticism I would have is that the photography did not appeal to my taste, but that hardly matters and doesn't affect the outcome of great food.