Even action heroes need a lunch break. This is why Myfitnesspal has teamed up with Sarah Michelle for the launch of Meal planner– Our new tool to help you create simple and satisfactory meal plans that actually work for your schedule and goals.
Inside the meal planner, you will find some of Sarah’s favorite recipes, including this: Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Budl Bowl. It is colorful, worthy of envy and loaded with ingredients good for yourself – the type of power lunch that helps you feel ready for everything the day gives you.
This recipe superimposes a hearty brown rice with a tender chicken breast, crunchy vegetables, a creamy avocado and a ginger vinaigrette with zingy sesame. Each bowl consists with 45 grams of protein and almost 12 grams of fiber to keep you full, concentrated and under tension.
If you are looking for more meals that strike this ideal point which is both healthy and delicious, you will find them – as well as customizable meal plans – when you try Myfitnesspal meal planner.
Create your own meal plan to unlock an entire recipe library to choose. Yes, you will get more favorites from Sarah Michelle Gellar, including her protein smoothie, her turkeys of turkey zucchini, her broccoli and lens salad and salmon avocado salad.
Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Buddha Bowl
Portions: 6 Buddha bowls (1 bowl of Buddha per portion)
Ingredients::
- 1½ cup of brown rice
- 3 cups of water
- 1½ cup of frozen frozen edamame, thawed
- ½ cup of peas, cut and chopped
- 1 tablespoon of soy sauce with low sodium content
- 1 tablespoon more â…“ cup of olive oil
- 4-5 boneless and skinless chicken breasts (2 lb), dried
- ½ teaspoon plus ¼ teaspoon of salt, divided
- ½ teaspoon of black pepper
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon of ginger, grated
- 1 lime, juice
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 1 ½ teaspoon of sesame oil
- ½ red, chopped red cabbage
- 1 cup of grated carrots, chopped
- 1 cucumber, in thin slices
- 2 lawyers, in fine slices
- 3 green onions, in thin slices
Instructions:
- Bring water and rice to a boil in a pot. Cover, reduce the heat and simmer until tenderness, about 45 minutes. During the last 5 minutes of cooking rice, add the eDamame, peas and soy sauce in a pot. Stir to combine and cover to complete the cooking.
- Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Season the chicken with ½ tsp. To tease the chicken and cook until the internal temperature reaches 165F, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand, about 3 minutes, chop the chicken into pieces the size of a bite.
- To prepare the vinaigrette, mix vinegar, ginger, lime juice, honey, sesame oil and ¼ tsp. Salt. Slowly add ⅓ olive oil cup, whisk vigorously to make sure that the vinaigrette is well combined.
- To serve, mix the rice mixture, chicken, cabbage and carrots with a vinaigrette. Garnish with cucumber, avocado and green onions. Season with taste with salt.
Nutrition by portion: 674 calories, 29.2 g of fat, 4.3 g of saturated fats, 521.8 mg of sodium, 59.4 g of carbohydrates, 11.6 g of fiber, 9.4 g of sugar, 0.5 g of sugar added, 45 g of protein
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