Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipe Aifra’s Power Bowl

Recipe courtesy of Aifra Ruiz, Hispanic Community Organizer

This beautiful and tasty bowl is great for lunch or dinner any day of the week. It is packed with nutritional diversity.

Ingredients

  • Brown rice

  • Purple potatos or sweet potatos, boild or baked
  • Lentils, cooked and simply seasoned as you prefer
  • Raw zucchini, cubed
  • Sweet peppers, cubed
  • Arugula, tossed with 1 T of lemon juice or cider vinegar

For the cashew sauce

  • ½ cup raw cashews

  • ½ cup water
  • ½ red or yellow bell pepper
  • 1 T nutritional yeast
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • juice of half a lemon
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients for cashew sauce into a blender and blend until smooth. Adjust consistency to your liking. If you prefer creamy, reduce the water. If you prefer a thinner consistency, increase the water.
2. Arrange/layer all remaining ingredients in a large bowl and drizzle with the cashew sauce.