Healthy: Brown Rice Bowl with Curried Cauliflower

Grain bowls are popular dishes these days and range from reasonably healthy to terribly unhealthy. This recipe is actually very healthy minus the large amount of carbs. I went ahead and assigned this recipe to the healthy category because it's easy to control the amount of brown rice you're eating and keep it at an appropriate level for your diet. Like other rice bowls and other grain bowls, this recipe has a lot of components and takes a little time to put together. The good news is that you can easily prepare the whole recipe and save the components separately in the fridge for future meals.You may want to double the recipe to give yourself leftovers.

I picked up this recipe from this Food Network recipe and made a few of changes. The most significant change is taking out the potato sticks in favor of more carrot. I didn't think the recipe needed the less nutritious potato and extra carrot will supply the needed crunch.

Healthy Brown Rice Bowl with Curried Cauliflower

Servings: 4
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes

Equipment:

• Knife and cutting board
• Stove and oven
• Food processor (or blender)
• Mixing bowls, kitchen utensils, measuring cups
• Baking sheet
• Medium saucepan with lid
• Microwave 

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups brown rice
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 cauliflower head
• 2 tsp curry powder
• 1 roma tomato
• 2 cups baby spinach
• 1/2 cup cilantro
• 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
• Jalapeno
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 2 large carrots
• 1/2 cup cashews
• Salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425F
2. Prepare brown rice by bringing 2 1/2 cups of water to boil. Add rice and 1 tbsp olive oil and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 40 minutes.
3. Prepare cauliflower by removing leaves and cutting florets off core. Chop florets to roughly 1 inch pieces. 
4. Mix cauliflower with 2 tbsp olive oil and curry powder. Spread out on baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes. 
5. While cauliflower is baking chop the tomato into small cubes. 
6. When cauliflower is done add tomato and continue to bake for 5 minutes.
7. While rice and vegetables are cooking continue with the remaining steps. 
8. Microwave peas for 1-2 minutes to bring to room temperature. 
9. Chop carrots into matchsticks.
10. Process spinach, cilantro, yogurt, 2 tbsp water, 1/2 tsp salt and jalapeno until smooth. 
11. To serve mix 1/4 of each ingredient together in a bowl.
12. Store any remaining ingredients separately to retain textures.