Healthy Burrito Bowl 🥗

Are you bored of eating the same salads? Looking for some change without losing fitness goals. This is a quick and healthy fix for chipotle fans, who are on the low carb diet plans and missing the chipotle bowl. With a few small tweaks, you can enjoy the same yummy taste without worrying about calories. This dish is fresh, homemade, quick, healthy, and low in carbs. I have made it vegan, but if you like you can definitely add eggs or grilled chicken. Or if you’re like me, you can keep it vegetarian. There’s plenty of goodies to go around here!
And if you want, you can use white rice or brown rice in place of quinoa. So let's get started.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup uncooked quinoa.
  
• 1 cup salsa, homemade or store-bought
• 1/4 cup guacamole 
• 3 cups chopped Romaine lettuce
• 1 cup whole kernel corn, drained
• 1 cup black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cup green peas
• 1 cup reduced-fat Mexican style cheese
• 1/2 Onion
• 1 Roma tomatoes, diced
• 1 avocado, halved, seeded, peeled, and diced
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon chipotle paste*
• Juice of 1 lime

Directions:

1 Wash and cook 1 cup of quinoa in a rice cooker with 2 cups of water and pinch of salt.

2 Drain and wash Black beans, and warm it for 1 min. 

3 Drain and wash sweet corns and green peas, add a pinch of salt, and steam it for 2 minutes.

4 fine Chopped tomato, onion, and cilantro.

5 Let the cooked quinoa cool of and loosen it.

 

6 Assemble the bowl by adding quinoa first then add one by one all ingredients like beans, corns, peas, finely chopped tomato, onion, and avocado.

7 Top it with salsa, sour cream, guacamole, salt, and paper. Finally, add cheese, cilantro n squeeze in little lime. Your yummy chipotle bowl is ready to sever.

 Nutritional Facts and Benefits of Quinoa:

Quinoa is an edible seed that has become increasingly popular among health-conscious people. It's loaded with many important nutrients. Quinoa is gluten-free, high in protein, and one of the few plant foods that contain sufficient amounts of all nine essential amino acids. It is also high in fiber, magnesium, B vitamins, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin E, and various beneficial antioxidants. Rich in fiber, minerals, antioxidants, and all nine essential amino acids, quinoa is one of the healthiest and most nutritious food. It may improve your blood sugar and cholesterol levels and even aid weight loss. What’s more, it’s naturally gluten-free, delicious, versatile, and incredibly easy to prepare.