Recipe: Mediterranean Green Power Bowls

We are trying to eat more healthy at our house these days.  Winter is the time you most feel like eating unhealthy and just consuming all those comfort foods.  Plus, those sweaters can hide it, right?  LOL!  I tried this recipe this week for our lunches.

I really loved it!  Why?

1.  It is delicious!

2.  You can do the prep for the week on Sunday and not have to mess with it each night. 

Just grab it in the morning and put in your lunch bag and you are ready and prepared with a healthy lunch. 

If you work full-time like me, it is a huge thing. 

When you get home at night, you don't feel like doing a ton of stuff for the next day.

Mediterranean Green Power Bowls

8 cups spinach

2 cups cooked brown rice or quinoa

1 large cucumber, diced

1 cup Kalamata olives, drained

1 cup grape or cherry tomatoes, halved

1/2 red onion, thinly sliced

1 cup marinated artichoke hearts, drained

1/4 cup pomegranate seeds

1/3 cup feta cheese

Dressing:

1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt

1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil

1 tbsp. raw honey

2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar

1/2 tsp. sea salt

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1 fresh garlic clove, minced

2 tbsp. fresh chopped dill

Combine dressing ingredients in a sealable jar and shake vigorously to mix, or whisk until combined well.

Fill the bowls equally with greens. Top with brown rice, cucumber, tomatoes, onion, olives and artichoke hearts.

Sprinkle with feta cheese and pomegranate seeds.

The bowls will hold really well refrigerated in air tight containers, 4-5 days.

When ready to serve, add 2-3 tbsp. of dressing.  Toss and enjoy!

*Makes four bowls.
*I made it both with brown rice and then quinoa - both ways are good!  I liked the quinoa even better!