Chipotle Sweet Potato and Quinoa Breakfast-For-Dinner Skillet.

I’ve craving a new sweet potato hash! I mean, sure, top anything with an egg and I am THERE. Or here.  Actually, right now, I wish that I was THERE so it meant that I was somewhere other than my house. You get the gist.  Breakfast for dinner is pretty much my favorite thing ever. […]

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I’ve craving a new sweet potato hash!

This chipotle sweet potato hash is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Bulked up with quinoa and tons of flavor, it's a great pantry weeknight meal!

I mean, sure, top anything with an egg and I am THERE. Or here. 

Actually, right now, I wish that I was THERE so it meant that I was somewhere other than my house. You get the gist. 

sweet potatoes

Breakfast for dinner is pretty much my favorite thing ever. We go through spurts of having breakfast for dinner once a week, and I love it. 

First, it’s comfort food. I will never think otherwise, because when I was probably 15 years old, my mom made me a scrambled egg, crispy ham and mustard sandwich (I know, are you freaking out?) and told me that it was comfort food. It’s lived in my brain ever since. 

This chipotle sweet potato hash is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Bulked up with quinoa and tons of flavor, it's a great pantry weeknight meal!

Second, the options are endless!

Sweet breakfast? Savory? Do I want pancakes or potatoes and eggs? Maybe I’ll just make waffles AND bacon AND eggs so I can have sweet and savory.

Truly, everyone loves it and it adds a nice variety to the week. Especially if you’re not someone who ever eats eggs or pancakes for breakfast. We’re usually not, aside from the occasional weekend. 

This chipotle sweet potato hash is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Bulked up with quinoa and tons of flavor, it's a great pantry weeknight meal!

Eddie almost ALWAYS requests some sort of potato skillet hash when we’re doing breakfast for dinner. And this isn’t the first time I’ve shared one here on the blog. I’ve done this sheet pan sweet potato hash that you all go crazy for! It’s wonderful.

I’ve also made a brussels sprouts hash, a grilled corn summer hash and even a white bean hash. LOTS to choose from. 

This chipotle sweet potato hash is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Bulked up with quinoa and tons of flavor, it's a great pantry weeknight meal!

Here’s how the skillet goes down!

I start this whole thing off with some chopped bacon for extra flavor. If you don’t eat bacon, just skip it! You’re going to cook onions, garlic and sweet potato with a few different spices – hearty ones like chipotle chili pepper that add some heat. Once everything is golden and soft, toss in some cooked quinoa if you have it.

The quinoa makes it even more satisfying but I secretly love it for the texture. 

This chipotle sweet potato hash is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Bulked up with quinoa and tons of flavor, it's a great pantry weeknight meal!

I also like to toss in some corn! Use frozen or canned – whatever you have on hand. This brings a sweetness to the dish that is just perfect with the chipotle. 

Once that’s ready – crack in your eggs. They will cook right in the skillet and you can prepare them to the level of doneness you prefer. I love this because you can add eggs at different times for different people! 

This chipotle sweet potato hash is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Bulked up with quinoa and tons of flavor, it's a great pantry weeknight meal!

Finish off the skillet with sliced avocado if you have it. It brings a creaminess to the skillet and cutes the heat.

Then lime, fresh chives or scallions – any herbs you may have for a hint of freshness.

This is a fabulous pantry meal, plus eggs! Can’t beat it. 

This chipotle sweet potato hash is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Bulked up with quinoa and tons of flavor, it's a great pantry weeknight meal!

Chipotle Sweet Potato Hash

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Chipotle Sweet Potato Breakfast-For-Dinner Skillet

This chipotle sweet potato hash is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Bulked up with quinoa and tons of flavor, it's a great pantry weeknight meal!
Course Breakfast, Main Course
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 2 to 4 people
Author How Sweet Eats

Ingredients

  • 2 slices bacon, chopped
  • 1 sweet onion, diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1-inch cubes
  • 1 tablespoon chipotle chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 cup cooked quinoa
  • cup corn, frozen or thawed is fine!
  • 2 to 4 large eggs
  • 1 avocado thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro for topping
  • 1 tablespoon chopped chives for topping

Instructions

  • Heat a large (10 or 12 inch) skillet over medium-low heat and add the bacon. Cook until the bacon starts to become crispy and most of the fat has rendered. Stir in the onion and garlic. Cook, stirring often, for 2 to 3 minutes until the onions soften.
  • Stir in the sweet potatoes. If you feel that you need more fat in the skillet, add 1 teaspoon of olive oil or butter. Stir in the chili powder, smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Cover the skillet and cook, stirring often, for 10 minutes, or until the potatoes start to soften. If at any time you feel like the potatoes aren’t softening and the skillet is dry, you can stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons of water and cover the skillet again.
  • Uncover the skillet and stir in the tomato paste. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes so the flavor develops in the pan. Stir in the quinoa if you’re adding it - stir until it’s fully incorporated into the potatoes. Stir in the corn. If you’re using frozen corn (it works!) just stir and cook for a few minutes until it’s thawed and warm.
  • Now it’s time for the eggs! Keep the skillet over medium-ish heat and crack the eggs into the skillet with the potatoes. Cover the skillet and cook until your egg whites are fully cooked.
  • To serve, top with sliced avocado, fresh chopped chives and cilantro and a spritz of lime.

This chipotle sweet potato hash is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Bulked up with quinoa and tons of flavor, it's a great pantry weeknight meal!

The perfect egg can change everything.

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Avocado Tuna Salad

This fresh and healthy avocado tuna salad swaps the classic mayo for nutrient-rich avocado! It will become your new go-to after first bite. Here’s a healthy lunch or dinner idea to spice up your routine: avocado tuna salad! This spin swaps out the classic mayonnaise for nutrient-rich avocado. The flavor is so fresh and delicious, you may give up the mayo version altogether. Alex and I might like this even better than classic tuna salad (except our recipe is really the very best so it’s a hard call). It takes only a handful of ingredients and 10 minutes to put together. It’s easy to forget about tuna salad, but this one is now solidly part of our healthy meal repertoire! Ingredients for avocado tuna salad The best part about tuna salad? You can make it using mostly pantry ingredients. Of course, you’ll need a ripe avocado. But other than the celery and onion, it’s totally pantry. Here’s what you’ll need to make it: 1 can tuna (water packed or oil packed work) 1/2 ripe avocado Celery Red onion Dill pickles are the key to getting that classic tangy flavor! Lemon juice for a little pop Dijon mustard adds just the […]

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This fresh and healthy avocado tuna salad swaps the classic mayo for nutrient-rich avocado! It will become your new go-to after first bite.

Avocado tuna salad

Here’s a healthy lunch or dinner idea to spice up your routine: avocado tuna salad! This spin swaps out the classic mayonnaise for nutrient-rich avocado. The flavor is so fresh and delicious, you may give up the mayo version altogether. Alex and I might like this even better than classic tuna salad (except our recipe is really the very best so it’s a hard call). It takes only a handful of ingredients and 10 minutes to put together. It’s easy to forget about tuna salad, but this one is now solidly part of our healthy meal repertoire!

Ingredients for avocado tuna salad

The best part about tuna salad? You can make it using mostly pantry ingredients. Of course, you’ll need a ripe avocado. But other than the celery and onion, it’s totally pantry. Here’s what you’ll need to make it:

  • 1 can tuna (water packed or oil packed work)
  • 1/2 ripe avocado
  • Celery
  • Red onion
  • Dill pickles are the key to getting that classic tangy flavor!
  • Lemon juice for a little pop
  • Dijon mustard adds just the right savory note

All you have to do is chop the veggies, then mash the ingredients together with a fork. This might just win the easiest meal ever award!

Avocado tuna salad

How to safely pit & chop an avocado

The only technique to avocado tuna salad recipe is making sure to safely pit your avocado! Many people have issues with knife safety when cutting this green fruit. Here’s the best way to cut an avocado:

  1. Cut lengthwise around the avocado. Twist the two halves to separate them.
  2. Place a towel in your hand and put the avocado on top. With a gentle but quick motion, tap the knife into the avocado pit.
  3. Don’t remove the avocado pit with your hand! Instead, pull the cutting board close to your body, then place the pit against the far edge of the cutting board and pull back to release it from the knife. (Watch the video below for this part!)
  4. Use a large spoon to scoop out the avocado from the peel. Place the avocado with the cut side down, then cut it into slices and then rough pieces.

Ways to serve avocado tuna salad: the sandwich & beyond!

Of course, the first way you’ll think of to serve this healthy tuna salad is the classic sandwich! There are lots of other creative ways to serve it: especially gluten-free and Paleo options. Here are some ideas:

  • Sandwich: There’s nothing wrong with the classic! Try our Artisan Bread (shown here), No Knead Bread, Whole Wheat Bread, or Best Sourdough.
  • Lettuce wraps: Try tuna salad wrapped in crisp lettuce leaves!
  • Main dish salad: Or, place the avocado tuna salad on mixed greens and add some sliced tomatoes and hard boiled eggs. Instant meal!
  • Crostini or crackers: Spread over baguette slices or crackers. For gluten free or Paleo, try our homemade almond crackers.
  • In an avocado: What to do with the other half of your avocado? Use it for serving your tuna salad!

Avocado nutrition

Alex and I aren’t against mayo over here. Our classic tuna salad has a touch of mayo along with some Greek yogurt, and so does our tuna salad with egg. But it’s fun to have a variation that maximizes the nutrition of this healthy fruit. Here are some facts about avocado nutrition…as if you needed more inspiration to eat it! (Source)

  • Rich in fiber. Avocados have lots of fiber; one serving has 7 grams or about 25% your daily value.
  • Full of heart healthy “good” fats. Avocados are full of monounsaturated oleic acid, a heart-healthy fatty acid.
  • Loaded with vitamins and nutrients. They’re also filled with a long list of vitamins.

This avocado tuna salad recipe is…

Pescatarian, gluten-free and dairy-free.

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Avocado tuna salad

Avocado Tuna Salad


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  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 2

Description

This fresh and healthy avocado tuna salad swaps the classic mayo for nutrient-rich avocado! It will become your new go-to after first bite.


Ingredients

  • 1 5-ounce can white meat tuna
  • 1/2 celery rib (1/4 cup finely chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
  • 1/4 cup chopped dill pickles (2 pickles)
  • 1/2 ripe avocado
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice*
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • Fresh ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. Drain the tuna. Place it in a bowl and use a fork to break apart any large clumps.
  2. Roughly chop the avocado. Finely chop the celery, red onion, and dill pickles.
  3. Mix together the tuna and vegetables with the remaining ingredients. Eat immediately: the avocado will start to brown after exposure to air.

Notes

*Mix it up! Try it Mexican-style: swap the lemon for lime and add 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro!

  • Category: Lunch
  • Method: Stirred
  • Cuisine: American

Keywords: Avocado Tuna Salad

More healthy lunch ideas

Tuna salad is perfect for lunch! Here are a few more healthy lunch ideas you might enjoy:

  • Kale Quinoa Salad This colorful kale quinoa salad is full of healthy ingredients and tastes incredible! Meal prep this easy plant-based lunch idea for meals all week.
  • Avocado Toast The classic! It’s so easy to make and delicious every time.
  • Simple Chickpea Salad A 5-minute fast lunch idea! Easy to throw together: the perfect healthy plant based desk lunch or quick fix dinner.
  • Avocado Grilled Cheese Sandwich This avocado grilled cheese is a simple way to step up the standard! In just 10 minutes, it makes an easy meal with soup or salad.

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Here’s the best simple guacamole with the perfect flavor! Creamy, savory and perfectly balanced, you’ll hear a chorus of “Wow’s” every time you serve it. Guacamole is like potato salad and coleslaw: everyone has their fami…

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Good morning and apologies in advance, as I’m again one of those loathsome (that if, if you were shivering somewhere) people who just returned from the beach, where we went on vacation last week because our kids were off from school and …

Good morning and apologies in advance, as I’m again one of those loathsome (that if, if you were shivering somewhere) people who just returned from the beach, where we went on vacation last week because our kids were off from school and we didn’t see why they should have all the fun. Around me were turquoise waves, glittering with sunlight, lapping gently at the silky white-sanded shore and there were no children having tantrums or whining because this was a magical place — and at some of those things are true. However, as will always happen on vacation, while we had some enviable tacos and aguachiles, I was only a few days in when I started to fiercely miss home-cooked food, most especially this salad I’d made the week before.

a few sweet potatoeshalved and thinly slicedready to roastleafy roasted sweet potato

Listen, sometimes I challenge myself to run distances further than I wish to (that would be: any), sometimes I challenge myself to go to bed at a decent hour for a week and see if it makes me a nicer person (shockingly, yes) and sometimes I challenge myself to do things like this, which is to take something I’m pretty sure I don’t like — sweet potato salads — and create one that I would. Creamy dressings and/or any parallels to summer cookout potato salads were rejected. So were cubes. I wanted it warm or room temperature and I liked the idea of using some Southwestern-ish flavors but not to the point that it basically tasted like these sweet potato tacos in salad form. And I wanted crunch, interest, and acidity, without having a bunch of extra hurdles to get them. The results surprised me. I’d expected, at most, to make it once or twice to iron the kinks out of the recipe; I thought the kids might like it, but I hadn’t expected to be sitting by the beach in Mexico kinda wishing someone would bring me some a full week later.

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That's the question my Food52 colleagues asked when they saw me mummifying avocado halves in plastic wrap to prepare them for life eternal in the freezer.

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Blood orange BBQ ribs here we come!  Just in time for super bowl weekend, I’m sharing these sticky sweet ribs to make you the most popular person in the room. We love ‘em!  Don’t you just want to jump in there and eat these babies? OH boy are they good.  I’m not a huuuuge ribs […]

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Blood orange BBQ ribs here we come! 

These blood orange BBQ ribs are smoky, sweet, sticky and oh-so good. Serve alongside an avocado butter greens salad for the ultimate combo!

Just in time for super bowl weekend, I’m sharing these sticky sweet ribs to make you the most popular person in the room. We love ‘em! 

Don’t you just want to jump in there and eat these babies? OH boy are they good. 

blood orange

I’m not a huuuuge ribs person, but a few times a year I love to make them – they hit the spot. One of our favorite versions are my baby back ribs with root beer BBQ sauce. OMG. Those are ridic!

blood orange bbq sauce

For this version, I used pork spare ribs (actually from my butcher box, so they were super high quality!) but you can also use baby back! The latter is my go-to for ribs and definitely my favorite variety, but I can’t always find them around me. I have to say I was so pleasantly surprised at the spare ribs. I tested four racks of ribs for this recipe and they.were.phenomenal. 

And I mean, Eddie was in heaven.

If he found it acceptable he’d probably want to eat ribs once a week. You can serve them with so many things (I have an unreal cornbread recipe coming in a few weeks!), make them somewhat ahead of time and they hold up the entire day. You know? They are something you can make on Super Bowl Sunday! And set out and they won’t go bad like a cheesy dip will. 

ribs on the grill!

Here, I’m sharing these ribs along with this easy yet flavorful avocado butter greens salad because it gives such a refreshing CRUNCH!

You know what a freak I am about a texture. I love the juxtaposition – sticky, smoky, chewy but tender ribs served with the fresh, crisp, creamy salad. It’s everything I want to eat together! 

These blood orange BBQ ribs are smoky, sweet, sticky and oh-so good. Serve alongside an avocado butter greens salad for the ultimate combo!

If I was planning a perfect menu for these ribs and avocado salad, I’d add on these potatoes along with some cacio e pepe brussels and cornbread. It sounds like a comforting, hearty, game day or sunday meal. 

Annnnnnnd now I’m staving. 

These blood orange BBQ ribs are smoky, sweet, sticky and oh-so good. Serve alongside an avocado butter greens salad for the ultimate combo!

Oh oh oh!

The blood orange BBQ sauce! YES it is so freaking good. You could make this and use it on anything – pulled pork, BBQ chicken pizza, as a dip for sweet potatoes – the options are endless. It stays great in the fridge for awhile and it’s so flavorful. Might just be my new favorite sauce. 

And p.s. Of course you can use regular orange juice in a pinch. Or in another season! 

These blood orange BBQ ribs are smoky, sweet, sticky and oh-so good. Serve alongside an avocado butter greens salad for the ultimate combo!

My favorite way to prepare these ribs is to bake them low and slow and then toss them on the grill. You don’t HAVE to grill them but grilling them at the end gives them the charred crunchy bits which are so incredible. If you don’t have a grill or simply want to skip that part, bring the ribs out of the oven and slather them in sauce.

Then go.to.town.

These blood orange BBQ ribs are smoky, sweet, sticky and oh-so good. Serve alongside an avocado butter greens salad for the ultimate combo!

There’s a little something here for everyone in flavor town!

These blood orange BBQ ribs are smoky, sweet, sticky and oh-so good. Serve alongside an avocado butter greens salad for the ultimate combo!

Smoky Blood Orange BBQ Ribs

Smoky Blood Orange BBQ Ribs with Avocado Butter Greens

These blood orange BBQ ribs are smoky, sweet, sticky and oh-so good. Serve alongside an avocado butter greens salad for the ultimate combo!

ribs

  • 2 racks of pork spare ribs or baby back ribs, (about 2 lbs each)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons coarse sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 1 tablespoon ground mustard
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon chipotle chili powder

blood orange BBQ sauce

  • 2/3 cup ketchup
  • 3/4 cup freshly squeezed blood orange juice
  • ½ cup honey
  • 3 garlic cloves, (minced)
  • 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

avocado butter greens

  • 8 cups butter lettuce
  • pinch of salt and pepper
  • 2 avocados, (thinly sliced)
  • 2 blood oranges, (segmented)
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 2 garlic cloves, (finely minced or pressed)
  • pinch of salt and pepper
  • 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

ribs

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Place each rack of ribs on a doubled sheet of aluminum foil.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together the salt, paprika, mustard, garlic powder, pepper, onion powder and chipotle chili powder. Rub the mixture all over both sides of the ribs, then wrap the ribs up in the aluminum foil. Place the racks on a baking sheet and put them on the center rack in the oven.
  3. Bake for 2 1/2 hours.
  4. After 2 1/2 hours, gently pour the juice in the foil packets into a large bowl or measuring cup. The ribs are fine and ready to eat now, but they get DELISH if you throw them on the grill. To do this, whisk in 3 to 4 tablespoons of blood orange BBQ sauce into the juice from the ribs.
  5. Heat the grill to the highest setting and remove the ribs from the foil. Once the grill is hot, place the ribs on the grill and cook for 10 to 12 minutes, until they are charred and slightly crisp on the outsides, basting and rubbing the juices/BBQ sauce mixture on top. Let cool slightly before slathering and serving with lots of blood orange BBQ sauce. Serve alongside the avocado butter greens!
  6. Another option to not grilling: heat the broiler in your oven to the highest setting and baste the ribs with the juices/sauce mixture. Keep the rack in the center of your oven and broil for 2 to 3 minutes per side, basteing th ribs in between.

blood orange BBQ sauce

  1. Place all ingredients in a saucepan and whisk together until combined. Heat over medium heat and bring to a boil, then reduce to low heat and cook for 30 to 60 minutes, until thickened. Stir occasionally. Remove from the heat and let sit at room temperature until it cools and thickens even more.
  2. Store in a jar or sealed container in the fridge.

avocado butter greens

  1. Toss the greens with a pinch of salt and pepper. Add in the sliced avocado and orange slices.
  2. Whisk together the vinegar, honey, garlic, salt, pepper and pepper flakes. Whisk in the olive oil until emulsified.

These blood orange BBQ ribs are smoky, sweet, sticky and oh-so good. Serve alongside an avocado butter greens salad for the ultimate combo!

Oh my yum.

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Vegan poke bowl

Want to eat plant based but have your poke bowls too? These popular healthy bowl meals are all the rage lately. Poke is a Hawaiian specialty, typically made with raw ahi tuna that’s marinaded and then served with lots of veggies and tasty sauces. What if you don’t eat fish? We’ve got a whole food plant based (WFPB) version for you: vegan poke bowls! These tasty bowls are bursting with flavor, and they’ve got an unusual ingredient that amazingly gives the same texture and flavor as poke. Beets. Yep, you’re going to have to taste this to believe it…but it really works!

Vegan poke bowl

Really, beet poke?

Yes! Odd as it sounds, cooked beets stand in for the fish in this vegan poke bowl. Somehow the textures and the marinade really work! The beet poke comes out buttery and tender, savory with hints of soy, sesame and ginger. Just how to pull off this trick? Here are our secrets:

  • Boiled beets have a similar texture and color to poke: smooth and buttery. Of course, beets have a darker pink color than the bright pink ahi tuna: but they’re close! Cut them in cubes to simulate the real thing.
  • Stir in the poke sauce and the beets instantly pick up the flavors of soy, toasted sesame oil, garlic, ginger, and green onion. It’s pretty incredible. You’ve got to taste this to believe it!
  • Add filling plant-based protein to your bowl. Since beets don’t have protein, you’ll need to make sure other components of your bowl keep it filling. With edamame and brown rice, this bowl has a good amount of filling protein and fiber.
  • Add richness with spicy mayo. Beets are missing one more thing that ahi tuna has: fat! The spicy mayo drizzle brings back some of the richness.
Vegan Poke Bowl

Why make a vegan poke bowl?

This vegan poke bowl is a tasty, healthy plant based dinner recipe that makes eating your vegetables taste incredible! The beet poke tastes so buttery and savory from the soy and sesame oil, you’ll feel like you’re eating the real thing. (Though if you’re a long-time vegan, perhaps you haven’t tried it!)

Alex and I eat a Mediterranean-style diet that includes some seafood. So, we love our Classic Poke Bowls when we want to splurge on a really good piece of fish. But most of the time we eat a mostly plant based diet, so we make both of these poke bowl recipes. Each one is its own experience: uniquely delicious in its own way! It’s also nice to have both recipes if you’re cooking for a crowd with mixed diets. Make the same toppings and then serve either the ahi poke or the vegan beet poke!

Spicy mayo: what if I don’t like heat?

Good question! Spicy mayo is what takes this vegan poke bowl over the top. The richness and tang that it adds is essential to the bowl experience. But what if you can’t handle spice? Here’s what to do:

  • Make lime mayo. Mix the 1/2 cup vegan mayo with 1 tablespoon lime juice and 1 teaspoon soy sauce, to get all the tang but none of the heat!

Where did the poke bowl originate?

Poke is a Hawaiian dish! The word is Hawaiian for “to slice” or “cut crosswise into pieces.” It refers to the raw fish that’s cut into cubes. Poke is a Hawaiian-American food, but much of its flavor is influenced by Japanese cuisine: soy sauce, green onions, and sesame oil. Serve poke with rice, veggies, and other sauces and it becomes a poke bowl.

Interestingly, poke bowls started to become very popular in North America around 2012. As you might imagine, this spawned a lot of creativity around exactly what goes into a poke bowl! This vegan poke bowl is not traditional because it’s a plant based knock off, of course. For our classic poke bowl, go to Poke Bowl Recipe.

Marinaded beet poke

Vegan poke bowl topping ideas!

There are so many ways to make a great vegan poke bowl! You can easily customize it around your own preferences. Since the poke here is made of beets, you’ll want to make sure you have lots of plant-based protein and fiber in this bowl to keep you full. In this bowl, we did add some light seasonings to each veggie to bring out the flavor. Here’s what you’ll find in this poke bowl, and then some other ideas:

Toppings in this poke bowl

  • Short grain rice Use white or brown! Traditionally it’s white sushi rice, we tend toward brown since it has more fiber and nutrients.
  • Edamame frozen and thawed, well salted
  • Radishes if you can find watermelon radishes, they’ve got beautiful color!
  • Avocado also adds richness and is filling
  • Carrots are beautiful for color
  • Green onion adds a crunch
  • Spicy mayo adds richness: it’s a must!
  • Sesame seeds

Other vegan poke bowl topping ideas

  • Marinaded tofu: To add even more protein, add this tasty marinaded tofu.
  • Cucumber seaweed salad: Take 1 large English cucumber and julienne it into long thin strips (3 cups; we used a handheld julienne peeler). Mix with 1 1/2 tablespoons rice vinegar, 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce, and 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil.
  • Sliced cucumber: Even easier, just thinly slice it!
  • Red cabbage: Shred it and add a little toasted sesame oil
  • Vegan ponzu sauce like this one
Vegan Poke Bowl

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Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, and gluten-free.

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Vegan poke bowl

Vegan Poke Bowl


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  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 4

Description

Here’s how to make a vegan poke bowl! You’ll be surprised at how much flavor comes from marinaded beet poke, colorful veggies and spicy mayo.


Ingredients

For the beet poke

  • 6 medium beets (or pre-cooked beets, as a time saver*)
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
  • 1 small garlic clove, grated
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger, grated
  • 1 teaspoon minced green onion
  • 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt

For the poke bowl

  • 1 cup short grain white rice or brown rice
  • 2 cups shelled edamame (thawed)
  • 3 green onions
  • 8 radishes
  • 1 avocado
  • 2 medium carrots
  • Spicy Mayo (1/2 cup mayo + 1 1/2 tablespoons Sriracha), for drizzling
  • For the garnish: sesame seeds, microgreens or sprouts (optional)

Instructions

  1. Cook the beets*: Use How to Boil Beets (takes about 40 minutes total) or Instant Pot Beets (takes 25 minutes). Peel the beets according to the recipe, then slice them into 1/2-inch cubes.
  2. Make the rice: Make the rice on the stovetop or in an Instant Pot. When it’s done, give it a few shakes of rice vinegar and stir in salt to taste. (Or, make the rice in advance and reheat it on the stovetop with a splash of water.)
  3. Season the beets: When they’re cooked, place the beets in a bowl and stir together the soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, grated garlic, ginger, minced green onion, and kosher salt.
  4. Prepare the veggies: Thinly slice the green onions and radishes. Slice the avocado. Julienne the carrots (or peel strips with a veggie peeler). Sprinkle all the veggies with salt.
  5. Serve: Place the veggies and rice in a bowl. Top with the beet poke and garnish the poke with sesame seeds. Drizzle with Spicy Mayo and serve.

Notes

*Many grocery stores now carry pre-cooked beets that are packaged and ready to eat. Buy these for a time saver in this recipe!

  • Category: Main Dish
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: Vegan

Keywords: Vegan Poke Bowl

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