Vegan Mushroom and Buckwheat Bowl

Name: Vegan Mushroom and Buckwheat Bowl
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 cups toasted buckwheat; 1 lb mixed mushrooms (king oyster, portobello, cremini), thickly sliced; 2 tbsp olive oil, divided; 1 tbsp coconut aminos; 1 clove garlic, minced; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1⁄2 tsp sea salt and ground black pepper, divided; 2 ears corn; ¼ cup water; 1 cup canned black beans, rinsed; 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved; 1 avocado, sliced; ½ cup red onion, thinly sliced; 1 recipe Zucchini Chips; 1 recipe Lime Pepita Dressing; ½ cup cilantro sprigs

This customizable, gluten-free bowl is ready to enjoy in just half an hour

Sarah Sweeney

from Clean Eating

Photo: Ronald Tsang

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If you’ve been searching for a gluten-free meal that’ll satisfy your hunger and deliver a whole lot of variety in every bite, this Buckwheat Bowl recipe is the answer. Featuring a good-for you grain as its base, it’s a lunch or dinner that includes multiple sources of plant-based fiber, protein and so many different vitamins and minerals. It’s everything you need wrapped up in a convenient bowl – and it takes just 30 minutes to make.

Buckwheat, the starring grain in this bowl, isn’t like your typical wheat-based grain. Its claim to fame might be that it’s gluten-free, but buckwheat is also chock-full of protein, fiber and complex carbohydrates. The plant, which is classified as a pseudocereal, is often grown as a winter cover crop to help restore the soil. Thought to originate in China, the triangular seeds are processed into tea, flour and noodles. For those with celiac disease or a gluten intolerance, it’s important to check the labels of buckwheat products because they are occasionally combined with wheat.

Oh, and did we mention this is a meal you can pull together with whatever ingredients you happen to have? While we’ve created a mixture of fresh produce, bright dressing and crunchy zucchini chips, you can customize this grain bowl and use a mix-and-match approach. You don’t have to follow the recipe exactly; just sub in whatever plant-based foods you have in your fridge. It should still take just half an hour to come together, too!