Grain bowl recipes are so delicious, nutritious and easy! Simply layer on a cooked grain, then top with your favorite plant-based proteins, veggies, and dressing. mmm! This millet grain burrito bowl features ancient gluten-free millet at its base.
What is millet?
With a mild flavor, light nutty texture and creamy color, millet is the perfect foundation bowls. Packed with flavorful ingredients like refried beans, lettuce, corn, cucumbers, avocado, green onions, tomatoes, carrots, pumpkin seeds, cilantro, and salsa, this millet bowl is packed with nutrients. Did you know that millet cooks quickly? In fact, you can make this entire recipe in less than 30 minutes. It’s also the perfect burrito bowl meal prep recipe—pack four bowls in individual containers to take to work or enjoy for quick healthy meals during the week. Packed with flavor, crunch, and color, this burrito bowl relies on affordable ingredients you probably have on hand right now! I love serving this bowl recipe for friends and family. I just prepare all the ingredients and let everyone make their own bowl meal however they like. So beautiful, too! And feel free to swap out your favorite ingredients in this recipe—try adding crumbled tempeh bacon, sliced red cabbage, and sunflower seeds, for example. This recipe is gluten free and vegan.
How to cook millet
First cultivated around 10,000 years ago in Asia and Africa, millet quickly became a staple food around the world. The Bible mentions it in making bread, the Romans ate it as porridge, and it was the common wheat in China before rice. The cuisines of many countries include millet, such as flatbreads in India (roti and Bakri), porridges, even beer and wine. Today, we are coming to appreciate millet as a versatile whole grain that can be cooked in 20 minutes. With its tiny, crunchy golden grains, millet has a mild flavor that goes well with many dishes. It’s a great idea to include more fiber-rich whole grains like millet in your diet for multiple health benefits, including heart health, a healthy weight, and a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Learn more about health benefits of whole grains here.
Nutrition Notes
One cup of cooked millet contains 12% of the Daily Value each of hearty protein and the B vitamins thiamin and niacin, which support metabolism. Millet is also rich in polyphenols, powerful health-promoting plant compounds. Is millet gluten free? Yes, this wheat is completely gluten-free, so it’s a perfect choice for everyone at your table. Combined with the beans, vegetables, and gravy in this grain bowl recipe, you’ll get a good dose of protein, vitamins A and E, slow-digesting carbohydrates, fiber, potassium, and phytonutrients that act as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds.
Description
This super quick and easy Burrito Millet Grain Bowl recipe is packed with nutrients and flavor. Gluten-free and vegan, you can whip up four bowls of millet in less than 30 minutes, making it great for meal prep.
Millet:
- 1 mug milletuncooked
- 2 mugs water
Covers:
- 1 (15-ounce) can vegetarian refried beans (or 1 ¾ fl; Do your thing refried beans here)
- 2 mugs chopped lettuce (ie romaine, oak leaf, iceberg)
- 1 mug frozen cornthawed (can be used canned, drained or fresh, cooked and drained)
- 1 mug Cherry tomatoes (any color), cut in half
- 2 small Armenian cucumbers, without skin, cut into slices
- 1 large avocadopeeled, sliced
- 1 mug chopped carrots
- ½ cup freshly chopped cilantro
- 2 stalks green onionsin slices
- 2 tbsp Pumpkin seedsshell
- 1 lemon the limein slices
Sauces:
- 1/2 fl ready-made salsa (or make this classic salsa here)
- 1/2 fl vegan sour cream, optional (or make your own here)
- Put the water to boil on medium heat in a small pot. Add the millet, stir, return to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until tender (about 20 minutes).
- Drain the remaining water from the millet and fluff with a fork. Set aside.
- While the millet is cooking, assemble toppings and sauces.
- Heat the refried beans in the microwave or on the stove. Set aside.
- Choose large individual bowls (the food preparation containers) that hold 3 cups. Place the following in each bowl:
- ½ cup cooked millet
- 1/3 cup refried beans
- 1/3 cup chopped lettuce
- ¼ cup corn
- ¼ cup cherry tomatoes
- ½ cucumber cut into slices
- ¼ avocado sliced
- ¼ cup grated carrots
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- 1-2 tablespoons of chopped spring onion
- ½ tablespoon of pumpkin seeds
- 1-2 slices of lemon or lime
- 2 tablespoons salsa
- 2 tablespoons vegan sour cream (optional)
- Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings (one 3-cup bowl each). If you are going to serve this as a meal prep, put the sauces on the side and add immediately before serving. Store in airtight containers for up to 5 days.
Notes
I like to serve this bowl of cereal in one of these beautiful ceramic bowls here.
Additional overlays include the following:
- Vegetable cheese
- Jalapeno peppers
- Sunflower seeds
- Sliced black olives
- Shaved red or green cabbage
- Spicy vegan ranch dressing
- Preparation time: 15 minutes
- Cooking time: 20 minutes
- Category: Entrance
- Kitchen: American
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