National Recipient of the Gourmand Award for Best Vegetarian Cookbook.

From the creator of the award-winning food blog Yummy Beet, turn familiar and traditional tastes into healthy, one-bowl meals. Healthful, plentiful, and simple kitchen creations feel at home in a bowl. Whether a meal is enjoyed as a weekday breakfast for one or part of a leisurely dinner with friends, whole foods come to life when presented within the walls of this steadfast kitchen vessel. For Allison Day, the nutritionist and food blogger behind Yummy Beet, meal-sized bowl recipes showcase her love of this cozy serving dish, staying true to her philosophy of eating with visually alluring, seasonal, and delicious food you can feel good about.

Along with more than fifty full-meal, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free recipes (not to mention the dozens of mini recipes-within-recipes), these pages contain an innovative, easy-to-follow “Whole Bowls Formula” to build your own creations for quick, everyday lunches and dinners. Recipes include:

Curried falafel and kale salad bowls
Black bean bowls with butternut squash, black rice, and chimichurri
Oat risotto bowls with soft-boiled eggs, avocado, and hazelnut dukkah
Sunny citrus bowls with orange pomegranate salsa and lemon cream
Carrot cake bowls with a cream cheese dollop and candied carrots
Southern Cheddar Grits with Tomatoes, Kale, and Black Beans
Almost Noodle Salad with Radishes and Basil
Chili con Veggie with Cornbread
Mediterranean Pasta with Arugula, Peas, Yellow Tomatoes, and Feta
Greek Mushroom Stifado with Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
Tuscan Bean Stew
Baked Polenta with Caramelized Onions, Mushrooms, and Marinara

Using real, fresh ingredients, Allison offers straightforward and approachable creations that can be made ahead of time, whipped up quickly on a weeknight, or invented off-the-cuff with her Bowl Formula Guide. With vibrant and exciting photography shot by Allison herself, you’ll be eager to cook and eat her fun, foolproof, and inventive whole bowls.

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