Hi guys! I don’t know about you guys, but I like eating bowls and I always feel I don’t eat them enough. Today I will share a recipe for a bowl I had a while ago, but some things happened in the meanwhile (you can read about it under the recipe), so I will today share it. I hope you enjoy it!
Ingredients for about 3 servings
- A block of tempe
- Green (string) beans
- Shittake mushrooms
- Bean sprouts
- Rice
- Three carrots
- (Half) a capsicum
- A tomato
- Any other veggies that you like, for example cucumber or maybe some spinach
Method
- The first thing to start with is the tempe. The sooner that’s marinating, the more flavor it will get. You can also do this a few days beforehand. Anyway, slice up the block. Steam or boil the slices for about 15-20 minutes. You can also start marinating the tempe straight away, but I find steaming or boiling it beforehand takes away some of the bitter taste tempe can have. After, dice the tempe and marinate it for minimally half an hour in (sweet) soy sauce.
- Next is to prepare the rice. I used left-over brown rice and had this bowl cold, but you can have it hot too. Just follow the cooking instructions on the back of the package and make sure it’s finished when the veggies and tempe are done.
- Prepare the green beans. I used left-overs but if not I would have cut them in half and boiled them for 10 minutes tops or when they are soft enough to your liking. Set aside when they are ready.
- Fry the tempe in some (olive) oil. Make sure most or all of the sides of the pieces are caramelized. In the meanwhile, wash and chop up the raw veggies (capsicum, tomato and carrots) and set aside.
- Another thing you can do in the meanwhile, is to chop up the mushrooms and wash the beansprouts. You could add both to the same pan as the tempe (when the tempe is almost done) or just add the mushrooms and separately boil the beansprouts for a few minutes.
- Once everything is finished, plate your bowl! I like mine ‘organized’ but my parents asked me to just mix up everything in their bowl. Either way is fine because the flavors are the same, it just depends of what looks more appealing to your eyes.
- Serve and season to your liking. I added some lime juice, hot sauce and light soy sauce to mine, but you can also make a dressing or use other sauces like teriyaki or sweet chili sauce.
- Enjoy your meal!
I’m sorry for not posting many blogs the last few weeks. I have started my new job in Rotterdam and I also moved there very recently to be closer to work. Finding a (nice) place went unexpectedly fast, but I’m happy that I already did because for work I will do early morning shifts every few weeks (after the first month of training) and public transport doesn’t go at that time in the late night. So far I very much enjoy the work, but I have been more focused on that and settling in and not blogging that much. In long term, I will probably get back to blogging twice a week, but for now I can’t really make promises and will have to do with minimally once a week. I still really like blogging, so I’m not planning to stop! Of course, if you have any suggestions on what to write about, a certain recipe, animal products alternative etc, let me know and I will prioritize that.
Anyway, I hope you are doing well too and that you are having a lovely weekend. I went to the farmers market yesterday and I can’t wait to use the fresh fruits and veggies that I got to make some tasty food! This morning I already used some fruit as topping for my oatmeal pancakes, of which I will share the recipe soon too.
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