30 Healthy Power Protein Bowls For Weight Loss
Looking for healthy power protein bowls for weight loss that you can make ahead and help you kickstart your day? Well, here are some of the best protein bowl recipes online today! I’ve carefully gathered these recipes from some of the best food bloggers and they are delicious!
If you’re wondering what protein bowls are, they are healthy low-calorie, and high-protein ingredients mixed in a single bowl. You will usually find a mixture of vegetables, beans, roasted vegetables, grains, and protein in a power protein bowl.
Protein bowls help keep you feeling full longer during the day and help you increase muscle mass which are both important for losing weight. Now although I’ve gathered the following recipes for you, it doesn’t mean that you can’t experiment with your ingredients.
Here are a few tips to help you put together your very own protein bowl at home.
How to Make Your Protein Bowls From Scratch
1. Base
To successfully make the best protein bowl, you will need a base, it could be green vegetables or quinoa, brown rice, or bulgur wheat. I use a lot of green vegetables like spinach, kale, red cabbage, and lettuce in my power bowl base. Additionally, I always go for organic whenever possible and you should too because of the added benefits and taste.
2. Carbs, Roasted Veggies and Fruits
Next, I almost always add roasted vegetables to my protein bowls. Sweet potatoes are my favorite but you can add roasted cauliflower, eggplants, or zucchini, asparagus, cabbage, and onions. Also, I love to add cherry tomatoes, steamed green beans, cucumbers, and sometimes even berries and strawberries.
It all comes down to your personal preference. Finally, you want some healthy carbs like carrots, beets, sweet potatoes, squash, or even fermented carbs like kimchi, sauerkraut, kefir, tempeh, kombucha, and yogurt.
3. Protein
It won’t be a protein bowl without protein and healthy fats, right? You need to add enough protein in your power bowls like boiled eggs, turkey, chicken, beef, lamb, pork, salmon, and tuna; For vegans, you can use protein sources like tofu, tempeh, edamame, and even nutritional yeast.
For healthy fats, I use oils like organic virgin olive or coconut oil, avocado oil, nut butter, nuts, seeds, and sometimes tahini which we use a lot here in Lebanon.
4. Dressing & Flavors
Power bowls tend to be a little dry so I always add in dressings and a little spice. There are tons of low-calorie dressings that you can make at home in your free time. Try not to use storebought cause there are a ton of preservatives and additives in them.
Finally, you can add in your flavors but make sure you choose low-sodium or low-calorie broths, spices, salsas, and hot sauces to prevent messing up your calorie count.
How To Prep Power Protein Bowls
1. Create a Weekly Protein Bowl Recipe List
Your first step in comming up with delicious protein bowls is to actually get a list of recipes you might enjoy eating. This step takes a lot of time so I recommend you do some searches online and list all of the ingredients you are going to need for each of your power bowls.
2. Choose A Day For Meal Prepping
Although I love making power bowls, they can be very time-consuming so I usually do all of my meal prepping on Sundays. This helps me have extra free time during the week but it may be different for you depending on your schedule. So maybe you do your grocery shopping on Sunday and meal prepping on Sundays.
3. Get Pre-Washed Greens
This step will save you a ton of time! We don’t have the luxury of getting prewashed greens here in Lebanon and it takes me forever to get all of my greens cleaned. If possible, I recommend you get organic pre-washed greens for your power bowls but make sure you at least give them a rinse before you use them.
4. Cooking & Prepping
Now it’s time for the fun part, since you’ve already bought all of your ingredients, it’s time to cut all of your vegetables, and prepare your canned beans and lentils or shelled edamame. If you have eggs, chicken, beef, or pork, it’s time to cook those and finally, portion your bowls. Thats it!
30 Healthy Power Protein Bowls For Weight Loss
5 Breakfast Protein Bowl Recipes
1. Power Breakfast Bowl
2. Breakfast Power Bowl
3. Quinoa Power Breakfast Bowl
4. 5-Minute Oatmeal Power Bowl
5. Plant Protein Power Breakfast Bowl
5 Protein Power Bowl Recipes
1. Farro Bowl with Kale, Apples and Egg
2. Fennel White Bean Bowl
3. Protein Power Bowls
4. Salmon Quinoa Bowl
5. Black Bean Burrito Bowl
5 Quinoa Protein Bowl Recipes
1. Nourishing Quinoa Bowl
2. Southwest Quinoa Power Bowl with Honey Lime Dressing
3. Veggie Quinoa Power Bowl
4. Greek Quinoa Power Bowl
5. Chickpeas, Kale and Quinoa Power Bowl
5 Rice Protein Bowl Recipes
1. Brown Rice Power Bowl with Veggies and Toasted Nuts
2. Edamame and Salmon Bowl
3. Argentine Rice Power Bowl
4. Brown Rice Power Bowl
5. Brown Rice Bowl with Lentils, Carrots and Grapes
5 Chicken Protein Bowl Recipes
1. 20-Minute Chicken Enchilada Bowl
2. Honey Ginger Chicken Power Bowl
3. Greek Chicken Power Bowl
4. Peanut Chicken Quinoa Bowl
5. Chicken Mango Power Bowl
5 Beef Protein Bowl Recipes
1. Healthy Barcoa Beef Bowl
2. Healthy Thai Beef Power Bowl
3. Easy Ground Beef Taco Bowl
4. Steak Fajita Protein Bowl with Garlic Lime Rice
5. Beef and Black Bean Power Bowl
5 Plant-Based Healthy Power Protein Bowl For Weight Loss
1. Gluten-Free Quinoa Power Bowl
2. Vegan Poke Protein Bowl
3. Lemony Hummus Power Bowl
4. Cauliflower Power Bowl
5. Middle Eastern Vegan Power Bowl
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Conclusion
There’s nothing better than a healthy power protein bowl for weight loss to increase your energy and give you a kickstart! Get these deliciously healthy power bowls prepared before time and eat your way to your goal weight. I hope you found this post or these links helpful and don’t forget to follow me on Pinterest for more awesome tips and recipes.
