This Cauliflower Rice Burrito Bowl is a plant based dinner that tastes like Chipotle! Make your own burrito bowls at home with black beans, roasted sweet potatoes, fajita veggies, and guacamole.
Burrito bowls with cauliflower rice have been one of our favorite dinners lately.
This plant based meal is so flavorful, full of veggies, and tastes just as good as Chipotle!
What goes in this cauliflower rice burrito bowl
You will find all of these recipes linked in the recipe card.
Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice: this is my favorite way to sneak in more veggies! Cauliflower rice is so flavorful when seasoned with fresh lime and cilantro.
Black Beans: always a favorite for burrito bowls. You can use any kind of bean here that you want.
Fajita Veggies: Yes, just like Chipotle! Learn how to make homemade fajita veggies at home in just 15 minutes.
Roasted Sweet Potatoes: one of my favorite ways to enjoy perfectly roasted cubes of sweet potato is in a burrito bowl.
Guacamole: a must have! Easy homemade restaurant style guac.
You can also add more protein to this meal easily. We love to add crispy tofu!
How to make Cauliflower Rice Burrito Bowls
Step 1: Prepare the sweet potatoes and place in the oven. These will take the longest to cook.
Step 2: While the sweet potatoes are cooking, prepare the cilantro lime cauliflower rice and fajita veggies on the stove.
Add the spices to the black beans and warm them up in a sauce pan until heated throughout.
I often just squeeze lime on top of this cauliflower rice burrito bowl and devour it as is.
But here’s your chance to make it your own!
Add these toppings or your own to really build your ultimate bowl.
Cheese
Sour Cream
Salsa
Fresh Lime Juice
jalapeños
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Yield: 6 servings
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour45 minutes
These plant based cauliflower rice burrito bowls taste just as good as Chipotle! Easy burrito bowls with guacamole, black beans, sweet potatoes, and fajita veggies.
Ingredients
1 batch Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice
1 batch Roasted Sweet Potatoes
1 batch Fajita Veggies
1 batch Homemade Guacamole
For the Black Beans
15 oz canned black beans, slightly drained
¼ teaspoon cumin
¼ teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
⅛ teaspoon onion powder
Instructions
Prepare the roasted sweet potatoes and place in the oven.
While the sweet potatoes are cooking, make the fajita veggies and cilantro lime cauliflower rice on the stove top according to the instructions given on the recipe posts.
To prepare the black beans, slightly drain one can and place in a small sauce pan. Add the seasonings and stir over low heat until warmed
Once everything is almost done, prepare the guacamole right before serving
Serve burrito bowls with cauliflower rice, guacamole, fajita veggies, sweet potatoes, and black beans
Garnish with fresh lime juice, salsa, cheese, sour cream, or toppings of choice
Is a Burrito Bowl Healthy? The basic combination of protein, carbs, and fat (chicken, rice and beans, and guacamole and cheese, respectively) is not only healthy and filling, but incredibly satisfying too. You definitely won't be looking for an evening snack after eating a burrito bowl for dinner.
Burrito Bowl. Your choice of freshly grilled meat or sofritas served in a delicious bowl with rice, beans, or fajita veggies, and topped with guac, salsa, queso blanco, sour cream or cheese.
Those who are fitness freaks, and burritos can be your best friend. Great control of the digestive tract can result in optimized nourishment. Thus, this forms an excellent meal for those who are on a diet plan. Eating burritos means you are consuming nutrients and giving away the fat content.
They are a great low-fat, low-cost source of protein. Protein helps build and preserve muscle. High protein meals help curb appetite, control blood sugar and promote weight loss.
Substituting cauliflower rice for white rice is a great way to get more antioxidants while reducing calories and carbohydrates in order to save room for other nutrient dense foods.
Cauliflower is a healthy vegetable that's safe to eat regularly. However, you should not eat it before discussing with your doctor or nutritionist if you have any of these health conditions: Thyroid disorder: Cauliflower contains compounds that can interfere with your body's iodine absorption.
Is a Bowl Healthier Than a Burrito? A bowl may be a healthier option based on how you build it. A bowl with higher-calorie ingredients like pollo asado, guacamole, sour cream, and cheese or queso Blanco can have 1,120 calories, 66g of fat, and 80 g of carbs.
Burrito bowls are a great balanced lunch or dinner. Serve warm or cold. If reheating rice and beans from leftovers, heat separately from the romaine, otherwise the lettuce will wilt and not hold a great texture.
Store portions in airtight containers and place them in the fridge for up to 4 days and in the freezer for up to 3 months. If freezing, I don't recommend putting on the sour cream or lime avocado. These can be stored in separate containers and served on the side.
Make a dressing but keep it separate, again so your lettuce doesn't wilt. Build your burrito bowl. You can keep the ingredient separate and mix before eating or you can also simply mix them all in a big bowl and then add 1/4 to each container.
Unwrap that burrito, and you'll save about 300 calories to start. For a healthy bowl, go with brown rice, black or pinto beans, and grilled chicken or lean steak. Top with lettuce and salsa, which packs plenty of flavor for just 5 calories a tablespoon.
For burrito bowls, this is the caloric baseline, clocking in at about 705-1250 total calories, depending on your guac, protein selection, and additional fixings. For burritos, add a flour tortilla (300 calories), and you're looking at a range of about 1085-1550 total calories, depending on topping selections.
Burrito bowl, with steak or chicken, brown rice, black beans, fajita veggies, guacamole, and green salsa: The best meal at Chipotle is one that skips the tortillas. This burrito bowl is a square 510 calories, 17 grams of fat, and an impressive 22 grams of fiber.
Many burritos and burrito bowls end up with 900 to 1,000 calories. This small bump is mostly from sides of chips and guacamole. About 2 percent of meals had more than 2,000 calories.
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