Rainbow Bowls w/ Almond-Ginger Dressing Recipe

Heathy vegan & gluten free noodle bowls packed with cucumber, cabbage, kale, carrots & tomatoes. Tossed with a creamy almond-ginger dressing

This is one of those “it’s good to be home” meals. I love vacation, and I love eating out, but after traveling for awhile, I just can’t wait to get home and get back to my regular healthy eating routine. You know, the one that includes a morning smoothie instead of a croissant, and light vegetable-packed dinners like this one instead of multi-course dinners with wine pairings. Not that I’m complaining AT ALL, btw… but it’s time to get back on track and I’m doing that by eating the rainbow:

We’re partnering with Almond Breeze as part of their Serve Up Your Best campaign. Since they’re the official sponsor of Team USA Volleyball, I thought I’d serve up a super healthy recipe today.

You can customize these bowls with whatever veggies you like, but my strategy here was to represent every primary color. Well, except blue. Blueberries would be a little weird here. What’s not weird are red peppers, orange carrots, yellow tomatoes, cucumber, baby kale, scallions and shredded purple cabbage. Slice & dice, then toss everything together with brown rice noodles and this light savory dressing that’s made with almond butter, ginger, lime, tamari and creamy Almond Breeze Almondmilk Cashewmilk.

This salad keeps well in the fridge – save the leftovers for multiple lunches during the week.

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Rainbow Bowls w/ Almond-Ginger Dressing

Author: Jeanine Donofrio

Serves: serves 4

Ingredients

1 red pepper, thinly sliced
1 large cucumber, spiralized or thinly sliced
1 large carrot, peeled into ribbons
1 cup halved cherry tomatoes, any color or variety
6 cups loose packed soft baby kale or spinach
2 cups shredded purple cabbage
8 to 10 basil leaves, chopped
2 scallions, chopped
½ cup edamame or protein of choice
2 tablespoons hemp seeds
8 ounces cooked brown rice noodles (more if you like a higher noodle ratio)

Almond-Ginger Dressing

¼ cup almond or cashew butter
¼ cup fresh lime juice
1½ tablespoons tamari, plus more to taste
1 garlic clove, minced
½ teaspoon minced ginger
⅓ cup Almond Breeze Almondmilk Cashewmilk Original
optional: a squirt of sriracha

Instructions

Make the dressing: In a small bowl, combine the almond butter, lime juice, tamari, ginger and garlic. Whisk until smooth. Add the Almond Cashewmilk and whisk to combine. (At this point, the dressing might taste a little salty & strong but once it's tossed with all of the vegetables, the flavors will become more balanced). Chill until ready to use. If it separates, give it a little stir before using.
In a very large bowl, combine the pepper, cucumber, carrot, cherry tomatoes, kale, cabbage, basil, scallions, edamame, hemp seeds and brown rice noodles. Add the dressing and toss well so that the vegetables begin to wilt. Taste and season with more tamari, if desired.

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