Rainbow Power Bowl - meal prep

So if you have looked for healthy lunches I am sure you have heard of a power bowl. Honestly, most of the ones you see have an unnecessary amount of grain so I was always a little skeptical. But I decided to give it a try with a more reasonable proportion and a macro friendly meal. This bowl has all the great flavor you could want and it will fill you up with all the right macros. This recipe makes about 4 servings as I use it for meal prep.

Ingredients:

1 package chicken breast tenders

1/2 C quinoa, cooked

cherry tomatoes

1 Large cucumber, chopped

2 large head of broccoli, cut

2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped

3 T extra virgin olive oil

2 T mustard

2 T balsamic vinegar

salt + pepper

2 T minced garlic

cinnamon

1 tsp coconut palm sugar

Directions:

preheat oven to 375 degrees f. put the chicken in one pan with the mustard, 1 T garlic, 1 T balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper to taste. On a large sheet pan or 2 separate pans put cut broccoli and sweet potato. To the sweet potato add 1.5 T EVOO, the coconut palm sugar, the cinnamon and some salt. on the broccoli add 1.5 T EVOO, 1 T garlic, 1 T balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper. Roast the chicken and broccoli about 30 min, till chicken is cooked through and broccoli crisp. The sweet potatoes will take longer to roast, about 45 minutes. While these are in the oven, cook the quinoa according to package instructions. Usually they call for water but I make my own vegetable stock and always have extra. You may substitute the water for any kind of stock. Also use this time to cut the cucumber and the cherry tomatoes. Once this is done, equally divide each ingredient per container. You may add some salad dressing, bbq sauce or whatever you like to the top. I used some honey mustard on the chicken from Walden Farms (zero calories!)