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Yay! New Year. New You. Right?
Did you sign up for a gym membership? Stop eating anything in particular? It’s 2016 and errrbody be up in da club gettin healthy!
Okay so my new years resolution is not to become a rapper but just like 99.9% of you I would like to jump back into health craze mode. We started the year off with a new healthy snack, the Blueberry Coconut Protein Balls, but now we need something for lunch. Or dinner. Or linner. I like to eat about 10 times a day so it’s gotta stay on the healthy trail.
Now I’m usually a person who likes either savory sweet dishes or salty sweet goodness. But every once in awhile I get a hankering for sweet and sour. Not often do I look for “sour” in any sort of meal but sometimes with a little sweet it does just the trick. I’d been wanted to use my spiralizer again so I figured why not create some crazy colorful veggie noodle concoction with a dressing? And that’s how this Cucumber Bowl with Sweet and Sour Dressing was born.
I knew wanted an asian flare with a filling base and a good crunch for texture and this bowl successfully combined all of those. Did I lose my meat eaters yet? No there’s no hidden steak or chicken in the bottom of the bowl but I promise there is still tons of flavor! After all you can’t just go healthy, it still has to taste good. Am I right?
Look at those gorgeous colors! Why did I not use a yellow bell pepper for a rainbow? Oh that’s right I didn’t have one. All the same its still fun and delicious and colorful.
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::WHAT YOU’LL NEED::
THE “MEATY” STUFF
1 cucumber
2 carrots
1 can chickpea
1 green pepper
1 tsp sesame seeds
DRESSING
3 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp white vinegar
2 tbsp sesame seed
2 tbsp honey (replace sweetener to make this recipe vegan)
2 tbsp rice vinegar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dill
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
In a small bowl combine all ingredients for the dressing and set aside.
Using a spiralizer, make long noodle shapes from the cucumber and carrots. Drain and rinse the can of chickpeas and chop the green pepper into small pieces.
Place all the “meaty” ingredients in a bowl and pour dressing over. Toss until everything is covered and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Enjoy!
