Healthy Sweet Potato Black Bean Bowl
I love Buddha bowls because they’re a great way to combine a mixture of vegetables and flavors in a plant-based, healthy, and hearty format that keeps you full and satisfied for hours. This sweet potato Buddha bowl recipe is easy, ready in 20 minutes, naturally vegan and gluten-free, and full of Mexican-inspired flavors and topped with a light lime-cumin vinaigrette for an extra pop of deliciousness. For those times you want more than a salad (even a loaded salad, which is the only way I do salads), Buddha bowls are a perfect alternative. When it’s chilly outside and a salad sounds too cold and unappealing, having something warm and roasted like the sweet potatoes makes all the difference in sticking with healthy eating goals.
What’s in the Mexican Sweet Potato Bowl?
For this sweet potato buddha bowl, I included:
Cumin-spiced roasted sweet potatoes Black beans Corn Tomatoes Avocado Radishes Cilantro Lime-Cumin Vinaigrette
What Else Can I Put In The Buddha Bowl?
The great thing about Buddha bowls is that they’re highly flexible based on what you have and enjoy. Check out this Roasted Sweet Potato and Chickpea Buddha Bowl I made in the past to get another idea. In sticking with the Mexican theme, other ideas include:
Rice Cucumber Jicama Roasted poblano peppers Roasted tomatillos Bell peppers Jalapeno peppers for heat Hominy Avocado crema rather than lime-cumin vinaigrette Creamy-lime cilantro dressing Restaurant-style blender salsa
If you’re not partial to more traditional Mexican flavors, almost any vegetable that you can roast from broccoli to carrots to Brussels sprouts are great to toss in. As long as you’re already roasting the sweet potatoes, and if you have extra veggies on hand, roast those as well.
Can This Recipe Be Meal Prepped?
Yes! Buddha bowls are awesome as meal prep recipes. I made this one on a Sunday and got 4 portions out of it. However, you could easily bump up the vegetable quotient using some of the suggestions I just gave for what else to put in the Buddha bowls and thereby increase the yield. Or just double the recipe given. Load everything into individual containers, stack them in the fridge, and you’ve got grab-and-go lunches or dinners ready for the week. I love seeing my fridge loaded up with healthy containers.
Tips for Making Sweet Potato Bowls
Feel free to mix and match the ingredients to suit your tastes, the ingredients you have on hand, etc. You will likely have more vinaigrette than necessary for the bowls but it will keep airtight in the fridge for at least 10 days. The assembled sweet potato and black bean bowls will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 1 week, noting the avocado will oxidize as time passes.
More Healthy Mexican Recipes:
ALL OF MY MEXICAN RECIPES! Tried this recipe? Leave a review! Consider leaving a 5 star rating if you’ve made and loved one of my recipes! Black Bean Burrito Bowl Salad – Your favorite burrito ingredients minus the meat and extra carbs to keep things HEALTHIER!! Ready in 10 minutes and keeps you satisfied but not stuffed! Great EASY lunch, dinner, or meal prep recipe!!
Avocado Black Bean Mexican Salad – EASY, ready in 10 minutes, and there’s so much FLAVOR from the lime-cumin-chili vinaigrette!! Great for lunch or a meatless Monday dinner! Accidentally vegan, gluten-free, HEALTHY, and DELISH!!
Avocado, Black Bean and Corn Salad with Lime-Cumin Vinaigrette – Everything tastes better with avocado! Easy, healthy and tons of flavor!
Skinny Mexican Bean and Corn Salad – Two kinds of beans, juicy corn, tomatoes, peppers, and more tossed in a light chili-lime-cumin vinaigrette! Healthy, easy, ready in 5 minutes, and loaded with flavor!!
Mexican Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Avocado Crema — A healthy meal that’s easy, ready in 15 minutes, satisfying and doesn’t taste like health food!
Very Veggie Rice and Beans — EASY, ready in 15 minutes, and amps up rice and beans with an abundance of vegetables!! Healthy, Mexican-inspired food that tastes like comfort food and keeps you satisfied for hours!!
15-Minute Salsa and Black Bean Chicken Skillet – Fast, easy, family-friendly, healthy yet hearty, naturally gluten-free, Mexican-inspired meal! The perfect recipe to jazz up your usual weeknight chicken dinner!
