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Healthy Vegan Burrito Bowl - Burrito bowls with no meat do exist! This one uses a vegan "meat" made from walnuts, mushrooms, and cauliflower that's even more flavorful than animal meat. Combined with flavorful black beans, refreshing tomato salsa, creamy guacamole and healthier cilantro lime rice, this bowl is way better than any you'll get from Chipotle. #vegan #plantbased #meat #dairyfree #eggless #healthy #burrito #burritobowl #taco #tacobowl #meal #food #dinner #guacamole #walnut #walnutmeat #mushroom #mushroommeat #cauliflower #cauliflowermeat #plantbasedprotein #blackbean

Healthy Vegan Burrito Bowl

Burrito bowls with no meat do exist! This one uses a vegan "meat" made from walnuts, mushrooms, and cauliflower that's even more flavorful than animal meat. Combined with flavorful black beans, refreshing tomato salsa, creamy guacamole and healthier cilantro lime rice, this bowl is way better than any you'll get from Chipotle.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course, Meals
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

"Meat"

  • 1 cup walnuts
  • ¼ small onion
  • 8 oz cremini mushrooms
  • 1 cup cauliflower florets
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon garlic herb seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon coriander
  • 1 teaspoon cumin roasted if you have it
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder optional
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder optional
  • 1 ½ tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste sub 1 ½ tbsp crushed tomato
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

Tomato Salsa

  • 2 large tomatoes diced
  • ¼ red onion diced
  • 1 diced jalapeno optional
  • 1 tablespoon cilantro diced
  • ¼ lime

Beans and Corn

  • 1 15 oz can black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 cup corn frozen or canned
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic herb seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon cumin
  • crushed red pepper optional
  • ½ lime juice of

Cilantro Lime Rice

  • 3 cups brown rice cooked
  • 1 lime juice of
  • ¼ cup cilantro chopped

Optional Toppings

  • lettuce
  • guacamole
  • vegan cheese
  • lime
  • cilantro

Instructions
 

"Meat"

  • In a large food processor, pulse the walnuts, onion, mushrooms, and cauliflower until they are very small pieces, but NOT a paste. Make sure you do not over do it! If your food processor is small, do this in batches so that they pulse evenly.
  • In a large nonstick pan, heat the oil to 75% heat. Add the "meat" with all the spices and seasonings, tomato, and soy sauce. Cook for 3-5 minutes until everything is fully cooked and browned. Remove from pan and place in bowls.

Beans and Corn

  • In the same pan, heat oil to 75% heat and add the beans, corn, garlic, lime, and seasonings. Cook for about 3-4 minutes then remove from pan and place in bowls.

Tomato Salsa

  • If you want it to be more like a sauce, mash or blend the tomatoes, then mix in all the other ingredients (or pulse if you use a blender). If you like it more like a salad (like the picture), just toss all the ingredients together, then place in bowls.

Cilantro Lime Rice

  • Mix all the rice ingredients together, then serve with the rest of the components.