Build Your Own Burrito Bowl
Burrito bowls are a great way to pack in tons of nutrients and gives you tons of flexibility to add in the ingredients that you like, and skip the ones that you don’t.
A burrito / burrito bowl does not need to contain meat, sour cream, and cheese, CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF!
You can veganize a burrito so easily. You simply omit those ingredients, and just have a veggie packed burrito bowl, or you can use vegan substitutions for all of these ingredients so you don’t have to miss out on those classic ingredients that you know and love. I love to use seitan as my protein source in this dish, but you can also use beyond beef, beyond steak, vegan chicken, vegan pork (that exists? yes!). If you think there isn’t a vegan version, I bet there really is, you just gotta look it up! There are also so many vegan cheese brands that you can use to substitute cheese and a few vegan sour creams.
If you don’t like to use the vegan meat alternatives, thats okay! You can throw in black beans, pinto beans, chickpeas, refried beans (make sure they’re vegan), tofu, or tempeh! I actually have a tempeh marinade that I like to use that makes a great vegan ground beef alternative.
Now lets get into the other ingredients you can throw in! I am just going to list a bunch of vegan options and then I’ll tell you my go to’s!
Ingredients
Brown Rice or White Rice (sometimes I do cauliflower rice to add more volume too)
Beans (black beans, chickpeas, pinto beans, red kidney beans, refried beans)
Roasted Potatoes (sweet potato or russet potatoes are my favs)
Vegan protein (seitan, tofu, tempeh, vegan meat alternative)
Shredded Greens (Spinach, Kale, Lettuce, Collard Greens)
Tomatoes
Salsa
Corn
Vegan Sour Cream
Vegan Cheese
Guac or Avocado
Sauteed Veggies (Most people do peppers and onions)
HOT SAUCE (i love hot sauce)
Cilantro or Green Onions
All of these ingredients you can add as much or as little as you want. I recommend having at least 1/2 of your plate of bowl coming from the greens, tomatoes and veggies, then about 1/4 of your plate is the rice, 1/4 is the beans and protein source, and then the other toppings you can throw on top and add as much as your heart or stomach desires! Everyone’s taste and appetite is different, so make the bowl that is going to satisfy YOU.