30+ Salad Bowl Alternatives

Protein

• 45g Grilled Chicken
• 120g Tofu
• 30g of “hard” Cheese (cheddar)
• 90g of “soft” cheese (ricotta)
• 2 scrambled eggs
• 55g Beef
• 3/4 cup of dried beans, lentils, chickpeas, split peas, or canned beans.
• 30g nuts
• 80g fish fillet

Whole Grains

• 1/2 cup of Whole-grain pasta (1 ounce uncooked)
• 1/2 cup of Brown rice (1 ounce uncooked)
• 1/2 cup of Quinoa (1 ounce uncooked)
• 3/4 cup of Bulgur (place it in a bowl with boiling water, cover it with plastic wrap and let it steam for 30 minutes)
• 3/4 cup of Barley (click here to learn how to make it)

If you don’t like any of these:

• 1/3 cup of normal pasta
• 1/3 cup of white rice

Veggies

Some don’t have exact measurements. Just make sure it makes up 50-70% of your bowl.

• 1 medium Carrot
• Cabbage (red or green)
• 5 Cauliflower florets
• Celery
• 5 Broccoli florets
• 1 ear of Corn
• Collards
• 1 Cucumber
• Kale
• Iceberg Lettuce
• Leaf Lettuce
• Romaine Lettuce
• 5 Mushrooms
• 1/2 Onion
• A handful of Peas
• 1 Sweet Potato
• Radicchio
• Shallots
• Spinach
• 1 Tomato
• 8 Cherry Tomatoes
• 1 Zucchini