New Mexican Bowl -- Meal Prep Series

black beans

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: pinto beans

Lentils are lower in calories and pinto beans are often less expensive.

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and lower in fat.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Greek yogurt adds creaminess with fewer calories.

chicken or beef

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: ground turkey

Tofu is plant-based and lower in saturated fat.

Prepare spanish rice, calabacitas, and pinto beans according to the recipes provided.

Chop two cooked chicken breasts into 1 inch chunks.

Add arugula or spinach to the bottom of the bowl.

Add ½ cup of each; chicken, rice, calabacitas and beans side by side in a medium to large prep bowl or prep container.

Drizzle sauce over all of the ingredients if you are going to eat it right away.

If you will be eating the meal later, put the sauce in a container to use when you have the meal later.

Garnish with radishes, cilantro, avocado, or cotija cheese.

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