Chicken Quinoa Bowl | Perfect For Meal Prep

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: none

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor without dairy.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

black beans

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: none

Lentils are a great protein alternative.

chicken breast

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned chickpeas

Canned chickpeas provide a similar texture and protein.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Peel one small or half a large red onion and slice it.

Peel three to four cloves of garlic and chop them finely.

Wash and dry a red bell pepper, seed it, and slice it.

On a large baking sheet, add a handful of washed and dried green beans, sliced red bell pepper, sliced onion, and chopped garlic.

Season the vegetables with sea salt, black pepper, paprika, and oregano.

Drizzle olive oil over the vegetables and massage the oil and seasoning into each piece.

Set the seasoned vegetables aside.

In a baking dish, add two large chicken breasts (8 to 9 ounces each).

Season the chicken breasts with paprika, oregano, sea salt, and black pepper, ensuring the spices are well distributed.

Drizzle olive oil over the chicken breasts and work it in with your hands.

Place the baking sheet with the vegetables and the baking dish with the chicken into the oven for 25 minutes.

Set an alarm for the oven timer.

While the chicken and vegetables are roasting, cook quinoa in an Instant Pot using a 1:1 ratio of quinoa and water with a little sea salt.

Set the Instant Pot to one minute on high pressure and let the pressure release naturally.

Once the timer goes off, take the veggies and chicken out of the oven.

Sprinkle feta cheese over the roasted vegetables and add fresh dill.

Assemble the meal prep bowls by adding quinoa to the bottom of each bowl, followed by a quarter of the roasted veggies with feta and dill, and top with half a cut-up baked chicken breast.

Drizzle fresh lemon juice over everything before serving or storing in the refrigerator.

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